Our Indigo Life Ocean Advocate, ten-year old, Mateo, lives in Miami and attends Sunset Elementary Public School. He recently appeared at the Miami-Dade School Board Session to ask for urgent and deep changes in the way schools handle plastics. He advocated for the elimination of plastic utensils and plastic cups in the cafeteria and also asked for educational sessions for all grades and schools to show other kids the damage and consequences of plastic pollution while sharing ways to fight it.
Mateo is an avid sailor and has seen the damage first-hand. He is determined to start changing habits in his school and his community. He also plays soccer and has been talking to soccer clubs about plastic pollution and ways of changing plastic use in clubs, training sessions and tournaments.
Listen to Mateo Addressing
The Miami Dade County School Board
Mateo is an Indigo Life Guardian of the Sea and a future changemaker!
Sunset Elementary is already implementing changes in the cafeteria and around school.
Miami-Dade County has the largest public school district in the United States .