Out of anyone, we will always be the first ones to say that young people can change the world. When we started Bag-Free Bayous at age 9, we were shocked to find the signatures of our petition climbing higher and higher within just a few days. We were astounded when a news station contacted us to speak. That is when we discovered that the world is hungry for young voices, and since then, we have been spreading the word to kids around Houston.
This week, we spoke to first graders at Poe Elementary. It was our first time speaking at an elementary school, and came with some new experiences. Questions from seven-year-olds are much different than questions from thirteen-year olds- for example, we’d never answered “But why do cows eat the plastic bags?”
The first graders we talked to today will be the leaders, workers, and environmentalists of tomorrow. We hope that they know that they don’t have be grown-ups to make a huge difference in this world.
(and why cows eat plastic bags!)
