Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is only 19, but he’s already veteran climate activist. He addressed the United Nations General Assembly at the age of 15 and is a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the federal government over inaction on climate change. Martinez is also an internationally acclaimed hip-hop artist who writes socially conscious music partially inspired by his Aztec heritage. He'll speak and perform as part of the Climate 2020: Seven Generations for Arizona summit Fri, Nov. 15 at Northern Arizona University, and is the focus of the latest installment of KNAU’s series Eats and Beats, Stories About Food and Music on the Colorado Plateau.

Eleven-year-old McKenna Marino will be in attendance this weekend at Northern Arizona University's Climate Summit and Youth Town Hall. She took part in September’s global climate march and is confused about why humanity is not working together to solve the climate crisis when there are so many easy and effective ways to reduce pollution, carbon emissions and single-use plastics. In this week’s Poetry Friday segment, McKenna shares her original poem, Sunrise. She says it’s a metaphor for a new era of thinking about our impact on the planet.