Growing Up Elizabeth May: The Making of an Activist

Growing Up Elizabeth May: The Making of an Activist — page 5
THAT I HAVE TO FEELING As she got older when she saw things people did that hurt the forests or the streams or the air or the water Elizabeth would get an I have to feeling You’ve probably had that feeling too It’s a feeling that nudges you from the inside It upsets your stomach and niggles at your brain and it won’t go away until you do something a richer inner life Elizabeth May Getting involved gives you When Elizabeth got it in her head that something in the environment environment needed to be protected or someone needed help there was no stopping her She was like a detective searching for the truth She researched the facts until she knew everything she could about the problem ACT NOW I am active in my school climate-action group because it feels like something is missing if I am not doing something I like how it feels to actually be doing something to help other people and help our planet Norah Sylvia Olsen with Cate May Burton