This report presents findings from the first phase of the Co-Producing Digital Platforms for Youth Inclusive Urban Governance (YUP) Project, which has explored how young people (aged 10-24) in Surakarta (Solo) and Denpasar in Indonesia, and Bar Elias and El Mina in Lebanon take action in their cities, and the barriers and supportive factors they…
By Rawiyah SalmaHow do young people take action on what matters to them? What factors encourage them? What challenges do they face? Continuing the survey story series, this section explores how young people in four cities take action on issues they care about in their communities. Let’s meet Putri. Putri is a 17-year-old from Solo, currently…
Mission and objectives Increasing productivity at the community level, with villages empowered to manage their natural resources. Main activities with youth Activities include engaging communities, government agencies, youth organisations, and private corporations in bamboo seedling and planting programs to restore critical lands, protect water sources, absorb carbon, and prevent landslides. Also, organise seedling and planting,…
Mission and objectives The realisation of a just and democratic social, economic and political order that can guarantee people’s rights to the sources of life and a healthy and sustainable environment. Main activities with youth WALHI’s main activities are advocacy, online campaigns, and talk shows for all groups to increase awareness of environmental issues in…
Mission and objectives A place for all young changemakers to find community and uplift each other. Main activities with youth Activities include Changemaking Training, Speaking Agency, Circle with Youth, and Youthopia Education (an Online Course for Gen Z to discover their changemaker’s journey). Their story Every young person can be a changemaker, but not everybody…
Mission and objectives Build the ecosystems for Indonesian youth and women to develop local solutions for sustainable development. Main activities with youth Activities include the Women’s Earth Alliance Partnership (scaling up, bridging investors with women entrepreneurs, workshops, and seed funding) and the Youth sustainability entrepreneurship (training, incubation, scaling up businesses). Their story Catalyse ground-up sustainability…
Mission and objectives WRI Indonesia’s mission is to mobilize people to live by protecting the environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. Main activities with youth Activities include public discussions and forums. Their story When the founders of the World Resources Institute (WRI) created the organization…
Mission and objectives To take eco-friendly actions starting from ourselves. Main activities with youth Clean up, dolphin soldier, tree and mangrove conservation. Their story Seasoldier is an independent organization driven by personal action that cares about the environment. This movement was first initiated by Nadine Chandrawinata and Dinni Septianingrum on March 28, 2015. Starting from…
Mission and objectives Take action and spread awareness through education and sustainable projects. Main activities with youth Community clean up and water refill network. Their story Creating a pollution-free and toxin-free Earth through plastic reduction. Constituency Trash Hero engages young people as volunteers. Current management Use of digital tools They have an Instagram account to…