Stories of TRUST: Calling for Climate Recovery, Part 3: TRUST Alaska

WITNESS, Our Children's Trust and the iMatter Campaign | 2011 | 8 min.

2013 Official Selection

TRUST Alaska Stories of TRUST, is the perfect trifecta of law, science, justice and daring youth who are pursuing what has been recognized as the last best chance to protect our atmosphere. In Part 3 of this series, meet Nelson Kanuk, a 17-year old whose teaches us about the problems people living in the Arctic endure. Nelson shares, “The main problem is winter is coming late. This causes increased erosion due to permafrost melt, increased flooding due to the warmer temperatures, and intensified storms because the sea ice forms later. We could lose our homes, our culture and our way of life.”