Ryelle Whitford wants to clean up the whole world, but she鈥檚 starting with the Frame Lake shore.

鈥淲e鈥檙e starting with the lakes,鈥� said Whitford. 鈥淭o the rivers, to the oceans.鈥�

This passionate intuitive started when Whitford and her grandma went to City Hall for lunch, it was there that they got a peek at the water and saw a collection of disgusting debris.

鈥淲e saw plastic,鈥� said Whitford. 鈥淪igns, chairs, even a dress, and a bunch of toys. I鈥檓 like, 鈥淲e got to stop this.鈥�

To help reach her goal of a cleaner world, Whitford started a petition, beginning with friends and family before expanding out into her neighbourhood.

She knew that wasn鈥檛 enough though, and went even further to get the message out.

鈥淪o I had a meeting with the mayor,鈥� said Whitford. 鈥淲e鈥檙e starting it on August 12 at 4:30 p.m.鈥�

Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca Alty was excited for what Whitford, and youth in general, had to offer.

鈥淚 find the youth are so passionate about the environment,鈥� said Alty 鈥淪o, when she [Whitford] came forward and expressed her concerns and talked about action, I wanted to be able to support her to show her that when you have an issue and you want to see it through, it鈥檚 possible.鈥�

At the time of writing, Whitford has 13 signatures on her petition, but according to the Facebook event listening for the clean-up, a total of 31 people are interested.

On top of a cleaner world, Whitford also wants to protect the turtles.

鈥淵ou know how turtles have been finding plastic,鈥� said Whitford. 鈥淏ut they鈥檙e thinking it鈥檚 food. When they try to eat it, they鈥檙e like choking. A bunch of them are getting lost in the world.鈥�

Whitford can鈥檛 wait to get started with the clean-up and already has ideas for where to go after she鈥檚 finished with Frame Lake.

鈥淚 think we would go to Yellowknife River,鈥� said Whitford. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a long river, with a bunch of things. There鈥檚 a bunch of metal on the floor, but I鈥檝e seen more things in that river.鈥