- [Drew] Environmentalist Krystal Frame,
is on a mission to change the planet
one trash clean up at a time.
The single mom launched
the environmental justice organization, Sustain Frame,
after being furloughed during the pandemic.
- This itself was actually full.
- Her community service spans across Texas,
New Orleans, and New York City,
with free meals, community refrigerators,
and trash cleanups.
During the Texas freeze of 2022,
she helped make enough chili to serve 1000 people
who were without power.
Now that is a Drew gooder.
We should all aim to be like Krystal Frame.
(audience applauding)
It's Drew gooder and environmentalist, Krystal Frame.
(audience cheering)
What makes you, you?
Why do you feel it's important to educate people
on the environment?
What started it for you?
- I mean, for me, I experienced a lot of
what people would call
issues that are affecting the climate.
I worked in fashion and in hospitality.
I continually always pull back to this moment
where I happened to be bartending at a bar in Brooklyn,
and I had counted 10 glass bottles
that I had thrown in the trash myself.
And a lot of these restaurants don't have the ability to
explore recycling, 'cause it's very expensive,
and you think a Mom and Pop retail place even
can experience that as well.
It's just, again, another taxing part
of a small business process.
- But you like go into your community
and during one of the, the Texas freeze,
you went and made like chili for a thousand people.
- I was trying to think about
how I could help other people with the assets that I had.
So I had actually planned to do a dinner for Sustain
that previous week, and I didn't get a chance to.
And I had actually connected with the local restaurant
that was doing a lot of food give backs,
and I was like, all right, I found some care
for my daughter, and then I ran in
to go help them make a big vat of chili.
Like it was the big,
they were like, here's five cans of tomato,
I need you to blend that up.
And I was like, okay.
And we ended up feeding 1200 people.
We also took in some resources that we were handing out
and it was such a beautiful experience
to see such community come together.
We just experienced such a traumatic moment.
It was a lot. - Well I think what you did
was incredible.
- [Krystal] Appreciate that.
A place that I've actually traveled to,
that I really love is Costa Rica.
And I was amazed
(audience applauding)
by
how sustainable
and forward thinking
everywhere I went was.
And I just thought, I wish this was more ubiquitous.
I wish this was more places.
Everything is eco, and minded, and it just blew my mind.
And we've partnered with Visit Costa Rica,
and in honor of the work that you've been doing,
we're sending you on an all expenses paid trip for two
to Costa Rica
(audience applauding)
where you're gonna be surrounded by mother nature,
and rain forests, and waterfalls, and beaches,
and mineral rich, thermal hot springs.
It's really an amazing place where you go
and it just seems like what the future should look like,
and how it should function.
And there's also a really fun fact.
The sloth is the national symbol of Costa Rica
and everyone in the audience actually has a sloth.
Is this right?
Everybody has their sloth.
(audience cheering)
Okay.
Does anyone have a sloth with a yellow heart on it?
You do?
Okay.
Well you just won an all expense paid trip
for two to Costa Rica.
(audience applauding)
What is your name?
- My name is Sarah Luke.
- Sarah Luke, can you get away to go to Costa Rica?
- Of course, yes.
- [Drew] Oh, thank goodness.
- It's a bucket list place for me.
- Oh, I had dreamt to go there my whole life as well
and I had never been there until just a few years ago,
in 2019 at Christmas.
And I loved it so much.
We ziplined, we went to beaches, we surfed,
we went into waterfalls, and it was so soulful.
It's one of the most beautiful places
I've ever been to on Planet Earth,
and the opportunities for adventure, and wellness,
and they say romance, and exploration are unlimited.
I was on a vacation with my two daughters
but it really is a special spot on our planet.
And it's one of the most visited international destinations
in Central America.
So congratulations.
Thank you so much for coming today.
And I can't thank you enough for coming
and making us aware to take care of our communities.
- It's such an honor, thank you.
- [Drew] Thank you.
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