Eyal Weintraub staged his first sit-in when he was nine years old—to force his friend to pick up his litter left on the streets of Buenos Aires. Today, the 22-year-old climate activist, National Geographic Young Explorer, and co-founder of Youth For Climate Argentina, organizes protests, meets with politicians, and flies around the world for international climate conferences. 

One question Weintraub is often asked: How can I be an activist too? It’s a role, he says, anyone can do. In an interview with National Geographic, he offers tips on how to start and what to know before you take to the streets. 

In 2019, I saw this video on Instagram that started to circulate among lots of friends. It was a