Thought leadership
“I sometimes forget what I felt throughout my OYW experience. This is why the OYW community is so important.”
Misato Nagakawa: “We are trying to leave our footprint in history, much like our past OYW Ambassadors have. In order for us to do so, we need someone to believe in us, and the O... read more
Activist mentality inspired at OYW is bringing change to refugees
Learn how Jennifer turned her post-OYW inspiration into action within her own company.
See you in The Hague: Unilever to send 3 Serbian winners of Global Future League to OYW 2018
These 3 students beat 50,000 entrants to win Unilever’s Global Future League which took place in London last month
Cold War 2.0: what is the true cost of peace in Europe?
Solomiia Bobrovska: "Every day the price of peace in Europe is rising. The question is, what is the true cost we are paying for it?"
Worried about the environment? Fear not: meet 5 entrepreneurs creating a sustainable world
On World Environment Day, lean how these OYW Ambassadors are taking action to reduce environmentally-damaging waste.
Could TODAY be our first Plastic-Free Day?
Danielle Crompton from the OYW Plastic-Free Working Group tells us more.
The social impact movement spreading across Silicon Valley
Zanoon Nissar, Google: “Today we have more than 700 members across the Bay Area in California and they are changing their own lives as well as those of thousands of others.”
How young people transformed Armenia - the peaceful way
Sona Mirzoyan: "April 23, 2018 marked a magnificent milestone in the history of Armenia and perhaps in the history of the post-Soviet countries."
How One Young World drove me to create shoes that leave the right footprint
Luke Gibson: “We make seriously comfortable boat shoes and every pair purchased protects 1,000 square feet of endangered habitat around the world.”