Robin Bryan stands amid the boreal forests he is fighting to protect

Both Robin Bryan and Alec Loorz were BYA winners in 2009. They have recently been selected as finalists for the Do Something awards.


Growing up without electricity or running water in rural Canada, Robin spent the majority of his childhood in the forests of Manitoba. As the world's largest single land storehouse of carbon and most abundant source of fresh water, the boreal forest of the East Shore Wilderness Area of Manitoba is critical to protect. Robin led the way in a landmark campaign that effectively banned logging in the four of Manitoba’s five provincial parks, protecting one million acres of forest.

When Alec first saw “Inconvenient Truth” at age 12, he was moved. So he applied to be one of Al Gore’s presenters, but was rejected because of his age. Instead of waiting to “grow up,” Alec created his own thing. In the past 3 years Alec has emerged as one of the most powerful young leaders in the environmental space presenting to over 25,000 people, including the US Senate. He is now working on organizing an international event to activate 1 million youth world-wide to take a stand against climate change.

Read about more the finalists and the award at http://www.dosomething.org/awards/2010-finalists