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Jordan Sanchez, the pen and voice behind this year’s evocative poem for World Environment Day, always makes sure her poetry mixes urgency with hope. While the subject matter is often serious- climate, race and gun control- she leaves listeners with a call to action and the message that things can get better.

“I want people to understand the situation we are in is serious but there is always something we can do, we have to remain positive and we have to act,” said Sanchez, 19.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) asked Sanchez, who is studying physics at Harvard University, to produce a poem to mark World Environment Day 2021. The result – a spoken word piece titled - ‘Recreate. Reimagine. Restore!’ - is a powerful call to action, reminding listeners that we must stop plundering and start protecting the planet’s resources. It ties into the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a UN initiative to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide.