Day 2
Student Summit

Tuesday, March 22, 2022
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Session Description

In this session, students in grades K-12 will share their views and suggestions about environmental sustainability and topics such as clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, sustainable cities and communities, responsibility consumption and production, climate action and life below water and on land. The top finalists will share their entry by answering the question: What steps are you taking to promote environmental sustainability? At the end of the evening, the winner of each grade group will be announced.

Itinerary for Tuesday

7:00 – 7:05 p.m.	Welcome
7:05 – 7:35 p.m.	Keynote Speaker: Hana Begovic
7:35 – 8:15 p.m.	Finalists Present
8:15 – 8:30 p.m.	Award Winners Announced & Closing Comments

Keynote Speaker

Hana Begovic (She/Her) is from Sweden with Bosnian roots and is a multilingual storyteller with the intention to amplify youth leadership in Earth-based practices and actions. She is a dedicated and empathic person with a deep interest in Earth Jurisprudence, narrative, and embodied culture. She strives to question and challenge the status quo by exploring creative ways of advancing the rights of Nature movement. Hana holds a degree in Global Studies, a program uniting peace and development, human rights, gender studies, globalization, and social anthropology. Hana is a member of the United Nations Harmony with Nature Knowledge Network. One of her favorite quotes, guiding her is: “Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”