Meet our wonderful Ambassadors who practice liberation, lead from their hearts, and bring their inner-led change practices to negotiating tables, advocacy agendas, community-building initiatives, and policy-making fora.
We research and report on innovations in inner work across the globe, collect case studies, and explore responses to the impacts of the climate crisis on young people that shift the narrative beyond mental health, wellbeing, and mindfulness
Shaped by our beautiful, joyful, creative, transformative, and comprehensive 6-month program, CYR’s global impact network of inner-led worldmakers are ready to lead us through the challenges of our times with courage, compassion and grace.
The following graduates learnt alongside peers, all of whom were selected for their community achievements, leadership qualities, integrity, and spirit of collaboration.
Join the Climate Youth Resilience Community! Together we can shape the kinds of services and resources that best serve young people in protecting their wellbeing, and letting their lights shine.
Asia Charles is a mixed-heritage mindfulness teacher in her third year of the MA in Teaching Mindfulness-Based Approaches at Bangor University, working towards BAMBA accreditation, with qualifications in psychology, arts therapy, and youth coaching. She brings five years of experience teaching mindfulness across clinical, educational, and corporate settings, with a focus on compassion, the mind–body connection, and social awareness including climate and racial justice.
London, United Kingdom
Asif Bin Alam Seum
Asia-Pacific
Seum is a climate justice advocate and development practitioner passionate about integrating innovative climate solutions and empowering vulnerable communities and youth to build a more resilient future.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ayomide Olude
Sub-Saharan Africa
Ayomide is an environmentalist who designs and implements development projects guided by principles of justice, human rights, and sustainability. She is currently exploring the intersections between environment, intergenerational equity, and mental wellbeing.
Lagos, Nigeria
Beatrice Ola Ogbuagu
North America
Beatrice is passionate about the environment and is currently conducting research on dust emission dynamics in Utah’s Great Basin – mapping source locations, quantifying emission processes, and developing targeted management recommendations that inform environmental policy and land-restoration efforts.
Vermillion, United State
Chi Christian Nganu
Sub-Saharan Africa
Chi Christian Nganu is a climate activist and youth leader. He is the CEO/Founder of Earth One and a Community Mobilizer and Youth Leader for Greenpeace Africa
Christine Nikander is a social entrepreneur, an educator, and an advisor on environmental, social, and corporate governance. She was featured in The Bloom’s 30 Under 30 Social Impact list in December 2024 for her work on The E-Waste Column.
The Hague, Netherlands
Claire Hill-Dixon
Europe
Claire Hill-Dixon is a coach and facilitator who works creatively and collaboratively with people to reimagine what’s possible. She is passionate about how we stay well in community with others and how we nurture a more connected relationship with nature.
Bristol, United Kingdom
Hajar Chams Eddine
SWANA
Hajar is a researcher specialised in climate adaptation, resilience, and health. She stands for mental wellbeing, justice and liberation in the climate space through storytelling and community building.
Rabat, Morocco
Hanieh Khosroshahi
North America
Hanieh (she/her) is an independent design consultant, researcher, and community organizer working in pursuit of people and the planet. She is part of the communications committee at Climate Sirens
Toronto, Canada
Jannatul Jubly
Asia-Pacific
Jannatul Ferdous Jubly is passionate about youth empowerment, climate action, mindfulness, and community engagement. She strives to create inclusive spaces where young people can become active contributors to sustainable and mindful communities.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
John Jay
Sub-Saharan Africa
Iji John Jay Eluwa is a Nigeria Physics graduate, author, and tech enthusiast with a passion for storytelling and visual creation. As a media professional and project manager, he has worked on initiatives like the Connecting Climate Minds Project and recently completed the Climate Youth Resilience Ambassador program, empowering him to drive positive change in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
Abuja, Nigeria
Joshua Rosero
LATAM
Joshua Rosero is an energy engineer transitioning into climate resilience work, dedicated to pushing for real, positive change and empowering others to join the journey toward a better world.
Quito, Ecuador
Khokhoi (mary alinney villacastin)
Asia-Pacific
KhoKhoi is an artist-anthropologist and cultural, plant & body heartworker based in Bantayan Island, Philippines. Organizing across transoceanic diaspora (@BabaBisaya), her embodied & community-based artist-research practices invite sensual engagement (@KalamiSpiritArts) and re-enchantment with our transforming techno-ecologies.
