Kindred
Age 7, CA
My mom and I started a huge recycling program at my school. My brother and sister help with it to. We once a week we have a drop off in front of our school.
Olivia
Age 8, MA
We have a vegetable garden. We buy only organic compost and organic seeds and vegetables to plant.
Hundreds of Disney VoluntEARS Team Up to Scour the shorelines and Clean Up Brevard County Beaches.
Aidan
Age 9, NV
My mom said i can start a group to go every sunday to the ponds in Reno and clean up all the trash. And in the group every month we all plant a tree.
Madison
Age 9, WV
Me and my friends are in this club and we are inspired by Friends For Change! We plant lots of trees and make homes for all the animals and take care of them.
Rj
Age 10, CA
We are going to plant trees, flowers, and other plants on a dirt path we are going to create. It is for the enviroment and for the fifth graders to run better.
Faith
Age 10, NC
I plant plant flowers and have a garden every year. We have two green houses , and there full of plants and pots to plant more. So I am renewing our planet.
Christine
Age 11, CA
I have asked my princile at school if I could make some eco friendly changes at school to help our school and enviornment. I also pick up trash on walks!:)
Nina
Age 11, FL
I rescued a turtle out of my backyard right before my lawn got mowed and one out of the street. I also started a Nature club with friends.
Allison
Age 11, LA
when i am wating for the hot water, I fill up a jug and water my flowers or give it to my dogs!
Julie
Age 11, WA
We are cleaning out the mercer island ravine.
Sidney
Age 12, IN
Berne, IN is helping with water scarcity in Africa. The project is called Dots in Blue Water, we are trying to raise money to make water filteraion systems.
Cyan
Age 12, NC
I am planting flowers around my house and keeping a bird feeder full for all of the birds during the winter which is scarce of food.
Hayley
Age 12, OH
I am now recycling paper ,milk jugs,and cans we also use energy efficeint light bulbs. At our school we are all recycling too.
Paige
Age 12, TN
I have started to use stainless steel water bottles, my school uses recycling bins.I also encourage my friends to join Friends for Change to help the planet:)
Allyna
Age 13, MN
I always turn off the lights when im not in a room. I am also be starting a book club and gathering a group of friends to clean beaches this summer.
Aryanna
Age 13, IN
I always make sure the lights are off and my family is the most environment friendly as possible. I will soon be putting together a group to help clean up parks.
Timothy
Age 9, NH
I’m cleaning up the trash on and on the side of the road when I walk to and from school every day. My family also composts and grows a garden full of veggies
Daltin
Age 7, NY
Hi. I am going to start a club called Earth Club and I am getting a couple of my friends to be in it. In the Earth Club we will do stuff to save our planet :)
Andrew
Age 9, MD
I’m helping sea turtles and saving water.
Lilly
Age 9, UK
I am now helping to lift up trash in my park every day. I have started a club in school on a Fridays to save the environment.
Nazia
Age 10, UK
I want to re-use and recycle. I will try my best to help the planet and our environment as much as I can.
Aryanna
Age 13, IN
I always make sure the lights are off and my family is the most environment friendly as possible. I will soon be putting together a group to help clean up parks.
Trevor
Age 11, HI
I am growing 2 non-profit gardens in a very dry city and picking up trash alongside to road.
In 2008 a massive wildfire barely missed Brea Olinda High School and destroyed much of the school property. In response, the BOHS Friends For Change Club is gathering supplies and manpower to replant a 3/4 acre piece of land on the school property, with even more replanting projects in the works. Way to make a difference, Wildcats!
Azul
Age 11, NJ
I’m Azul, I’m 11 and I’ve recycled about 2O pounds of paper and plastic this month. I’ve also organized a trash clanup in my town with my friends.
Ashley
Age 13, NY
I am helping by recycling, and picking up around my community and tring to get my friends to help I donate money to the humane society as well.
Isobel
Age 11,UK
I always turn off lights in rooms when I am not in them so I don't waste energy. I also plant lots of plants in my garden and I have a bird feeder.
Chase
Age 11, FL
I make sculptures out of recycled materials.
Meiliana
Age 11, PR
I am helping my habitat, I am picking up trash in my community to put it in recycling bins and soon I will go to the beaches of Puerto Rico to clean up.
Missy
Age 12, NC
I am taking a non waste filled lunch to school as much as possible and getting my friends and family to also.
Over 350 seedlings planted by Friends for Change at the Disney Parks Give A Day, Get a Disney Day event in February arrived in Fort Lauderdale! Kids Ecology Club, an environmental nonprofit, will plant these trees in local schools in South Florida.
Amy and Emily
Age 9, NY
We use reusable grocery bags. We have a compost. We walk alot of places instead of using a car. We use cold water when washing clothes. We have floresent bulbs
Christopher
Age 13, NY
I’m in the court yard club at my school. This club is trying to renovate my schools court yard so that animals that live there can have a better life
Jenmad
Age 12, SC
I am recycling cans and donating money to a foundation and using it to plant trees. And we are trying to help prevent forest fires!! We are awesome!
Chanse
Age 13, HI
I have been helping the planet by recycling, using less water, and planting trees and flowers.
Dhea
Age 14, IN
I'm writing a song for change the world ...
Madison
Age 15, NC
I just sent out copies of my Research Paper about how to save Endangered Species and habitats to NC’s senator and governor. I also stated some ways to help.
Disney's Friends For Change and Disney XD stars Adam Hicks and Daniel Curtis Lee join children from Disney's Animal Kingdom's Conservation Camp to build oyster mats.
