Over 2,000 young people from over 120 countries have applied to be part of the 2021 UPG Sustainability Leadership class. These young leaders obtain global training and exposure to make them ambassadors for positive citizen leadership on sustainability. In return, they design and lead a project and they train others.
Applications for 2021 are still open and 500 young adults will be chosen to be part of this free and comprehensive training. Upon completion, 60 from among these 500 will be chosen for a complementary and free experience on Hurricane Island in the USA to further strengthen their capacity. For young people who apply with the support of their organisation, UPG has launched a special opportunity that reserves places within the Class of 2021 and results in greater impact.
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“What happens when you take 60 bright minds from all over the world, put them in one of the best sustainability leadership centres in the world, with the best facilitators on sustainable leadership? An explosion of great thoughts, lessons, ideas, initiatives, and collaborations. That is exactly what happened at Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership in Rockland, Maine USA during the months of June – September 2019,” said Paul Tsolo, UPG Sustainability Leader (South Africa).
“Young people are the most powerful asset in the journey to create a more sustainable world. And with UPG Sustainability we ensure that our sheroes and heroes are prepared. When it comes to making the world better, it does not matter where you are from or where you have been, it is where we can go together that matters,” said Yemi Babington-Ashaye, President of United People Global.
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UPG Sustainability Leadership mobilises people and organisations to support positive citizen leadership on sustainability. With a decade to go to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, UPG Sustainability Leadership is a movement that encourages and enables citizens at all levels to take positive action in their communities. In 2021 a class of 500 candidates will be trained with representation from all walks of life and from 100 countries and territories. Candidates are trained in both methods and issues.
Caroline Busato, a UPG Sustainability Leader (Brazil) shared: “It was one of the most transformative trainings I’ve ever been on. It gave me strength, it gave me inspiration, and also nowadays I know that I can rely on a network that believes that no one is small enough to make a difference.”
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