Flocia was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, and moved to Canada for university. She is in her final year at the Simon Fraser University in Canada, pursuing a Bachelor of Environment. Flocia has always taken an interest in sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles from a young age. This prompted her to enrol in the Yale Young Global Scholars program where she focused primarily on Sustainability, Energy and Environmental (SEE) seminars. She gets inspiration from the late Prof. Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to receive a Nobel Peace prize. Flocia aspires to be a professional urban and regional planner because she wants to be part of a team that strives to transform society’s spaces in order to make them healthier and more livable. As a soon-to-be sustainability professional, she believes that everyone has the right to a healthy, clean and safe environment.

I am currently pursuing a Masters degree in Humanitarian Engineering with Sustainability at the University of Warwick in the UK.  I love expressing myself through creative mediums, be it calligraphy, mixed media painting, decoupage or learning new languages. I speak Hindi, Sindhi, Arabic and French, and look forward to learning a lot more!

I truly believe in the power of conscious design to solve the challenges of the 21st century, by bringing to the forefront a well-being economy that allows both people and planet to thrive, thereby promoting abundance and prosperity for all.

I am currently pursuing a BA(hons) in Sociology (UG) at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and am also pursuing a National Diploma in Human Resource Management & ICT at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute.

I co-founded Gender Scholars Forum SL in June 2021, which works for Gender Equality and Mainstreaming Gender in different academic Disciplines. Recently, I conducted a project on developing a blog – “Gender Study resources Hub” which includes resources related to Gender studies.

Further, I worked as a Project Coordinator for the Centre for equality and Justice, Sri Lanka and as an assistant project coordinator for Youth Advocacy Network Sri Lanka. I volunteer and engage in social service, community development, SDGs, social welfare, awareness raising projects, and professional development projects, etc. Also, I am volunteering as the batch representative for the Sociology Association, the Rotaract club of University of Peradeniya, and as a UN volunteer in Sri Lanka (V- Force). I am very much interested in working towards the SDGs and am keen to learn more.

I am Maryam Olayinka Badru. A penultimate student in the department of Marine sciences of the University of Lagos.
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I am passionate about learning new things which will yield positive impacts to people around me. And I enjoy being with people with the same interests as mine. 

I’m an Environmental Engineer from El Bosque University, with an emphasis on environmental management with the ability to identify, analyze and propose solutions to prevent and mitigate impacts or environmental problems. I have knowledge of environmental policies, occupational health and safety, knowledge of the creation of environmental management plans, environmental quality reports, environmental impact studies and monitoring of environmental legal compliance. I have field experience and can use programs such Qgis. I keep a positive attitude to different events that occur.

My name is Kelly Cady and I am an environmental science major at Ithaca College, NY, USA. People describe me as creative and detail-oriented. I love math and prefer to work with my hands. In the future, I aspire to work with renewable energies.  Throughout my education I have learned about climate change and how critical it is to be more sustainable. I am looking forward to the work we will do and am grateful for this great opportunity to be a part of this programme.

Mona is enthusiastic about food, sustainable development and politics. Originally from Finland, but an experienced world-traveler who has lived in the United States, Costa Rica, and United Kingdom. Mona has studied six different languages and she has a diverse academic background in the areas of research and analysis, literature and linguistics, education, and media and arts.

Hi, my name is Inayah Chaerunnisa and you can call me Inay; I am from Indonesia. I am an energy and environment enthusiast. I am currently a content creator on energy sustainability (check our instagram @energyoutlook.id). By joining this program I hope to learn more about sustainability from all perspectives and to be able to contribute to society.

Louis has held various leadership portfolios, across various functions. Notably these include being the President of the NUS Pharmaceutical Society and Chairperson of the NUS Students’ Unions International Student Relations Committee. He is also currently the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering Singapore Affiliate Students’ Chapter. In his leadership roles, he has championed innovation and constantly brought forth and implement new ideas to ensure the societies have remained relevant for their members.

For Sustainability, Louis is passionate about sustainable finance and how sustainability does not have to mean less profits for businesses. He is passionate about encouraging and working together with businesses to have a focus on sustainability.

In his free time, Louis enjoys going to the gym, Muay thai (a form of martial arts), and cafe-hopping.

Dingha Chrispo Babila is a PhD research fellow in Geography and Planning at the University of Bamenda Cameroon. He is the Delegate for Community and Livelihood Sustainability Common Initiative Group (COLISCIG) since 2019.

Dingha has researched and communicated the need for wise use of wetlands earning the Idea Wild equipment grant in September 2020.

