Directory: Youth leaders

In partnership with Youths United for Earth (YUFE)

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Audrey Yang
Sustainability Advocate

Focuses on:  Climate change, Forest conservation / biodiversity, Waste and recycling, Wildlife / marine conservation, Others

Specializes in:  Grassroots movement, Public understanding and awareness

Audrey is a designer on a mission to inspire action for a better world. She breaks down complex issues into bite-sized posts and shares about sustainable living. She also amplifies news, movements and events related to the wellbeing of communities, conservation of natural spaces and biodiversity. Additionally, she runs @a.tiny.warrior — an Instagram account that dives deep into climate, social and wildlife topics from a Singaporean lens. Offline, she participates in beach clean-ups, engages with businesses on transparent and sustainable business practices, and strives to improve on her low-impact lifestyle.

Han Kai Ding Max
Co-Founder & Coordinator, Youths United For Earth (YUFE)

Focuses on:  Agriculture, Air quality, Climate change, Energy, Forest conservation / biodiversity, Sustainability lifestyle and consumption, Waste and recycling, Water, Wildlife / marine conservation, Others

Specializes in:  Environmental justice, Grassroots movement, Policy making and political engagements, Public understanding and awareness, Sustainable business solutions

Max is the co-founder of Youths United for Change (YUFE), an organization that seeks to engage and empower Malaysian youth to fight for a better world. His greatest achievement so far was in putting together Malaysia’s first ever and largest sustainability mentorship programme, which connected 40+ mentors with 67 youth in Malaysia. His dream is to enable Malaysian youth to explore and solidify environmental change as a combination of individual and systemic change, driven by the passionate, energetic youth of Malaysia.

Yasser Amin
Cleanup Facilitator, Seastainable Co.

Focuses on:  Climate change, Forest conservation / biodiversity, Waste and recycling, Water, Wildlife / marine conservation

Specializes in:  Grassroots movement, Public understanding and awareness

With humble beginnings as a volunteer in a local beach clean-up programme, Yasser has since co-led the East Coast Beach Plan, which currently has 3,300 members. The small act of picking up trash from the beach has changed his life forever, as it has allowed him to connect with others who are doing sustainable and environmental work, and has also guided his path to also drive change in his own way.