Young filmmaker Arian Tomar shows others how they can change the world

Written By Peter Allan

Arian Tomar in Eden Grove, one of the remaining areas of old-growth that is set for clear-cutting. Photo by Mike Graeme.

 

By Patricia Lane & Arian Tomar

These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity.

Arian Tomar, a 19-year-old Indigenous Hmong-Indian American documentary filmmaker, mentors and supports youth climate leaders.

Tell us about your project.

As part of a project with Gulf Islands-based I-SEA and Vancouver Island’s Take A Stand: Youth for Conservation, I support young people with good ideas about climate action to deepen their knowledge and amplify their abilities to make a difference in the ways that matter to them.

For example, Emmanuel Shamambo is currently enrolled in the climate leadership program at Pearson College in Metchosin. I am helping him combine his talent in illustration with his concern for deforestation in his native Zambia. I found a small grant to give him motion-graphic creation capacity so his community can better understand the scale of destruction and pathways to change. We are using social media networks to disseminate the information.

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