He aspires to continue with his research career in environmental dynamics, and contribute to addressing global environmental and societal issues. As well as engage communities and raise awareness about the need for environmental stewardship, sustainable exploration and consumption.
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Dingha’s keys goals are to strengthen his capacity in environmental research through the use of geospatial data and GIS and to raise awareness about sustainable actions.

He holds a Masters and Bachelor of Science degrees in Geography and Planning from the University of Bamenda.

My name is Maggie Fechtman and I am currently an undergraduate student at Penn State University, studying Community, Environment, and Development (CED) with a focus in International Development and a minor in International Agriculture. I am very passionate about working to resolve global inequalities through sustainable development. 

Outside of academics, I am a collegiate contemporary dancer. I love travelling and will be in Europe, January 2022 – May 2022, to study abroad. 

I look forward to being a member of this cohort, learning more about SLE, and contributing to the progress of sustainability. 

Durodoluwa Femi-Ajala is the creative director of “dgreenadvocate” a creative outlet focused on creating sustainable environments within her community. She believes that a change in mindset will lead to a change in the behavioural patterns of people, leading to a changing world, which is why she focuses on educating people. She is likewise a co-founder of the Youth Sustainable Development Network (YSDN) an organization that believes changing the lives and mindsets of youths, leads to a changing narrative. The team of YSDN does this by ensuring that small scale and start-up initiatives become sustainable and financially viable in the long term, understanding that many initiatives fail within the first five years. Furthermore, the most viable of initiatives are sponsored to implement their desired projects.

Durodoluwa believes that no matter how little an effort seems, it can change the life of a person. This has become her impetus in doing what she does. She also loves fictional books and those that speak to the realities of life. She has a background in law.

Maya presently works as  ‘Science Education Officer’ with the National Trust of Ireland after spending a year working in Brussels as a trainee sustainability consultant. As Science Education Officer Maya works with schools in Ireland to build capacity in environmental sciences with a focus on climate action. Maya holds a Masters in Environmental Management and Policy from Lunds University and a Bachelor in Geography and Sociology from Trinity College Dublin. Throughout her education and internships Maya has gathered expertise in the area of education for sustainable development and urban resilience through work with the Foundation for Environmental Education, Low Carbon City (Ciudad Baja en Carbono), C40 Cities, and the European Commission. Maya has additionally been leading community outreach projects with asylum seekers and at-risk children and youth in a voluntary capacity for over 6 years.

Maya enjoys working in multi-cultural environments, and is a dual-citizen of Denmark and the USA. She has lived and worked across 4 continents and 8 countries.

Claude has a Master of Global Affairs from the University of Toronto, with a specialization in Environmental Studies. She graduated from the University of Rochester in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a focus on Brain and Cognitive Science. She is interested in sustainable consumption and production generally and transitions to sustainable lifestyles, circular economics, and waste prevention with an interest in the Asia Pacific Region and East Africa. Claude has completed program evaluations for economic empowerment programs, green materials transitions for buildings, and researched plastic bag bans. Claude has lived or worked in Canada, South Africa, U.S, Denmark, Haiti, Mexico, and Japan. Claude speaks French, Haitian Creole, and conversational Japanese.

I have a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering degree from UNALM specializing in Climate Change and I am a climate activist. I am the Executive Director and Co-founder of Estación CLIMA (The Climate Station) youth organization that, understanding the importance of having a science-public policy interface on climate change, integrates research, participation and advocacy in spaces of governance, climate education and community projects to contribute to the transition to a just and sustainable social system. I am the creator of Painot (an Instagram Project on Climate Education), co-organizer of LCOY-Peru 2021, former Vice President of the Climate Change Research Circle, and am trained in citizen governance. I am also a Mentee of the WWF International We Got This Program, and a speaker at the Global Landscape Forum Climate Conference and Climate Leader of The Climate Reality Project.

I am an empathetic, outgoing and enthusiastic person who likes to work for noble and just causes.

I’m Michelle García, from Portoviejo City, in Ecuador. I´m in my mid twenties. I love music, reading and camping. I have a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering and I have a master’s in Integrated Management systems. I’m a climate reality leader. I like to clean waste on beaches like microplastics in Crucita and Puerto López Beach. But, I realized that I can help more if I work in industries and collaborate with environmental management.
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During the pandemic, I learned about a plant-based diet, and composting from organic waste with a Californian red worm. Also, my father and I started to build a vegetable patch. We have planted tomato, cucumber, lettuce, broad bean, watermelon, papaya, radish, banana, pepper, and basil.
Then, I got a job in a hospital in another city. I work towards implementing solutions for decarbonization of healthcare.

