At eleven, Madhviu Chittor is on her way to making the world a better place.
, designed to increase protections from"forever chemicals" such as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl; it became law on June 3.
Growing up in Arvada, Madhvi recognized the ramifications of climate change in this state."I’ve been seeing many, many different changes from when I was six or five to now I am eleven," she says."Forest fires — we’ve been getting a lot of wildfire warnings. Housing — every empty space is turning into housing communities. Water shortage — many droughts are going on here."
She decided to host her June 18 seminar in order to get perspectives from other children, advertising the event on Twitter and her website. Over 100 kids registered, according to her mother, Lalitha Chittoor. She took their feedback with her on June 22, when the thirteen child advisors met with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to get started on the first steps of creating General Comment 26 for the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This general comment on the UNCRC will focus on how children are impacted by certain issuesand discuss what countries need to do to uphold these rights.
While Madhvi is also off to a fast start as an activist, she has interests beyond the environment. For starters, she holds the Guinness World Record for being the youngest professional music producer: She released her album,But she will continue her environmental work this summer, meeting with Michael S. Regan, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, in July to discuss water shortages and problems with drinking water.KEEP WESTWORD FREE...
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