Across borders and sectors, Youth for Energy Southeast Asia (Y4E-SEA) is turning regional connections into policy influence. The Southeast Asia Youth Energy Forum (SAYEF) 2025 in Kuala Lumpur unites youth,...
Malaysia’s unresolved primate tourism problem has turned macaques into urban disruptors, fuelling mass culling and public frustration. Animal Neighbours Project confronts this issue through community engagement, innovative mitigation strategies, and...
This Singaporean illustrator and children’s book author works with environmental experts to bring scientific concepts to life. Dorcas Tang practices sustainability by leading through example, treating herself and others with...
A student-led startup that tackles sudden fish deaths through IoT-powered monitoring devices. These devices alert fish breeders of outage, pH, temperature and oxygen problems for them to take preventive action...
In a society where menstruation remains a taboo subject, a young Malaysian woman, Jia Hui, has led her menstrual health-focused initiative, Da Yi Ma Project, which integrates women and underprivileged...
By combining food and clay waste, Jodie Monteiro, an interior design student, created Ferticlay, an organic material four times stronger than regular clay. What new, sustainable possibilities does Ferticlay open...
From piles of discarded event waste to award-winning zero-waste booths, reXtore is redefining Singapore’s exhibition setups with creative designs and circular solutions....
Plastify tackles plastic waste in Singapore by recycling recyclable plastics into 100% recycled products. It also conducts maker workshops to raise awareness about plastic pollution and educate the public on...
Corridor Farmers reimagines food security through the circular relationship between agriculture and community. The founder Roc Koh shares how his agro-consultancy transforms underutilised, everyday spaces into edible gardens that bring...
By partnering with local labour and adhering to strict regulations, MangLub Vietnam ensures credible and impactful mangrove conservation in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam....
A city council officer enforces the municipal circular economy roadmap by engaging with and encouraging communities, industries, businesses, and schools to carry out waste management initiatives....
Kampung Cibarani is a local community in Bandung, Indonesia, that advocates for river preservation through education and community empowerment programs....
A city council officer enforces the municipal circular economy roadmap by engaging with and encouraging communities, industries, businesses, and schools to carry out waste management initiatives....
A turtle conservation group based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, confronts turtle nest poaching and marine pollution by convincing locals that conservation is not associated with loss....
Changing Climate, Changing Lives (CCCL) Film Festival aims to raise awareness about climate change through the power of short films. Originating from Thailand, it is now opening film grant and...
Hug sells healthy and eco-friendly daily skin care products in Thailand. Hug’s pioneering founder Numpeung shares how Hug’s products are healthy, sustainable, and born out of love....
Youths can do better in creating environmental awareness no matter how far they are from the environment. Isan Youth Leaders travel from Thailand’s mainland to the coastline to learn about...
A youth-led organisation in Yangon, Myanmar spearheads circular agriculture by guiding farmers to make organic compost through online training programmes....
A young woman returns to her hometown after graduation to start an organic farm in hopes of changing her community's unsustainable agricultural practices...
The Calatagan Reef Patrollers or CAREPAS was founded in 2001 to restore a 75-hectare mangrove forest from illegal and unsustainable fishing into an eco-tourism paradise. Their ecological success has since...
The Thai Youth Conservation of Forest Network (TCFN) of Chiang Mai harnesses the collective power of youth, planting more than 30,000 seedlings to distribute to local communities and organizing environmental...
A local young lady called Ira Syahriani, who just graduated from a biology major, established Dongan Markobun to introduce sustainable agriculture practices to the local farmers and break the norm...
KeSEMaT is a stalwart mangrove conservation network spanning multiple cities in Indonesia through research, campaigns, education, and community empowerment....
A sustainable tourism program is being set up in one of Indonesia's National Strategic Tourist Destinations through setting waste management infrastructure and community education...
A 30-year-old centre in Bình Định province, Việt Nam empowers disabled people to nurture a garden from recycled materials and create livelihoods from recycling products, while raising awareness about environmental...
A culture-based school where children, youths, and adults of Dayak tribes in West Kalimantan learn about literacy, local wisdom, rights, and culture....
In the rural Malaysian state of Terengganu, a group of ocean-loving university students and lecturers band together to upcycle ocean plastic into sell-out merchandise. Facing the adversaries of being a...
6 years ago, Hương abandoned his career in the big city to return to his hometown hoping to build Vietnam’s first sustainable pineapple farming community....
I’m huy, a member of EcoCupid from Vietnam and I’m riding a bicycle across 11 ASEAN countries with the mission of EcoCupid in mind, connecting all environmental projects in South...
A pioneering Burmese waste management NGO stands between a regressing waste problem and a mission to set up basic waste management systems in every rural village....
ShareRight connects businesses in Singapore through a sharing platform to lease underutilized spaces and resources. The only problem — convincing businesses to try out the concept for the sake of...
Sakurako Masuda (Rudo), a 19-year-old female student who grew up in the severe air pollution of Chiang Mai, Thailand, spreads awareness about air pollution in her hometown through her project...
SokFarm, an urban agriculture initiative in Phnom Penh, seamlessly blends composting and coffee culture to create a sustainability hub. By transforming organic waste into vermicompost and cultivating a rooftop garden,...
Cambodian youth are at the forefront of environmental conservation, engaging in initiatives like the USAID-funded Cambodia Green Future Activity, which educates young people on biodiversity protection. Events such as the...
Phnom Penh's Jungle à Domicile reflects on the transformative journey from urban gardening to thriving green spaces, showcasing how small city initiatives can grow into ecosystems of education, health, and...
A city council officer enforces the municipal circular economy roadmap by engaging with and encouraging communities, industries, businesses, and schools to carry out waste management initiatives....
Sustainability starts with us and continues with you. RMIT Sustainability Ambassadors from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam take the self-initiative with circular economy practices so others can continue and amplify....
The traditional suman packaging of Antipolo City, Philippines, showcases how natural material packaging embody circular economy principles. From the palm leaves used to wrap the rice cakes to the community...
Southeast Asia has potential for carbon trading but faces obstacles like limited engagement, funding, expertise, data quality, and stakeholder participation. To succeed, ASEAN must improve policies, capacity, funding, data accuracy,...
EcoCupid explores the successful wastewater treatment facility in Missoula, Montana, revealing how effective treatment can be achieved even in small self-governing towns....
Food insecurity in the US hits the lower income groups the hardest, especially refugees and pensioners. Pranav from EcoCupid visits the Missoula Food Bank in Montana and begins to ponder...
EcoCupid's hilarious huy experiences the abundance of nature and the impact of human protection on a hike in Glacier National Park, leading to a realization of the importance of environmental...
