Draft:Madhvi Chittoor

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Madhvi Chittoor is a 13-year-old Eco Warrior and an SDG STEAM advocate from Colorado, USA.

She is the youngest UN Child Advisor,[1] 2024 TIME Kid of the Year Honoree,[2] voted the Best Upcoming Peacemaker by 14 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Global Ambassador for EarthDay.org and Plastic Pollution Coalition. She has been a Climate Warrior since she was 5 years old and is also known as "Ban PFAS Beast", "No Styrofoam Ninja", "No Plastic Ninja" and "Ms. Policy". She has ushered large-scale impactful changes locally, nationally, and globally through advocacy, climate education, and policy changes via signature campaigns, public speeches, testimonies, meetings with and emails to many heads-of-states, legislators, diplomats, Climate scientists, businesses, artists, educationists, etc. In September 2023 she addressed the UN in Geneva[3] and in March 2023, she addressed the UN General Assembly in NY.[4] As per UN she made history as the youngest UN Child Advisor in the formulation of UNGC 26. She founded the non-profit Madhvi4EcoEthics at age 6 and the EcoEthics Global Movement at the age of 9 with operations in India, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and many more.

A few of her policy successes are – Spearheaded 1) Global Plastic Policy with Madam VP Harris and US Secretary of State Mr. Anthony Blinken which lead to the US joining the Global Plastics Treaty, later ratified by the UNEA in March 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal 2) with EPA Water former Head Ms. Radhika Fox and US EPA Chief Mr. Michael Reagan to issue legally enforceable reduced PFAS guidance limits in Drinking water all over USA and also globally 3) with Governors to declare March as PFAS Pollution Impact Awareness Month and April as Plastic and Styrofoam Pollution Impact Awareness Month in Colorado 4) with legislators and Governors to bring about 3 laws in 2021, 2022. 2024 - to ban plastic bags and Styrofoam containers and to ban PFAS in consumer products in Colorado 5) In 2024 with ECMC on cumulative impacts and produced water governance for oil and gas industry 6) In 2021, 2022 and 2023 with EPA on Air Quality nationally and AQCC in Colorado 7) in 2020, with COGCC/ECMC the implement her suggestions as rules in the oil-and-gas permit process for surface water, stormwater and ground water conservation for the entire oil-and-gas industry in Colorado 8) the replacement of non-biodegradable carcinogenic Styrofoam lunch trays from 155 schools with 86000 students with compostable ones and eliminating 26 million Styrofoam containers from going to landfill from 2019 till date and saving the health of students and many more 7) Has designed and organized customized Climate Action and Climate Adaptation workshops, events, presentations empowering children and youth globally.

Interests

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She is also an internationally recognized music composer,[5] plays many instruments, two Guinness World Records holder, a recognized author, a Bharatanatyam exponent,[6] a Taekwondo Black Belt and an inventor. She has been composing music since she was 4 years of age and released her first music album when she was 8 years old. Her album can be found in Amazon music,[7] Apple iMusic, Spotify, etc. Her books can be found in Amazon,[8] scribd, etc. Her book "Is Plastic My Food?' received recognition from National Geographic and the US Congress. Her Bharatanatyam performance "Art for Nature" in Geneva, Switzerland commemorating the launch of UNGC 26 in the august presence of the Mayor of Geneva, UNCRC Vice-Chair, EU representatives received great recognition.[9]

Awards

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Arts She has received many national and state awards for music composition, dance choreography, photography, literature and Film Production in the prestigious Reflections competition in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016.

Eco Warrior work
2024 Shimon Schwarzschild International Eco-Hero Award[10] , Future Leader of the Year with Jefferson County,[11] 2024 and 2023 Anthem Awards for International Young Leader of the Year[12][13] 2023 Young Scientist Award, 2022 Young Planet Protector Award, 2022 Cara Russell Rising Star Award, 2020 Barron Award,[14] 2020 Green Difference Award for Sustainability,[15] etc. etc.[16]

Speaker
She has also been invited as a speaker to address the UNGA and the UN Assembly in Geneva, keynote speaker, panelist, and Guest of Honor for many conferences and events locally, nationally and globally. She and her work have also been featured in many leading US, UN and global media like the TIME, People Magazine, NBC Kids, CBS4, ABC Denver 7, NBC 9News, Next with Kyle Clark, FOX 31, KCBS, KGNU, AP, Guardian, WWF magazine, New Indian Express, The Sunday Guardian, First Post, Denver Post, Westword, Denver Gazette, Colorado Parent, and many others.[17]

References

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  1. ^ Leibee, Katrina. "Meet the Arvada 11-Year-Old Selected as a UN Child Advisor". Westword.
  2. ^ "Kid of the Year 2024". TIME.
  3. ^ https://www.youtube.com/fgNbOti_cVs
  4. ^ https://www.youtube.com/lGXJSx1bKPA?si=zzKMPfdpiDjzg18D
  5. ^ "x.com".
  6. ^ https://www.youtube.com/5Ki7UyoUs9k?si=KR0TXFGHi0mZshXB
  7. ^ https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B07X438N52?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_F43eKCKAMCWvshXvQO16EFWvl
  8. ^ https://www.amazon.com/s?k=madhvi+chittoor&crid=2D2Y1GH2Y73Y3&sprefix=madhvi+chittoor%2Caps%2C189&ref=nb_sb_noss
  9. ^ vCard, Télécharger la. "Plantation d'un arbre: une action pour les enfants et le climat | Ville de Genève - Site officiel". www.geneve.ch.
  10. ^ "2024 International Young Eco-Hero Award Winners | Eco-Hero Award Winners". Action For Nature.
  11. ^ "Jefferson County Recognizes 2024 Sustainability Award Winners". Jefferson County, CO.
  12. ^ "Entry". Anthem Awards.
  13. ^ "Entry". Anthem Awards.
  14. ^ "2020 Winners".
  15. ^ "2020 Green Difference Award Honorees".
  16. ^ www.madhvichittoor.com> <www.madhvi4ee.com>
  17. ^ https://projectgreenschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/GDA2019Program.pdf