At just 14 years old, Maya Gowda founded SEED to fill a gap she saw in her school’s curriculum: real, actionable climate education. What started as a single classroom lesson in Miami has now grown into a global movement, reaching students across 171 elementary schools, multiple African countries, and 73 languages.
In this episode, Maya shares how she built SEED from scratch: partnering with teachers, cold-emailing international organizations, navigating skepticism as a teenager, and designing localized climate-change curricula that meet students where they are.
She opens up about growing up in Florida amid rising heat, hurricanes, and mosquito-borne illnesses; the teachers and family members who championed her; and how she inspires young people across the world to take climate action no matter their age.
This is the story of a young leader turning education into empowerment, and planting the seeds for a more climate-literate generation.
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