Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti (born August 1, 1995) is a Kenyan environment and climate activist and founder of the Green Generation Initiative,[1] which nurtures young people to love nature and be environmentally conscious at a young age and has now planted 30,000 tree seedlings in Kenya.

She has attended the UN's Conferences of the Parties on several occasions and has commented that the language used, especially the multitude of acronyms associated with climate change, can act as a barrier to young people's participation.

[12] Wathuti is also a member of the Green Belt Movement, which was founded by her role model Professor Wangari Maathai.

[13] In 2019 on International Youth Day, she was recognized by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on their Instagram feed[14] for her work in environmental conservation.

[15][16] In the same year she was named alongside Vanessa Nakate and Oladuso Adenike by Greenpeace as one of three young black climate activists in Africa trying to save the world.