I like everything about renewable energies in rural communities, like using anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste.

Motivated, curious, and creative young recent graduate from Italy. I am passionate about social issues, climate change communication, sustainable lifestyles, and media content creation. I also love travelling and meeting with people with different backgrounds and from different countries. From my previous work experiences, I acquired knowledge in the field of journalism, PR, web development, social media management, and event management. I am enthusiastic about working in a dynamic and international environment. 

Serge HATEGEKIMANA SENGA is a passionate environmentalist and young engineer who believes that youth now have potentials to restore our degrading earth and can leave it a better place. With copious experience in youth and community engagement, education and empowerment towards ecological stewardship and sustainability role models, Mr. Serge works as Program officer at We Do GREEN (www.wedogreenrw.org) – one of Africa’s rising youth-led NGOs. The team is on a mission to engage young people for environmental protection at the local level. The organization’s main goal is to address extreme poverty facing local communities – poverty that is compounded by ongoing environmental degradation particularly as a result of the global climate crisis. He is completing his undergraduate in civil engineering at the University of Rwanda. He is interested in the nexus of leveraging the power of engineering to solve environmental challenges. He enjoys reading, playing musical instruments and volleyball.

Megha is a writer, researcher, creative strategist, and climate warrior. She is also the founder of The Sustainability Series, a digital brand and community dedicated to climate change. She has completed her Bachelors in Journalism and Mass Communication in 2020 and is currently pursuing her Post Graduate Diploma in Data Science and Business Analytics from University of Texas at Austin, USA and Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India. She was introduced to the global sustainability movement in 2017 after watching Lauren Singer’s infamous Mason Jar video on Facebook. Ever since then, she has been taking small steps to adapt sustainability in her day to day lifestyle and wishes to take it to the next step with community action now.

Muthia is an idea-oriented published children’s book author, public speaker, and social work student at Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia, with interests and experiences in project management, sustainability, and international development. She has been actively engaging with activities on child and youth empowerment and the SDGs. Her sparks in sustainability first started as she got captivated by the intersection of her background in social welfare with economic development and environmental stability. She then joined the Indonesian counterpart of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) as an intern, which gained her deeper insights on sustainability, especially in the business sector. Currently, Muthia is exploring opportunities to broaden her perspectives on sustainability management.

I am Abenathi Mantshiyose, I was born in the late 1990’s. I live in Willowvale, a small town located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

I completed my high school at St Christopher’s Private School, and later on I furthered my tertiary studies at Rhodes University. I completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and Geography in 2019, and in 2020 I completed my Honours degree in Environmental Science. I am currently doing my Masters at the University of Cape Town under the Environmental and Geographical Science department.

I have been involved in different research projects over the years. In 2020 I conducted research on the adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers to drought in Southern Africa. Currently I am completing a Masters research project that is focused on investigating the weather and climate information needs of smallholder farmers towards better communication of climate information in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Abigail Martinez is an adult educator committed to social justice and sustainable development. She is a UNESCO Chair in Adult Literacy and Learning for Social Transformation PhD Scholar at the University of East Anglia looking at adult educators’ professional development in education for sustainable development through digital networks. Abigail collaborates with MY World Mexico as a programme assistant. During her journey, she has collaborated with several NGOs, assisted with research in public and private institutions in 9+ countries, developed education curriculum, guided educators professional development, and engaged in education for sustainable development. Besides, she forms part of three digital action networks for the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda: MY World Mexico, Global Schools, and Global Sustainable Futures. Abigail has been a recipient of local, national and international awards for her efforts with education and sustainable development.

-Dinis S. Messele is a registered nurse by profession from Angola and a 2021 Mandela Washington fellowship Alumni in the Leadership in Public Management track. He is a community health advocate, educator, and a youth mentor. His passion is holistic community health and education which is greatly influenced by the environment. He believes a healthy environment keeps people healthy.

He mobilizes and leads a multi-disciplinary group of health professionals to provide free basic healthcare and medication to disadvantaged communities with no or little access to healthcare facilities.

He educates and mentors adolescents and young people in his community on spiritual, mental and physical well-being/health, care for the environment, discovering and enhancing individual personal gifts and potential.

He has a passion for continuous learning and self improving in order to serve his community and humanity better. He is fluent in English and Portuguese, and speaks basic French.

