We The Future - Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

2018 Open EditionSold out Signed Edition24"x36" (61 x 91.5 cm) Offset lithograph Signed by Shepard Fairey   Xiuhtezcatl Martinez Earth Guardians Youth Director Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, (his first name pronounced ‘Shoe-Tez-Caht’) recently turned 18. He’s an indigenous climate activist, hip-hop artist, and powerful voice on the front lines of a global youth-led environmental movement. At the early age of six Xiuhtezcatl began speaking around the world, from the Rio+20 United Nations Summit in Rio de Janeiro, to addressing the General Assembly at the United Nations in New York city. He has worked locally to get pesticides out of parks, coal ash contained, and moratoriums on fracking in his state and is currently a lead plaintiff in a youth-led lawsuit against the federal government for their failure to protect the atmosphere for future generations.  Xiuhtezcatl has traveled across the nation and to many parts of the world educating his generation about the state of the planet they are inheri