Bantayan, Philippines
Khotso Mogotlane
Sub-Saharan Africa
Khotso Mogotlane is a South African environmental advocate, founder of Hotlane Organisation, and host of Africa’s Leaders in Sustainability. He leads community-driven conservation projects, promotes circular economy initiatives, and empowers youth through education and green job creation. Khotso also serves as Country Lead for Esgenetique Corporate Solutions, advancing ESG practices and sustainability across Africa.
Cape Town, South Africa
Maxine Govender
Sub-Saharan Africa
Maxine Govender is a youth and climate justice activist currently serving as Director at Zero Waste Durban. Her work is centred on the belief that any work in addressing the climate crisis must be grounded in principles of social justice.
Durban, South Africa
Mirriam Nkosi
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mirriam Nkosi is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar who works at the intersection of art, anthropology, and youth-led climate resilience to help people reconnect with land, culture, and themselves.
Blantyre, Malawi
Monique Sundree Rodgers
Europe
Monique is passionate about reparative reclamation and reconciliation practices that lift up the Global Majority histories and experiences. She is a global wellbeing & belonging practitioner weaving decolonisation, dignity, and joy into global climate resilience work.
London, United Kingdom
Nico Spreng
Europe
Nico’s journey has led him from corporate sustainability towards more regenerative, holistic approaches. CYR was the perfect place to learn how to lead inner-led change.
Munich, Germany
Rahmat Asantewaa Aboagye
Sub-Saharan Africa
Rahmat Asantewaa Aboagye, an MSc student, is an environmental advocate and youth leader and a Health, Safety and environment enthusiast.
Kumasi, Ghana
Ritaj Kalaskar
Asia-Pacific
Ritaj is currently pursuing his Master’s at Sciences Po, focusing on socio-ecological resilience in cities and exploring ways to integrate mindfulness into policy. His work lies at the intersection of sustainability, post-growth, and well-being, striving for a more regenerative relationship between people and the environment.
Pondicherry, India
Riza Annisa Anggraeni
Asia-Pacific
Riza Annisa Anggraeni is someone who feels grounded and inspired by the mountains. Her goal is to encourage policymakers in Indonesia to recognize and uplift local wisdom in advancing sustainable mountain development.
Bandung, Indonesia
Samuel Omare
Sub-Saharan Africa
Samuel Omare is a community organizer, artist, Break Free From Plastic Youth Ambassador, human rights defender, and climate justice advocate from Nairobi, Kenya. He champions sustainable urban development by transforming neglected public spaces into clean, green, and safe areas for all, He’s driven by a desire to see his community live with dignity and by his strong advocacy for a #BorderlessAfrica that promotes unity, mobility, and shared progress across the continent.
Nairobi, Kenya
Shannon Ball
North America
Ocean conservationist, writer, and artist. Passionate about art, diving, snowboarding, and creativity as a conduit for change!
Denver, USA
Sinethemba Mtshali
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sinethemba Mtshali is a social impact entrepreneur, visionary and creator. Passionate about Africa, specifically creating systems that form the foundations of a liberated Africa, where our land our & people are emancipated.
Pretoria, South Africa
Sonia Rahmani
SWANA
Sonia Rahmani is a Tunisian Project Coordinator and youth empowerment leader passionate about sustainability, digital innovation, and social inclusion. She works at the intersection of climate action, entrepreneurship, and community development, driving transformative change across Africa.
Medenine, Tunisia
Sonia Ugwunna
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sonia is an Urban Planning graduate passionate about building cities that are designed for people and climate resilience. She is the founder of NatureFy, a youth-driven community using storytelling, dialogue, and place-based action to understand how their cities shape their lives, and how they can shape their cities in return.
Lagos, Nigeria
Steve Misati
Sub-Saharan Africa
Steve is a passionate marine conservationist based in Mombasa, Kenya. His work bridges marine conservation, climate advocacy, and mental health. He draws inspiration from tracking his impact, which fuels his drive and motivates those around him.
