Craig, Mya-Rose: - Mya-rose Craig , also known as Birdgirl, is a 20-year-old British-Bangladeshi birder, environmentalist, and diversity activist.
In September 2020 she held the world\'s most northerly Youth Strike, traveling with Greenpeace, for whom she is an Oceans\' Ambassador, to the melting pack ice of the high Arctic..
Also at seventeen she became the youngest person to see half the world\'s bird species and shared a stage with Greta Thunberg, speaking to 40,000 protestors.
At age fourteen she founded Black2Nature to engage teenagers of color with nature and at seventeen she became the youngest Briton to receive an honorary Doctorate, awarded by Bristol University for this pioneering work.
She also fights for the rights of indigenous peoples, is an Ambassador for Survival International and has previously written a book in the UK amplifying their voices.
She campaigns for equal access to nature and to end the climate and biodiversity loss crises, issues which she believes are intrinsically linked, while promoting Global Climate Justice.
Craig, Mya-Rose: - Mya-rose Craig , also known as Birdgirl, is a 20-year-old British-Bangladeshi birder, environmentalist, and diversity activist