Addressing the urgent global climate crisis within the next decade requires innovative solutions from people of all ages. We need diverse ideas to find effective answers.

Fifth grader Lily

Addressing the urgent global climate crisis within the next decade requires innovative solutions from people of all ages. We need diverse ideas to find effective answers.

Fifth grader Lily Colson exemplifies this spirit. Her "Solar Lines" concept, which won the Stanley Black and Decker Sustainability Award at the 2019 National Invention Convention, demonstrates how youth imagination can help solve the challenges their generation will face.

This talk was presented at an independently organized TEDx event. Learn more at ted.com/tedx.

Lily continues her community-building narrative, focusing on micro-loans and job creation.

This segment demonstrates art's transformative power in impoverished and war-torn

Lily continues her community-building narrative, focusing on micro-loans and job creation.

This segment demonstrates art's transformative power in impoverished and war-torn communities worldwide.