Things just keep getting better for 14-year-old Stella Bowles of Dayspring.
The Lunenburg County teen has been fighting to clean up the LaHave River since the age of 11 and her environmental push is turning some heads.
Bowles has been named a 2018 International Young Eco-Hero by a San Francisco based environmental organization, called Action for Nature.
She joins a total of 19 youth from 9 different countries in the honour.
“I’m the only from Canada, it’s pretty incredible, it’s great, it’s pretty crazy, I can’t believe it to be honest,” says an elated Bowles. “I’ve actually been training other kids around the province to test their waterways and if the results are bad, which hopefully they aren’t, but if they are, we can publish the results and hopefully clean up more waterways.”
On top of the recent recognition, Bowles has a new book set for release detailing her environmental journey so far, something Bowles refers to as a book to empower youth.
“It’s a book that would be aimed more towards kids in grade 6 and 7, but anyone can read it, it’s a really nice book and it;s written from my perspective, but Anne Laurel-Carter wrote the book,” notes Bowles.
Bowles continues her push for environmental change, have recently penned a letter to Nova Scotia’s Environment Minister, the Honourable Margaret Miller, but has not yet received any response from the Minister’s Office.
In the meantime, Stella Bowles will continue to push forward in her efforts and says one day, she may even consider a career in Environmental Law, but then again, she says that could change.
Stella’s new book, entitled “My River: Cleaning Up the LaHave” is set for release on September 25th, 2018.
Story by Craig Power
Twitter: @CraigTPower
Email: power.craig@radioabl.ca
Above Photo: Stella Bowles in the CKBW Studios in Bridgewater, NS on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018. Photo by Craig Power, © 2018.
