Africa |
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| Advisor
-Yvonne Maingey (Kenya) |
| Age:
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17 |
| Study: |
Student
at Hillcrest Preparatory School, Nairobi |
| Activities: |
Started
an environment club in my old primary school, participating
in all sorts of activities from clean-ups, to environment
walks and even environment workshops. Also got very involved
in the Global movement for children and was selected to
be the African children's representative to speak to world
leaders on children's issues during the Special Session
for children in New York. |
| Motto: |
As
a young person I have a say in what happens to me and
the world I live in and I think it’s very important
that all young people take a stand on issues affecting
them.
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| Associate
Advisor – Humphrey Polepole (Tanzania) |
| Age: |
22 |
| Study: |
Currently
on a year off from a degree in architecture |
| Activities:
|
Secretariat
Director for the Tanzania Youth Coalition (TYC) and the
CEO for the Windows for Africa’s Development-Tanzania |
| Motto:
|
Development
is the result of collective determinations while realizing
a positive focus and success in development is a result
of handwork and self determination.
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Associate
Advisor – Ruth Mulenga (Zambia)
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Asia
& the Pacific |
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| Advisor
– Alan Wu (Australia) |
| Age:
|
20 |
|
Study: |
BA/LLB
Degree at University of Melbourne |
| Activities:
|
Served
as Youth Representative on the Australian Delegation to
the 2002 United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development,
and currently coordinates Wellspring, an Australian environmental
advocacy group for young people. Also an active in a number
of Australian youth affairs organizations, including the
Australian Youth Affairs Coalition, the Foundation for Young
Australians, the 2004 National Youth Week Planning Group,
and the 2004 National Youth Roundtable. |
| Motto:
|
We
have not inherited the world from our forefathers -- we
have borrowed it from our children.
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|
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| Advisor
– Sixuan Li (China) |
| Age: |
18 |
| Study:
|
Student
of Chengdu Yan Dao Jie High School |
| Activities: |
TV
host of Sichuan Provincial TV Station for the Youth Program,
Organizing a National Youth Council on Environment in
China, Community Environmental Education on mothers and
kids, Volunteer for Protecting the Mother River, Research
on the City Ecological Construction, Week of Weather Observation,
Week of Caring For Birds, Organizing Investigations of
Worn-out Batteries and used paper, Planting trees on the
ring road of the city, raising money for the antelope
in Tibet. |
| Motto: |
Save the Antelope in Tibet
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| Associate
Advisor – Lucia Wellington (Australia) |
|
Activities: |
I
volunteer in various environmental campaigns and attend
lectures focused on sustainability to build my knowledge
for future projects. I am constantly trying to minimize
my ecological footprint, and that of my friends and family. |
| Motto:
|
Make
a difference through a more sustainable approach to design
and architecture.
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Associate
Advisor – Daniel Keum (South Korea)
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Europe |
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| Advisor
-Tomislav Tomasevic (Croatia) |
| Age:
|
22 |
| Study:
|
3rd
Year Student at Faculty of Law in Zagreb |
| Activities: |
Member
of Green Action/ Friends of the Earth Croatia (the biggest
environmental NGO in South Eastern Europe) as a volunteer,
passing from an activist to International Affairs Coordinator
and member of the Board of Directors in the organization.
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| Motto: |
Youth
participation in decision-making
|
|
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| Advisor
- Nicole Meyer (Switzerland) |
| Age: |
22 |
| Study: |
Environmental
Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
| Activities: |
Board
member of the World Student Community for Sustainable,
Development, seed-sustainability and the Swiss youth parliament,
organizes projects in education and capacity building
for younger students awareness raising. |
| Motto: |
"Lots
of little people in lots of little places who do lots
of little things are going to change the world!"
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| Associate
Advisor – Lars Appelquist (Denmark) |
| Age: |
22 |
| Study: |
Geography
at the University of Copenhagen |
| Activities: |
International
secretary for the Danish organization Nature and Youth,
representative of Nature and Youth in the Danish Youth Council’s
UN-group. |
| Motto: |
No
"Tunza", no cure.
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Associate
Advisor – Boryana Boneva(Bulgaria)
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Latin
America & the Caribbean
|
 |
| Advisor-Camila
Godinho (Brazil) |
| Age: |
23 |
| Study: |
Masters
in Public Management (previously: Bachelor Degree in International
Business) |
|
Activities: |
Member
of the Latin American Youth Community, representing Brazil
on environmental programmes (www.claj.org), director of
international relations of Interagir (www.interagir.org.br),
research teacher at the Observatory of International Relations
on Sustainable Development at the Faculdades Jorje Amando,
coordinator of teh GEO for Youth Brazil Project, member
of Pegada Jovem - State Youth Council on the Environment. |
| Motto: |
We
have the chance to choose which future we want to give
to our children and grandchildren. Let's not waste this
opportunity.
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|
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| Advisor-
Kenneth Ochoa (Colombia) |
| Age:
|
20 |
|
Study: |
Environmental
Engineering at El Bosque University, Bogotá |
| Activities: |
President
of Environmental Youth Organization (Organización Juvenil
Ambiental – OJA) |
| Motto: |
I
would like people to make a difference and have a sustainable
perspective of the environment. I would like them to take
care of the planet as it takes care of them.
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|
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| Associate
Advisor-Analiz Vergara (Ecuador) |
| Age: |
15 |
| Study: |
High
School Student |
| Activities:
|
Working
as part of Pioneers of Change Ecuador in diverse projects
related to young people. |
| Motto:
|
I
think young people like me have the power to change
the world, and so I do everything I can to make sure
that our environment will be healthier than it is now
for the future generations.
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|
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| Associate
Advisor-Marina Mansilla (Argentina) |
| Age: |
20 |
| Study: |
Student
of Environmental Sciences in Buenos Aires |
| Activities: |
Director of Peace Child Argentina, a worldwide youth organization,
which seeks to “empower young people” so they
can “be the change the want to see in the world. |
| Motto: |
Each
individual has the power and can make a change, you
only need to believe your dreams are possible.
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North
America |
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Noah
Samuel Chesnin (United States of America)
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West
Asia |
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| Advisor-
Lara El-Saad (Emirates) |
| Age: |
22 |
| Study: |
Environmental
Health Science |
| Activities: |
Volunteer
at Emirates Diving Association (EDA) |
| Motto:
|
I
would like to encourage youth to believe in themselves because
only they can make the difference.
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|
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| Advisor-
Hanan Rajab (Bahrain) |
| Age: |
23 |
| Study: |
Business
Administrations In the University of Bahrain. |
|
Activities: |
Member
of Bahrain Women’s Society, an environmental citizenship
project. |
| Motto: |
What
environment has given and still gives us, is the reason
why we all should do the best we can to protect it.
To let it keep giving more and more, because we need
it green and smiling.
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Associate
Advisor- Amal Al-Alawi (Bahrain) |