Mombasa, Kenya
Thauany Lisboa
LATAM
Thauany Lisboa is an 19-year-old youth leader from Bahia, Brazil, and co-founder of Reviva Caatinga, an environmental initiative dedicated to restoring the Caatinga biome through sustainable community action.
Bahia, Brazil
Wyn Marie Gallo
Asia-Pacific
Wyn loves sharing colorful stories with children, youth, and parents in island communities across the Philippines. As an LGBTQIA+ advocate, she works with different groups to promote safe spaces, inclusive education, and trans rights.
Siargao Island, Philippines
Xonzy Luz Gaddis
North America
Xonzy Luz Gaddis is a Master of International Law at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, with her sights set on international human rights law, indigenous rights, environmental law, and energy law. She currently serves as the Human Rights Coordinator for the International Council on Human Rights, Peace, and Politics and as a Presidential Research Fellow for the Clinton Presidential Center.
Champaign, United States
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Meet our wonderful Ambassadors who practice liberation, lead from their hearts, and bring their inner-led change practices to negotiating tables, advocacy agendas, community-building initiatives, and policy-making fora.
We research and report on innovations in inner work across the globe, collect case studies, and explore responses to the impacts of the climate crisis on young people that shift the narrative beyond mental health, wellbeing, and mindfulness
Shaped by our beautiful, joyful, creative, transformative, and comprehensive 6-month program, CYR’s global impact network of inner-led worldmakers are ready to lead us through the challenges of our times with courage, compassion and grace.
The following graduates learnt alongside peers, all of whom were selected for their community achievements, leadership qualities, integrity, and spirit of collaboration.
Join the Climate Youth Resilience Community! Together we can shape the kinds of services and resources that best serve young people in protecting their wellbeing, and letting their lights shine.
celebrating
Meet our wonderful Ambassadors who practice liberation, lead from their hearts, and bring their inner-led change practices to negotiating tables, advocacy agendas, community-building initiatives, and policy-making fora.
We research and report on innovations in inner work across the globe, collect case studies, and explore responses to the impacts of the climate crisis on young people that shift the narrative beyond mental health, wellbeing, and mindfulness
Shaped by our beautiful, joyful, creative, transformative, and comprehensive 6-month program, CYR’s global impact network of inner-led worldmakers are ready to lead us through the challenges of our times with courage, compassion and grace.
The following graduates learnt alongside peers, all of whom were selected for their community achievements, leadership qualities, integrity, and spirit of collaboration.
Join the Climate Youth Resilience Community! Together we can shape the kinds of services and resources that best serve young people in protecting their wellbeing, and letting their lights shine.
celebrating
Meet our wonderful Ambassadors who practice liberation, lead from their hearts, and bring their inner-led change practices to negotiating tables, advocacy agendas, community-building initiatives, and policy-making fora.
We research and report on innovations in inner work across the globe, collect case studies, and explore responses to the impacts of the climate crisis on young people that shift the narrative beyond mental health, wellbeing, and mindfulness
Shaped by our beautiful, joyful, creative, transformative, and comprehensive 6-month program, CYR’s global impact network of inner-led worldmakers are ready to lead us through the challenges of our times with courage, compassion and grace.
The following graduates learnt alongside peers, all of whom were selected for their community achievements, leadership qualities, integrity, and spirit of collaboration.
Join the Climate Youth Resilience Community! Together we can shape the kinds of services and resources that best serve young people in protecting their wellbeing, and letting their lights shine.
celebrating
Meet our wonderful Ambassadors who practice liberation, lead from their hearts, and bring their inner-led change practices to negotiating tables, advocacy agendas, community-building initiatives, and policy-making fora.
We research and report on innovations in inner work across the globe, collect case studies, and explore responses to the impacts of the climate crisis on young people that shift the narrative beyond mental health, wellbeing, and mindfulness
Shaped by our beautiful, joyful, creative, transformative, and comprehensive 6-month program, CYR’s global impact network of inner-led worldmakers are ready to lead us through the challenges of our times with courage, compassion and grace.
The following graduates learnt alongside peers, all of whom were selected for their community achievements, leadership qualities, integrity, and spirit of collaboration.
