2021 EXCELerator Applications Open
Join the 108 emerging leaders implementing nature-based solutions. Apply For The 2021 EXL CohortCoalitionWILD is creating lasting youth leadership for the planet.
Lead with us,
and learn from other leaders.
EXCELerator
An intensive 9-month leadership and capacity building training equipping emerging environmental leaders with the skills necessary to carry out action projects for the planet.
Global Mentorship
A 12 month virtual mentorship programme building collaborative and cross generational relationships between emerging environmental leaders and veteran conservationists.
#YoungChamps of the Earth
In partnership with the UN Environment, this Award provides 7 youth leaders with funding, intensive training, and taillored mentorship to scale big solutions for the planet.
A FORCE FOR CHANGE
Youth-developed and youth-led by a youth-team, youth-board, and youth-partners*, we know that just inspiring youth isn’t enough –
we need to lower the threshold for active involvement.
We work with young people self-designing solutions for issues they care about.
It’s not just about providing the tools to create action. We are ensuring they have the belief that they know how to use those tools best.
*We define youth as 35 years of age and under.
2,850
Emerging leaders equipped
20,380
people impacted globally
86
Countries
108
EXCELerator Alumni
204
mentorship participants
27
Young champions of the earth
A NETWORK OF 10,000… AND GROWING.
Join our global connected community of young people tackling our planet’s greatest conservation challenges – in their communities and abroad.
