Across the globe, young people are stepping up – as leaders, innovators, activists & more – to tackle shared challenges. Let’s match their determination with greater investments to ensure young people have the freedom, opportunity & support to shape their lives & contribute #YouthLeadership #InvestInYouth #EmpowerChange #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.
So much inspiration from our young people today! Together with @marilena_raouna and the @AnnaLindh Foundation, I had the pleasure of listening to almost 30 young leaders sharing their ideas for the future of our Mediterranean region. Youth are not just the future - they are https://t.co/jPEPSaURTG #YouthLeadership #MediterraneanFuture #Inspiration #ME
What does innovation with purpose really mean? In Seoul, I met inspiring young leaders from @UNDP & @SamsungMobile’s #Generation17 initiative and asked what tech future they want to build? Their answers are a powerful reminder that young people are already leading the change. https://t.co/zULayGngRm #Innovation #YouthLeadership #TechForGood #KR
Teenage sisters Farah and Tala Mousa from Gaza won the Earth Prize for their innovative project of transforming war debris into reusable bricks, aiming to "turn destruction into something useful" and empower their community to participate in reconstruction efforts. #EnvironmentalJustice #YouthLeadership #SustainableSolutions #GA #IL #US
Ayra Satheesh, an 18-year-old Irish student, has won the European Earth Prize for her innovative project, Eco Purge, which develops biodegradable plastics that break down safely while removing microplastics from the environment, earning her mentorship and funding to scale up her invention for practical applications. #EnvironmentalInnovation #BiodegradablePlastics #YouthLeadership #IE #EU
Eighteen-year-old Ayra Satheesh has won the European Earth Prize for her innovative biodegradable plastic project, Eco Purge, which aims to tackle microplastics in the environment by embedding special enzymes that break them down safely, while she calls for multinational companies to reduce plastic usage. #EnvironmentalInnovation #BiodegradablePlastic #YouthLeadership #IE #EU
