UNITE 2030 has officially selected 15 outstanding youth leaders to facilitate Camp 2030 in 2024. Camp 2030, which is set to take place from September 9th to 14th in New York, is a unique gathering where young leaders come together to innovate solutions for global challenges. This year, UNITE 2030 has selected a group of 12 Camp Counselors and 3 Lead Counselors, all of whom are distinguished UNITE 2030 Ambassadors. These individuals will play a pivotal role in guiding campers through the innovation process, from identifying problems to crafting viable solutions, over the course of six days. Em ..read more

c: missearth on instagram Hunyah Irfan, Canada In 2022, I began my pageant career by participating in many different pageants - at the national and international level, and online. It’s great because I feel I have made a lot of progress for myself. At the end of 2022, I found a new type of virtual pageant: green virtual earth pageants. What many people don’t know is that, between 2020 to 2022, Miss Earth held two virtual pageants and one hybrid pageant. These are the Miss Earth and Miss Teen Earth pageants. I earned the title of Miss Tourism Pageant’s Miss Beauty of Earth for 2023. My platfor ..read more

Camp 2030 Day 3: Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 ————————————————————————— Wait, you’re telling us Camp 2030 is already halfway over? There’s still so much to experience and many relationships to build! These last few days will essentially look the same agenda-wise as Campers are working hard on their ideas and preparing their pitches for the SDG Solutions Hub on Saturday. After the morning workout, Campers hunkered down with their groups to work on their Action Plan, which they’ll have to submit to the SDG Solutions Hub Judges by Friday at midnight. Since the week is wrapping up and Camper ..read more

Camp 2030 Day 2: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022 —————————————————————————————————— Yesterday marked the first full day here at Camp 2030! The day began with an optional workout at 7:30 a.m., led by Alyssa, in the Rec Hall. Around 40 Campers showed up for a quick 30-minutes of full body exercise before running off to catch breakfast at 8. French toast and pancakes were on the menu (including options for our veg and hallal Campers) and it did not disappoint! After morning announcements and an icebreaker in the Field House, PJ led Campers through an introduction of how the Camp 2030 program, Tracks and ..read more

Camp 2030 Day 1: Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 We had an exhilarating morning of check-ins as nearly 200 Campers from around the world gathered in one long alleyway in Manhattan, New York, to board the buses to Camp 2030. Around 5:30 p.m., we arrived in three buses at Camp Echo Lake in Warrensburg in Upstate New York, located less than a three-hour drive from Canada. Energy was high as the buses were unloaded and Campers saw multiple tables of the Camp 2030 Team waiting to greet them with wide grins and welcome tote bags in hand that included a T-shirt, notebook, water bottle and other good ..read more

Yasmine al Moghrabi is a Camper in the 2022 edition of Camp 2030 ———————————————————————————————— Yasmine al Moghrabi has found her niche in promoting road safety, and it’s not the kind you would think it is. She is a 25-year-old from Lebanon, but she has lived in Miami, Florida, since the beginning of 2022. In the United States, she is pursuing her fourth degree: Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering and Road Safety Mobility at Florida International University. “I realized there is a transportation engineering part of civil engineering. So, I can be a transportation engineer because it’s addres ..read more

Courtney Clarke is a Camper in the 2022 edition of Camp 2030. —————————————————————————————————————————— Clake has dedicated her professional life to fighting for vulnerable communities both in her province and around Canada. Thirty-three-year-old Courtney Clarke of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, has lived nine lives. Now she’s planning her tenth. In her past life, Clarke worked in bank management. She worked with a “niche” population of the richest private banking clients. She also has three years of experience with Newfoundland and Labrador’s Credit Union as their Elected Corporate Dire ..read more

Since UNITE 2030’s founding in 2016, we have worked to create a space for young leaders to take action for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. However, we know that solving critical challenges is too big of a role for any one stakeholder to handle. All players must come together for new ways to share knowledge, co-create solutions, and build community for the greater good. Youth play a unique role in championing, informing, designing, implementing, testing and evaluating solutions or prototypes for local and global problems. But without the support of expert stakeholders and com ..read more

There’s a big disconnection in climate among different generations. If there wasn’t any, we wouldn’t be in a crisis like this right now. We, the younger generations, are trying to fix the situation that the older generations created. Most of the decision-makers of today are thinking and working from outdated past ideas of limitless economic growth and the fact that very few climate policies have been implemented by governments, despite millions of youth climate activists demanding climate justice, proves that there is a big disconnect between generations.  Older generations put profit ov ..read more

Imagine living in a community that exists as socially, culturally, economically, and ecologically sustainable as possible. This is exactly what an ecovillage is! Defined by Global Ecovillage Network as, “an intentional [...] community using local participatory processes to holistically integrate ecological, economic, social, and cultural dimensions of sustainability in order to regenerate social and natural environments.”  These villages range in population from typically 50 to 250 individuals that are united by shared values. Many of the people that move to and create these communities ..read more