Ryan Lo’s ‘A Change is a Chance’ Award Winning podcast
My name is Ryan Lo and I am an 8th grader at the Saklan School in Moraga, California. I started ‘A Change is a Chance’ podcast in December 2019 because I wanted to educate listeners of all ages, especially young listeners, on some of the most pressing issues of our time. Since age 8, I’ve always been very environmentally conscious and made a commitment to use as little plastic as possible. I then realized that it isn’t quite enough that I act on my beliefs and that I needed to try to get others to change their lifestyles too.
While I first focused on environmental issues on my podcast, I eventually saw the need to tackle social justice issues too. Through the interviews, I realized that everything is intertwined and that those who are most marginalized and discriminated against, also are those who are most impacted by environmental problems.
From the US Vote Foundation, American Lung Association, Plastic Free Foundation, and Hip Hop for Change to Green Building Council, I am very honored to have interviewed these experts and change makers. I hope that you will enjoy my podcast and learn something! Every little change we make can go a long way.
The following is the link to my entire podcast episodes. Click on it to watch my presentations.
‘A Change is a Chance’ is a podcast I started almost 2 years ago with the goal of educating youth about our most pressing issues from climate change, plastic pollution to systemic racism. My goal is to expand A Change is a Chance into an international youth community where we can share ideas, discuss problems, mobilize across borders and take action to find solutions for our generation.
My podcast has also won an international award. The details are given in the link below.
What keeps me stoked? What makes me super stoked is knowing that someone learned something because of what I published and they passed that knowledge on, or when someone decides to join the Plastic Free movement because of one of my interviews! I was 8 when I did my first Plastic Free July. There is no age too old or too young to make change. When I can change a 70 year old’s mind on global warming being real, or encourage a 5 year old to cut out one plastic in his life, it keeps me stoked for a lifetime!
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