We inform, inspire, and support changemakers. We provide youth environmental programs, invest in world-class partners, and facilitate immersive experiences.
About UsWe inform, inspire, and support changemakers. We provide youth environmental programs, invest in world-class partners, and facilitate immersive experiences.
About UsWe organize youth programs designed to inspire and lift up the next generation of passionate leaders who are reimagining society.
EducationYoung Leaders AwardWe partner and invest in world-class companies and nonprofits who are creating new opportunities by reinventing how we consume and live.
Learn MoreWe host gatherings that encourage guests to create meaningful global change while learning from a diverse network of business and philanthropic leaders, storytellers, and scientists.
With eight billion people on the planet deserving a quality life, we must reinvent how we live.
Learn MoreThe Young Leaders Award is a year-long program that supports passionate young leaders who are vital agents of change and innovators of solutions for the planet. We aim to lift up young environmental changemakers reinventing society.
Learn MoreOur Education program is designed for high school students to learn about climate change and sustainability. The program takes a solutions-oriented approach, challenging students to think strategically about their ability to lead and create positive impact on the world.
Learn MoreA podcast to amplify the voices of passionate leaders who are reimagining our connection with the Earth.
Read MorePlastic pollution is a significant environmental issue that has harmful effects on ecosystems and human health. Here are 10 ways you can help limit your plastic pollution.
Read MoreThe Young Leaders Award is a year-long program that supports passionate, young leaders who are vital agents of change and innovators of solutions for our planet.
Read MoreSustainable fashion is crucial because it considers the environmental and social impacts of the clothing industry. By promoting eco-friendly practices, sustainable fashion helps reduce the immense carbon footprint caused by traditional fast fashion manufacturing processes.
Read MoreYoung Leaders Award recipient, Rollie Williams, has a new Climate Town episode where he discusses "a sneaky little law in almost every city in the United States that forces private businesses and residences to build way more parking than they actually need." Hit play for some outright hilarious commentary on this issue... did you know there are approximately 1 billion parking spaces in America? That's four spaces per car and it's increasing with every new development!
Read MoreMy experience at Walking Softer’s Inaugural Young Leader retreat provided me with much-needed respite. I am often overwhelmed by the insurmountable devastation that climate change, biodiversity loss, and rampant global inequality pose to each of us fellow travelers on our worldly home - Turtle Island, Spaceship Earth. Yet, for two grateful days at Riverbend Ranch, I found peace and gratitude in the sage, pine, aspen, birdsong, and flowing Weber - Jacob Alder
Read MoreCheck out the new music video for "2030" by sustainable recording artist and Walking Softer Young Leaders Award recipient AY Young.
Read MoreCongratulations to University City High School in San Diego, California for winning our inaugural All-Stars competition.
Read MoreYoung Leaders Award recipient Von Wong constructed a colossal 15-foot tall art installation laying out the toxic union of fossil fuels and plastic production.
Read MoreYoung Leaders Award Recipient AY Young is a producer, singer, songwriter, entertainer, and entrepreneur. He first began writing poetry at 14, a reaction to the great disparity in Kansas City known as “the Troost divide”. While touring the USA, AY learned that over 1 billion people lack access to electricity. So AY began powering concerts using renewable energy, raising awareness about sustainability, and fundraising to bring people electricity.
Read MoreYoung Leaders Award recipient Turner Wyatt is a social entrepreneur focused on reducing food waste and improving our environment and economy. Turner is the co-founder of four award-winning organizations: Denver Food Rescue, Bondadosa, Fresh Food Connect, and Upcycled Food Association.
Read MoreYoung Leaders Award recipient Von Wong's work lies at the intersection of fantasy and photography and combines everyday objects with shocking statistics. It has attracted the attention of corporations, like Starbucks, Dell, and Nike, and has generated over 100 million views for causes like ocean plastics, electronic waste, and fashion pollution.
Read MoreYLA recipient Rollie Williams is a Brooklyn-based comedian, video editor, and guy with both student debt and a Climate Science & Policy degree from Columbia University. He is the creator and host of the digital comedy series Climate Town which has been described as a low-budget Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Over the past two years, the channel has amassed 421,000 subscribers, over 10 million video views, and has won a handful of digital video awards.
Read MoreWe need more changemakers to address the unsustainable impact people are having on all societies and species. Walking Softer is on a mission to inform, inspire, and support change makers to take bold and immediate action in the conservation and regeneration of our planet... How will you reimagine our world?
Read MoreYoung Leaders Award recipient Pooja Tilvawala is a climate justice community connector who was born in India, but grew up in the US. She has degrees in Economics and International Studies and first worked at the Meridian Institute to advance ocean policy in Mexico and federal climate policy in the US, form alliances to act on plastic pollution, and more.
Read MoreYoung Leaders Award recipient Amanda Sun studies computer science and environmental studies at Dartmouth College. She is the founder and executive director of Green2Go, advisor of Environmental Students of Dartmouth, and a Youth Leadership Councilor on EarthEcho International.
Read MoreApurva Iyengar is a 20 year old environmental activist and changemaker based in Boston. She is focused on creating a more cohesive and effective youth climate strategy and broadening access to this movement for young people around the world through her non-profit Youth.ify.
Read MoreA Q&A with Ali Dunford, Founder of Hole Food Rescue in Jackson, Wyoming.
Read MoreJasmin’s work encompasses the areas of science communication, social justice, outreach, education, and conservation. She cares deeply about protecting endangered and vulnerable marine species, particularly elasmobranchs.
Read MoreYoung Leaders Award recipient Mackenzie Feldman is an environmental activist from Honolulu, Hawai'i. She is the Founder and Director of Re:wild Your Campus, an organization that works with students and groundskeepers around the country to advocate for an end to the spraying of synthetic herbicides at schools and a transition to organic land management.
Read MoreMeet the 11-foot skull that Young Leaders Award recipient Von Wong built to terminate Bitcoin’s impact on climate change.
Read MoreYoung Leaders Award recipient Dyson Chee is a youth activist living on the Hawaiian Island of Oʻahu. In 2018, Dyson founded Project O.C.E.A.N. Hawaii to take on single-use plastics, and since 2019 he has been serving as a director for the Hawaiʻi Youth Climate Coalition.
Read MoreYoung Leaders Award recipient Allison Begalman is the CEO of YEA! Impact, the co-founder of Young Entertainment Activists (YEA!), as well as the co-founder and EP of the annual Hollywood Climate Summit.
Read MoreYoung Leaders Award recipient Jade Algarín is a community organizer and agriculturalist from Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Read MoreUnderstand that the planet is shared by all life, and affirm the intersections of social and ecological impacts and solutions.
Prioritize continued learning and improvement on climate and environmental justice; engage and collaborate with diverse stakeholders across communities and experiences; resource changemakers and solutions that center disproportionately affected communities; and expand meaningful participation in environmental decision-making processes.
Engage in reflective and responsive practices, leading with curiosity and aiming for impact that balances short-term with long-term, local with global, risk mitigation with embracing uncertainty, multiple kinds of impact, and deeper transformation of our cultural, ecological and social systems.
Be solutions-oriented and compassionate, with consideration for the diverse needs of the people we work with and serve.
Prioritize continued improvement and evaluation on organizational processes and collaborative practices, so that we may reduce harm and increase positive social and ecological impact.
The time to reimagine how we live is now and the result will be the greatest opportunity ever known.
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