Draft:Kal Glanznig

Kal Glanznig (born 2000) is a leading Australian youth environmental advocate from Cronulla, New South Wales, who at the age of 17, fundraised $100,000 to get solar panels installed at his high school Caringbah High. . He co-founded Plastic Free Cronulla, promotes sustainability as an ambassador for Take 3 For The Sea, and has represented Australian youth at the UN Climate Change Conferences (COP27 and COP28)​ ​. He also plays water polo for the Cronulla Sharks Water Polo Club​.

Kal created the documentary "Rising Up" to highlight solutions to climate change and plastic pollution which premiered at the Ocean Lovers Festival in 2024​

Prizes and awards
2020 Sutherland Shire Young Citizen of the Year

2021 Unibank Leaders Scholarship

2023 Sutherland Shire Environmental Citizen of the Year

2023 JCI Australia Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP)