Annica is a student at Dartmouth High School and a local climate activist. For three years, she’s been a member of the Climate Reality Project’s Massachusetts Southcoast chapter. In 2021, she represented the chapter in a youth panel discussion at the New Bedford Zeiterion following a showing of “I Am Greta.” She frequently works with Be the Solution to Pollution, an organization dedicated to beautifying the Southcoast, ditching unsustainable packaging, and holding companies accountable for manufacturing single-use plastics. With a specialty in plastic pollution, Annica’s working on getting styrofoam and single-use plastics out of her school and her hometown. In August, she was selected to be on Governor Maura Healy’s inaugural Youth Climate Council.
Annica is also a Dartmouth alumni of Project 351, a non-profit that empowers youth through service. She serves as an assistant editor on Dartmouth High’s student newspaper, The Spectrum, where she incorporates youth and environmental perspectives into many of her articles. She deeply believes in the power of writing to open minds.
As a teenager living in a coastal community, Annica knows the climate crisis defines her present and her future. Taking action is the only productive way she knows how to deal with her climate anxiety. She’s always looking for people in her community – especially other teenagers – to join the fight in saving our home planet.
