Travelling on trash, 100kms on a Plastic Bottle Kayak: Shruthi Vijayakumar at TEDxYouth@Auckland

Shruthi Vijayakumar's journey into youth activism and entrepreneurship began with a trip to Cambodia in 2009 as a World Vision Youth Ambassador, visiting development projects and communicating what she'd learned to her peers back home. In 2010 she became involved with the youth-for-youth charity P3 Foundation, taking on the role of CEO in 2011 and growing P3 from 20 volunteers to a national organization with over 100 volunteers. In 2012 she was selected as a Young Explorer for the Mike Horn Pangaea Project enabling her to explore the Swiss Alps and the Amazon Rainforest on an environmental expedition. She co-organised The Plastic Bottle Kayak Expedition which saw 25 young people from all over New Zealand kayaking the Whanganui River in kayaks made of plastic bottles to raise awareness of the need for ethical consumerism. A semi-finalist for the Young New Zealander of the Year Award, Shruthi recently completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Auckland and now works for the Boston Consulting Group.
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[@alexl.7408]

Great talk Shruthi! What an incredible and life-changing journey.

[@madhumitap714]

oh my god, after watching anjali movie i am here,,,,,, your acting was soooooooooooo goood shruthi.. paah that role anu was the best

[@seashells4481]

Fantastic! Amazing speech and amazing adventure all of you!

[@Pyratez05]

Awesome job Shruthi, really captivating and exciting talk!

[@timurlinho]

We watched the video in our school so greetings from the G02 from the OSZ Kim in Berlin btw we like turtles

[@riseshan]

Dear Shruthi! Glad to introduce myself as Vijaya Chitti (Coimbatore)'s cousin. My name is Seshan, I also live in Coimbatore, having retired from IAF, quite a while back. Please accept our heartiest felicitations for the wonderful journey (I mean both literally and figuratively) you are undertaking. God bless you!

[@YamanKaytaz]

Truly incredible achievement and adventure :)