Jean
Age 13, PR
In Puerto Rico, the waste is too much. In my school we are making projects so we can take ideas to say them to the whole school.
Tshanna
Age 11, TT
I help others in need and I go twice a week to clean up the ocean and help plant trees band lean up my environment and others environment too. I love to recycle.
Disney’s Friends For Change star Debby Ryan met up with Ms. Rebekah Askeland’s 5th grade class from Palos East Elementary School in Chicago, IL on June 6. Together, they kicked off “The Big Clean - H20 Style” in celebration of World Ocean’s Day by collecting over 100 pounds of trash on Lake Michigan.
Charlotte
Age 9, UK
I put up posters about all the trees being cut down, and tried to pursuade people to keep the trees. They might not be your home. But they belong to others.
Jodie
Age 11, UK
I encouraged my year in school to go to a river and help to clean it out.
Danielle
Age 12, UK
I am making my school eco. We are putting turbines and we are getting solar pannels to run are school and we have a bike ride day every friday so I am helping.
Ayesha
Age 13, UK
I am trying to help the planet as much as I can by recycling and saving energy. I am also trying to encourage my friends to do it as well.
Zoe
Age 10, UK
I want to help the grey wolf in canada because they are an nndangered species and not many are left. Me and my family are going to Canada to live to help it.
Morgan
Age 12, UK
Turning off lights, saving water, encouraging people to buy things in recyclable packaging, and joining groups to help endangered species of animals and trees.
Julia
Age 14, Poland
I always climb the stairs and I rarely use lift. In my home we use reusable bag when we go shopping. I and my friends clean up around school.
Kevin
Age 7, MI
I noticed garbage lying next to the creek that runs through our neighborhood. I did not want the garbage to hurt the fish so I cleaned it up.
Emily
Age 13, IL
My friends and I are organizing a group called Enviro Panthers. We are going to clean up the garbage by the Fox River.
Ashelly
Age 14, SC
I am cleaning up my neighborhood and my school grounds so we can have a cleaner planet.
Gracie
Age 9, MI
I am writing an article for the newspaper about recycling.
Alyssa
Age 12, MS
My Girl Scout Troop is having a Make your City Beautiful Day. We are going to ask communities to help us by selecting a spot around town and keep it beautiful.
Isabella
Age 13, NJ
I started a recycling system in my school!
Ella
Age 11, UK
Every day I ride to school on my bike and when I'm on games instead of using normal batteries I use rechargeable ones.
Josh
I have been planting vegetables in my own garden. I have also been planting in my yard.
Ryan
Age 13, IA
I always make sure my family is turning all of the lights off when I leave my house. I also helped my family plant two trees this year.
Emma
Age 12, OK
Some friends and I wrote a letter to our governor telling him that we should ban plastic bags from being used!
Tyler
Age 8, MA
I formed a little club at school to help the earth and I made posters to hang around our school.
Tamzin
Age 9, UK
Making sure we use less water, and instead of putting the heating on, we keep warm. And we use the backs of paper instead of getting new paper and wasting trees.
Jacqueline
Age 10, CA
I have picked up nearly 50 pounds of paper as well as cans and plastic every year we donate it to our society an all the cans are turned in we plant a tree.
Zoe
Age 10, CA
I started off by starting a compost bin. I also make an environmentally safe business that makes reusable every day objects that keep waste out of landfills. Woohoo!
Melissa
Age 10, FL
My mom owns a daycare and I teach the kids to be green. I also make sure my house is environment friendly too.
Kayla
Age 10, NY
My school is organizing a book swap shop. We recycle our books and in exchange get used ones we haven't read before. I would like an opportunity to help the world.
Jacob
Age 10, UK
Me and my friends are cleaning are local community, were are also changing are light bulbs to the eco-friendly ones and were raising money for are local food bank.
Jenna
Age 12, CA
I am currently in the process of convincing my school board to allow me and my school mates to fix up my school garden.
Aeron
Age 12, LA
We are having an art auction to help raise money for the animals of the gulf. We live in south Louisiana and feel that we should help our neighbors.
Amber
Age 12, MO
I go to a school were we have a Stream Team. We go to our city's dirtiest streams and creeks and help clean it. Sometimes we find interesting things.
Adi
Age 15, AK
My friends and I reduced the amount of styrofoam trays being used at our Middle School, and hosted a Trash Into Fashion Show to educate our community on the 3Rs.
Dominique
Age 8, PA
I am making a difference by recycling and making sure my Dad uses all environmentally friendly light bulbs. My Family and I will used reusable grocery bags.
Meili
Age 9, NY
I have given away some of my old clothes to kids in Jamaica who need them.
Taylor
Age 10, FL
I'm ten years old and when I heard about Disney's Friends For Change, I decided to take action. My family and I are recycling as much as possible!
Matt
Age 10, NJ
I always try to help save the Earth. I am a cub scout in my town and we go around and clean up parks and streets. I think that we are making a big difference!
Olivia -- a Friend in Action
Aspiring ornithologist, artist, and saxophone player, Olivia (11 years old) wept when she heard about the oil spill in the Gulf Coast, a place where she spent many vacations with her cousins and grandparents who live in Louisiana and Alabama. Knowing birds were going to suffer, she had to take action. Inspired by her hero James Audubon, Olivia wrote to the Audubon Society about her fundraising idea, using her talent as an artist to give bird drawings to those who donated to wildlife recovery efforts. To date, Olivia has drawn at least 100 different species of birds in 400 original drawings.
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