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Aneeshwar Kunchala Reads Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Arctic Expedition

Justice Forum

Presented as part of the Environmental Book Fair, Kennedy Center Youth Ambassador for the Arts and Environment Aneeshwar Kunchala reads from his new book Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Arctic Expedition. A book signing follows the reading.

Sat. Mar. 2, 2024

  • Sat. Mar. 2, 2024 11a.m.

  • Genre

    Literary Arts

  • Price

    Free Tickets Required

  • Part of Series

  • Ticket limit

    6

Program

Kennedy Center Youth Ambassador for the Arts and Environment Aneeshwar Kunchala reads from his new book Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Arctic Expedition, a journal of his recent trip to the Arctic Circle for the Sky Kids documentary Save Our Wildlife

A book signing follows the reading.

 

Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Arctic Expedition

On the Norwegian island of Svalbard, Aneeshwar came face to face with the magnificent yet vulnerable Arctic walrus, in a place where the ice they live on is melting beneath them. Filled with photographs and Aneeshwar’s poems and paintings, the book documents one of the fastest-warming places on our planet through a child’s eyes.

Aneeshwar Kunchala

Aneeshwar Kunchala is a 9-year-old conservationist who uses his art to inspire and spread his important message about conservation to young people and adults around the world. He started this remarkable journey after seeing a picture of a dead whale on the beach with its stomach filled with plastic. This incident made him do something for the natural world, because the water sources are littered, the soil and air is polluted, and it’s impacting all the creatures. The animals are losing their home and some of the species are close to extinction due to deforestation and poaching.

Aneeshwar is determined to do his part for the natural world by raising awareness with his poems, paintings, and documentaries. At 7 years old, he had an incredible opportunity to present a documentary for the United Nations produced by Sky Kids, “COP27—6 Ways to Save Our Planet,” where children from six continents talked about the solutions to save the world. Aneeshwar has become the Youngest Documentary Presenter (male), recognized by Guinness World Records. Aneeshwar also presented the “Save Our Wildlife” documentary to demonstrate how climate change is impacting wildlife. He is fortunate to have amazing opportunities to take his voice around the globe using world stages like Britain’s Got Talent and America’s Got Talent and many business forums around the world.

Aneeshwar loves spending time outdoors watching birds. He believes that every animal has its own special superpower. He is a conservation and wildlife campaigning phenomenon. He has already won multiple national and international awards for his work building awareness and inspiring millions of people to protect the planet and its living things.

He is a Young Scientific Explorer, Climate Change Voice of the Year 2023, a Global Child Prodigy award recipient, a BBC Blue Peter gold badge holder, a British Youth Citizen award recipient, he was named a Young Climate Change Leader by the UK’s Prime Minister, a British Future role model, and ISPA Award Recipient—2024 Celebrating Our Planet Award Recipient. In 2023 he was appointed the Kennedy Center’s first Youth Ambassador for the Arts and Environment. These achievements have helped him to reach out to more people and inspire young children to explore the natural world and try and help it by making small meaningful changes.

Aneeshwar’s message—“Please save the animals and make sure the world looks beautiful.”

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