The flight to the light

YES! – I was selected to the YES lab (Youth Encounter on Sustainability) and YPARD is partly supporting my trip. I believe the name of the lab wasn’t made by chance and I am inspired by the event.

YES is a two-weeks intensive lab, which takes place from 27^th August till 8^th of September in San Jose and Talamanca, Costa Rica. It has been operating since the year 2000 in different parts of the world with the goal to bring together a diverse group of motivated future leaders (university graduates and Ph.D. students) for learning, discussing and debating urgent questions of a sustainable future for mankind, in a global and regional perspective.

Myclimate, an international Non-Profit Foundation in Switzerland, organizes a lab in Costa Rica for youth agents of sustainable change. It is hosted by LEAD University and is supported by many partners-organizations, like Avina Foundation, the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), and ACTIS (Activating Talent in Sustainability), a spin-off organization of ETH Zurich.

What is it?

• Lectures on climate change, circular economy, energy systems and sustainable business models
• Excursions to the companies and institutions, banana plantation and a chocolate tour
• 25 well-selected participants from different countries and all disciplines, that means a great opportunity for networking and experience exchange
• Transdisciplinary work rather than in depth expertise in narrow field
• Practical experience in the form of discussions, project work, creativity boosts and coaching

I am really excited by the fantastic chance that I was given and I would like to make the best of it.

While crossing the ocean, I am looking forward to meeting all participants and to know more about environmental challenges faced in different countries and to discuss the solutions.

What do I have today? 18-hours long day

What will I have tomorrow? An amazing journey towards unknown.

“Better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.”

Picture credit: Iana Perevoshchikova