Bindi Irwin’s heartfelt message to young girls: ‘You can be a changemaker’

As a mother to a one-year-old daughter, Bindi Irwin firmly believes all young girls should have strong role models.

And the 23-year-old conservation has shared her own message for the new generation in her foreword for the latest edition of the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls book series.

The fifth edition of the anthology, which is committed to ‘helping raise the most inspired and confident global generation of girls’, is called 100 Inspiring Young Changemakers.

The book features 100 profiles of trailblazing women, including Taylor Swift and Greta Thunberg, who rose to the top of their field. 

Bindi’s writes how her upbringing instilled in her a strong values about wildlife conservation and speaking for those ‘who cannot speak for themselves’.

The wildlife warrior says she ‘loves’ the book series because it shines a light on female changemakers who ‘stand up for what they believe in’.

The fifth edition of the anthology, which is committed to ‘helping raise the most inspired and confident global generation of girls’, is called 100 Inspiring Young Changemakers 

‘The kindness you show to others, the dreams you are passionate about, and the endeavors you undertake daily are all creating change,’ she adds. 

The print edition will be available for purchase on September 27.

Bindi married her American husband Chandler Powell in 2020, in a private ceremony held at Australia Zoo.

Bindi married Florida-born husband Chandler Powell (right) in 2020, in a private ceremony held at Australia Zoo. The pair welcomed daughter Grace Warrior on March 25 last year 

A teenage Chandler was visiting from Florida in 2013 when he caught Bindi’s eye during a tour of Australia Zoo, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

The pair welcomed daughter Grace Warrior on March 25 last year, which coincidentally was their first wedding anniversary.

Bindi and Chandler, 25, live on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast and work at Australia Zoo, the Irwin family business.

Bindi (pictured with brother Robert and mother Terri) live on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast and work at Australia Zoo, the Irwin family business