Leading Team

Director/Founder

ANTHROPOLOGIST - MASTER ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - U. de Los Andes

Alliance Manager

LUZ HELENA GUZMÁN RAMÍREZ

Over 18 years of experience in coordinating and managing environmental projects in both the public and private sectors. She served as Director of Human Resettlements for Non-Mitigable High Risk in the City of Bogotá; Project Coordinator at Semana Sostenible of Grupo Semana, where she organized and managed the first three editions of the Sustainability Summit and the first two Children’s Summits in Bogotá and Cali; Coordinator of the Mujeres que Reverdecen program; and Advisor on the integration of gender perspectives in the projects led by the Sub-directorate of Education and Participation of the Ministry of Environment.

NATALIA JIMÉNEZ CONTENTO

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER - U. de Los Andes - MASTER IN CHEMISTRY - Specialty on water treatment -Université Lille 1 - Sciences et Technologies en Lille - Francia

Con 15 años de experiencia laboral ha sido becaria internacional de protección climática con UNEP y el Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Decidió dedicar dedicar su vida a la educación ambiental luego de aplicar sus conocimientos en al Ministerio de Ambiente a trvés del diseño e implementación de políticas, regulaciones e instrumentos técnicos para la gestión integral del recurso hídrico. Es apasionada por encontrar caminos para la incidencia de iniciativas comunitarias en la toma de decisiones a nivel regional y nacional a través de la educación ambiental y participación lo cual la ha llevado a hacer parte de organizaciones como la Fundación Natura y el Fondo para la Acción Ambiental y la Niñez.

Strategic Allies

Ecochallenge 2024 Juries

Katherina Bach

Katherina is a lawyer from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Her career includes serving as Director of the Climate Change Office and as a negotiator for the UNFCCC; International Legal Director of the ZERI Foundation based in Japan; and International Director of the ZERI Learning Initiative. She was awarded, along with Gunter Pauli, by the Alibaba Foundation and the Government of the People’s Republic of China for the best book series on science and sustainability.

Carolina Urrútia

Carolina Urrutia trabaja en C40, una red de Alcaldes trabajando juntos contra el cambio climático. Lleva casi 25 años trabajando en temas de medioambiente y cambio climático en organizaciones tan diversas como el Banco Mundial, el Grupo Semana, la Secretaría de Ambiente de Bogotá, la Universidad de los Andes, el Partido Verde y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo.

Working for the Planetary BEING

Working to empower children and young people across the country to become planetary BEINGS, agents of change for the sustainable protection of our planet

What inspires us

The goal

Position Colombia's youth as global leaders in protecting and caring for the planet through sustainable practices.

Our headquarters

We are committed to sustainability and positive change through the power of youth and children to ensure a better future for all.

Schedule

Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Contact

Monday to Friday