Kasey Chen schools others on all things green

Written By Peter Allan

By Patricia Lane & Kasey Chen | Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | April 24th 2023

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

Kasey Chen believes young people must get involved.

This 17-year-old Grade 12 student from Victoria, B.C., is a recipient of a 2022 Youth Climate Activism Award for her work raising awareness about the importance of recycling at her high school, reclaiming habitat from invasive species and encouraging native plant gardening, and lobbying all three levels of government on youth concerns about climate change.

Tell us about some of your work.

As a member of the environmental leadership program at Mount Douglas Secondary School, I am involved in tending the native plant meadow and holding plant sales to raise funds for its support. We also restore the rare Garry oak ecosystem in a nearby park by weeding invasive species and planting native plants like camas.

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Kasey Chen was a recipient of the 2022 Youth Climate Activism Award.

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