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Faith for Earth Youth
- Faith for Earth Youth Council
- Youth Council Members (2022 - 2023)
- News & Updates
The Faith for Earth Youth Council is a platform composed of young faith leaders and members of youth movements globally advocating for the protection of the Earth in their faith communities.
Faith is a powerful driver of behaviours and attitudes. Young faith leaders and movements carry with them the potential to mobilise a generation of environmentally conscious leaders committed to sustainable development and intergenerational equity.
The lived experiences of younger generations is an asset that is taken for granted but is critical for reaching an entire population.
The purpose of the Youth Council is to mobilise faith and interfaith youth engagement to engage in intergovernmental processes by promoting training and capacity-building in these processes and peer-to-peer learning.
"The future is created one room at a time, one gathering at a time. Each gathering needs to become an example of the future we want to create."
- Peter Block, excerpt from the book Community: The Structure of Belonging
Resources
The Faith for Earth Youth Council currently holds 19 youth council members and 7 advisors from around the world, each providing a unique faith background:
- Abdullahi Idris Muhammad, Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria Kano University, Muslim-Sunni
- Abhay Singh Sachal, Break The Divide (Canada), Sikh
- Anna Kvashuk, UN-Habitat (Ukraine), Orthodox
- Carolina Frimer, Interfaith Encounter Association (Israel), Orthodox Jewish
- Daniel del Valle Blanco, Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the UN, Catholic
- Esdras Salanic, Consejo Latinoamericano De Iglesias (Guatemala), Indigenous spirituality, Anglican Episcopal
- Guilherme Moura Bejo, Renew Our World (Brazel), Episcopal Anglican
- Hudayi Cerkez Acar, IOM Kenya (Turkey), Muslim
- Jin Tanaka, UNISC International (Japan)
- Marinel Ubaldo, Laudato Si Philippines, Roman Catholic
- Michelle Jacqueline Cordova Machado, Anglican youth of El Salvador, Anglican
- Rev. Godfrey Adera, Green Anglican Movement (Kenya), Anglican
- Rukia Ahmed, Mt. Kenya University Environmental Student Association, Muslim
- Sarah Oliver, United Religions Initiative, Christian
- Savanna Sullivan, Lutheran World Federation (United States), Lutheran
- Sobia Ibrahim, Institute of Ismaili Studies (Pakistan), Shia Muslim
- Tiffany Tu 凃君曄, Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation (New Zealand), Buddhist
- Osman Felix Cole, Earth Regenerative Project Sierra Leone, Muslim
- Veronicah Njoroge, Africa Media Initiative (Kenya), Christian
Kristian Noll, LSE Faith Centre joins the Youth Council (2024 - 2026)
"I am very pleased and honored to announce that I have been selected to serve on the UN Environment Programme's Faith for Earth Youth Council" Read more
Grace Chilongo, URI joins the Youth Council (2024 - 2026)
"Being selected for the Faith for Earth Youth Council is an affirmation of her commitment to these causes... We also Congratulate Greshma Raju, Dhruv Bhatt and Vasu Bandu - all members of URI - who have been selected for the Faith for Earth Youth Council 2024-26!" Read more
Launch of the Faith for Earth Youth Council
Through weekly meetings, the council is crafting an action plan that will set a framework for a series of regional youth councils around the world. These councils will be led by the FFEYC council members who will come together for biannual meetings to report on the progress of their council. Read more
INAUGURAL UNEP FAITH FOR EARTH YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING ATTENDED BY ATTACHÉ DANIEL DEL VALLE BLANCO
A reflection from David Read more
