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We're recruiting for our International Board of Youth 2024! If you're aged 16-26, you're from Europe, Canada or the Global South and you have internet access, apply now!

Grace McMeekin
UK Programmes Lead
Read on for what's coming up, what we've been up to, community stories and opportunities to get involved.
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We're recruiting for our International Board of Youth 2024! If you're aged 16-26, you're from Europe, Canada or the Global South and you have internet access, apply now!
Grace McMeekin
UK Programmes Lead
"Climate anxiety is relational, which means it is reduced when policy makers take meaningful action on the climate crisis." That's what Grace said at the European Parliament last week when she spoke at the 90th Quality of Childhood Talk: Environments for children and youth and mental health. Read the story of how she went from burnout to speaking at the European Parliament on the impact of the climate crisis on the mental health of young people in just 1 year.
Grace McMeekin
UK Programmes Lead
Who isn’t impressed by Harry Potter and his friends bravely stepping up to fight a global threat to life and justice? Well we’re doing that too. While world leaders are letting us down, we are stepping up time and time again to fight for a just future for all. We won’t be deterred by their threats or their greenwashing. Just like Harry Potter, we are strong, we are brave, we are powerful! Read the full blog for more reasons why we are just like Dumbledore’s Army.
Grace McMeekin
UK Programmes Lead
Exciting things have been happening at the Resilience Project. We recently hosted a first - a Global Convening of Youth on Eco-Anxiety in partnership with our international Board of Youth and Sustyvibes.
Grace McMeekin
UK Programmes Lead
Resilience Project Board of Youth member, Genesis, reflects on their experience of digital detoxing. Genesis practises digital detoxes monthly in order to expand their capacity for fostering relationships within their community.
Genesis Whitlock
Activist | Community Builder
As part of our ‘Climate Anxiety in a Global Context’ series, the Resilience Project’s international board of youth have been empowered to co-design events, create content and share their insights for igniting resilience. Part 3: Read about Ananya’s incredible short film, Water Levels
Ananya Pathak
Founder | Artist
As part of our ‘Climate Anxiety in a Global Context’ series, the Resilience Project’s international board of youth have been empowered to co-design events, create content and share their insights for igniting resilience. Part 2: Read about the climate cafe Shamim facilitated in Tanzania.
Grace McMeekin
UK Programmes Lead
As part of our ‘Climate Anxiety in a Global Context’ series, the Resilience Project’s international board of youth have been empowered to co-design events, create content and share their insights for igniting resilience. Part 1: Read Steve’s article on being resilient in the face of eco-anxiety.
Steve Misati
Conservationist | Founder
As a queer young black person, previous Resilience Project participant Esther explores what it means to be labeled ‘shy’. They reveal intersecting overt and hidden discrimination in activist spaces and give their advice to other young marginalised folk on stepping into their power.
Esther