I am a mother who is worried for my girl’s future on earth, passionate about life, Italian, Brazilian, in between. I am a geographer with post-graduate credential in environmental management, a master’s in production engineering, and I’ve newly become a doctoral student in environment at State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). I have worked in planning, public management, innovation, and sustainability at the Centre for Mineral Technology (CETEM). Also, as a scholarship opportunity, performed laboratory management activities, and process control at CETEM. I was a technical secretariat of 2 standards committees at Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT). Achieved some experience with standards, technical regulation, conformity assessment procedures, while working with technical barriers, regional and multilateral trade agreements in National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO). Lastly, I had a brief but proud experience teaching geography at Federal University of Espirito Santo (UFES).

Dylan holds an undergraduate degree in Resource and Environmental Management, and a certificate in data analytics and visualization. He is passionate about ESG principles and how they can be applied to corporate social responsibility/investment and corporate sustainability. Currently, he is a Fellow at the MovingWorlds Institute where he explores using human-centred design to better social enterprise, business, and impact reporting.

He believes that the power of education can help push individuals and companies to be more sustainable.

Having grown up between South Africa and Canada, Dylan brings a unique lived experience understanding issues in the developed and developing world. This global mindset, along with his environmental background, allows him to understand how the developed world can help the developing world.

Living in Vancouver, Canada, Dylan likes to cook, fish, and live off the land where possible. He also is a huge soccer fan and art nerd.

I am Tuan, an international student from Vietnam who has lived and experienced the cultural hardship of drastically different societies (Japan, Denmark, Germany). I am a graduate in the master degree of Environmental Science from the University of Copenhagen. Previously educated in Nature-based Drainage Systems and resource recovery from waste, I’m expanding my professional interests in green investing, climate due diligence, and working with hubs that help form partnerships between companies, universities, investors and entrepreneurs. A diligent young professional who is skilled in identifying opportunities for strengthening team processes and product success. Data-driven and strategic in continuously seeking to understand the “whys” while transforming ideas into actionable goals and plans for execution. I am a firm believer that sustainable art and culture should be the 18th SDG goal as Art has the immense power to invoke empathy and initiate change.

James K. Njuguna (B.Sc., M.Sc.) is a volunteer at One Planet Network, contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Lifestyles and Education Programme (UN-SLE) within the 10YFP on Sustainable Consumption and Production led by UNEP. Prior to joining One Planet Network, James volunteered to serve as a Network Coordinator at Global Sustainable Future Network (GSFN). In his role, he represented the GSFN at international conferences, supported the membership drive, developed research project proposals and assisted in deepening the engagements with international networks. Previously, James was a Post Graduate Research Assistant at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya, where he gained considerable skills and knowledge in Renewable Energy Systems, Material Science, Circular Economics, Data Analysis and the technical aspects that impacted the smooth implementation of under-graduate programs. During his internship at Wilken Group he assisted in developing independent and secure wireless networks for internal communications at United Nation Headquarters, Nairobi. During that period, he often interacted with international guests who were affiliated with the United Nations. 

Originally from the UK, Isaac currently resides on the Åland Islands where he is undertaking a volunteering project through the European Solidarity Corps. This involves working with environmental and social development organisations such as ABF Åland and Ålands Natur och Miljö. Passionate about sustainability, he is also vice chair of the Regeneration 2030 Foundation, a youth sustainability movement. ReGeneration 2030’s aim is to bring together young people and youth organisations of the Nordic and Baltic regions; with the vision to enact SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics, focusing on Environmental Economics, from the University of Bristol.

Environmental Engineer from El Bosque University. Began professional experience as an intern in the project “how urban youth can be an engine to achieve low-carbon Sustainable Lifestyles: beginning in Bogota”, continued working as a consultant. 3 years of experience in research projects on sustainability, carbon and water footprint and responsible consumption and production. Developed conferences in companies and universities on sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals. Currently working as a teacher at El Bosque University, and working on funding En Modo Acción Foundation that aims to develop environmental projects in Colombia.

Veronica Romero is an economist with a transdisciplinary specialization in circular economy. Growing up, the social inequalities and environmental problems of Caracas, her native city in Venezuela, awakened her interest in sustainable development. At 18 years old, she decided to move to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, to pursue her bachelor studies. She completed her degree with honours in 2019 with a research internship about the relation between microcredits and women empowerment in Guatemala. Her exceptional academic records awarded her a full scholarship from the EU to study Circular Economy in the Netherlands and Sweden. For her master’s thesis she worked on exploring the values and impacts that business associate with biodiversity. Through environmental volunteering, she discovered a new way to express her passion for sustainability. Currently, she is based in Bilbao, starting her career as a Junior Advisor for the Climate Change and Sustainability Services department of EY.

