In his free time, he enjoys being in nature, swinging on rope tires, having sword fights and playing with Legos. This year he will be entering his fifth year at Crest View Elementary School, since Xiuhtezcatl is only 11 years old.
He started activism when he was 6, after viewing the environmental documentary "The 11th Hour." As a lover of animals, Xiuhtezcatl said he became concerned with polar bears and tigers, and felt he was being called to help.
"The state of the planet is really intense - forests are disappearing, mass extinction of animals, pine beetles are dying due to warmer winters," he said. "We have to snap out of it."
Xiuhtezcatl is a member of the Boulder-based organization Earth Guardians, a youth group centered on environmental activism.
Tamara Roske, 47, Xiuhtezcatl's mother, started Earth Guardians in 1993. At the time, she was living in Maui and noticed several environmental problems plaguing the Hawaiian island - such as sugar cane burning and endangered species increasing - and felt like something needed to be done. Read the full report here.
Source: by Amanda Moutinho Camera Staff Writer, Daily Camera.