Sutirtha is from India. She has completed her Masters in Zoology from the University of
Calcutta with a specialization in Biodiversity & Ecosystem Function. Sutirtha is an advocate at heart,
especially when it comes to the environmental injustices in this vast world of greys we live in.
Communicating climate change through tech and culture, she hopes to help build momentum for the climate movement in the world.

Sutirtha believes, “We are all extinction rebellions doing our bit to leave the Mother Earth as a legacy
for our future generations.” Her love for life lies in drawing connections from our everyday lives to the environment we live in so that we can all push for a planet-friendly future together. She believes we are living in one of the most exciting eras of human history. Everyone is converging to experiment on new ways for our world to progress sustainably.

Let’s connect and exchange ideas on ways to achieve the UN Global Goals.

Ibrahima Sory Sow is a young professional changemaker, community builder, and activist. He is a Clinton Global Initiative University Fellow with a commitment action on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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He is a Founder and Director of “Les Jeunes Ambassadeurs de l’Environnement pour le Développement Durable” which aims to promote, educate and advocate young student leaders on Climate Justice, Environmental Justice, and education for sustainable development.

I am a 4th-year Geography student at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, with a great passion for promoting sustainable lifestyles and responsible consumption. I am also working as an Environmental Data Analyst at the UBC Sea Around Us project, a marine life catch database led by the famous biologist Dr. Daniel Pauly. In my career journey, I have been facilitating the openness of data in order to let researchers and policymakers have higher access to quality conservation data. I am also academically interested in sustainable lifestyles in the context of urban justice, in particular how everyone, especially marginalized people, can equally participate in sustainable development and benefit from that. Therefore, my past research and extracurricular experience have been focusing on how to use planning as a tool to achieve justice. In this program, I hope to continue working towards a more sustainable future.

My name is Natalia Tsuyama, I am in my mid twenties and I am an expert in public policies.
I’ve been a Climate activist since 2019, when I won the startup weekend sustainable revolution BH with a technology that allowed me to calculate and offset the carbon footprint of transport applications.

Since then, I have been working with civil society organizations to bring climate education and awareness to Brazilian youth.

In 2020 I founded Sustentabilize-se a sustainable digital community in Brazil. We create awareness about the 3 pillars of sustainability through educational programs, curation of materials and event production.

In the same year I organized one of the biggest events against global climate change – TEDxSavassi Countdown.
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And also I was selected among 5000 candidates to be one of the 500 people trained by United People Global, an organization from Geneva, to be an SDG Leader.

An inquisitive and open-minded student, with experience in social media marketing, leadership and organising. I am enthusiastic about public and social policy, seeking new, greener ways for our society. The opportunities in the sharing economy and circular economy are not utilized yet, hence I am deeply interested in how nudging can change the behavior of corporations and citizens towards sustainability. As a scout I have experience in environmental education and community building with a green focus. While I was volunteering weekly for a year in a Gypsi village I discovered that deep poverty is a barrier when it comes to turning away from nature destroying habits, like burning plastic or other polluting activities. Therefore it is crucial to pay attention to inequality which will increase as the frequency of catastrophes caused by climate change grows.

I’m Jermaine from Singapore. Currently in my first job after graduation, working in the building industry. I’m interested in learning more about packaging waste more specifically on the whole lifecycle from production to end of life and materials used especially for the skincare industry. I’m also interested in textile waste, so the fast fashion industry stands out to me especially the whole social aspect of it. Personally, I feel that a closed loop in any industry is extremely important so that we can minimize using new resources to create even newer products. I have recently picked up knitting and am also on a journey to upcycle my clothes through YouTube and by learning from my grandmother who used to make her own clothes. I do also try to be as zero-waste as much as possible and cut down on my carbon footprint by consuming less meat starting with pork 😊

Mallory Xinyu Zhan is a PhD Candidate and research associate affiliated with the Institute of Sociological Research and the Institute of Environmental Governance and Territorial Development at the University of Geneva. Her PhD research explores topics of sustainable consumption, ecological citizenship and well-being in the grassroots lifestyle movement of zero waste. She also teaches courses related to sustainability and sustainable consumption at the university. Prior to her PhD, Mallory was an associate at the Environment Programme of the Oak Foundation in Geneva where she helps manage a portfolio of grants supporting NGOs working on climate change mitigation. Before that, she had worked on various projects with UNDP and UNICEF in China and Switzerland. Mallory grew up in China, and moved to the United States at the age of 16. She now calls Geneva home where she enjoys spending time with mountains, lakes and animals.