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A BOLDER BOND |
For young activists and inspired game changers! |
Here are a few early days case studies from 2019.
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A BOLDER BOND is a program for inspired young people who are seriously committed to contribute: to a clean planet, breathable air, drinkable water, sustainable food production, a humanitarian society, decency in politics, innovative education and a world that's fit for the generations to come.
They are tomorrow's solution architects! |
Bolder Bonds are mentoring relationships with experts who have valuable knowledge and experience to pass on and will introduce an ambitious junior to their own professional networks. A BOLDER BOND calls for genuine commitment, good will and a strong global mindset on both sides.
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Veda is a sixteen-year-old Canadian and the youngest of five gifted children of a Sikh family. She is a STEM genius and a great fan of Greta Thunberg. Her favourite subject: Chemistry. Her declared mission in life: To help solve the plastic pollution problem.
Veda's family is in a language partnership with Ayala's family in Israel. They met because of Ayala's grandfather. Veda is delighted to call him her mentor - he is a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry! |
He says "I would have loved to pass on what I know to my own grand-children. But they have other passions and talents. Veda's enthusiasm for research and field work blows my mind, her energy is contagious. I am now a Granddad for Future!"
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Jeremy grew up in Adelaide, Australia. 2012, 2014 and 2016 he spent his summers in Paris. He turned 23 recently, his command of French is excellent and he just started a year at the university of Lille, France, together with his French best friend and longtime exchange partner Romain.
Romain had been Down Under in 2013, 2015 and 2017. The two share the same ambition: Getting an MSc in Environmental Studies and a degree in journalism. Both are Fridays for Future activists and want to dedicate their careers to public environmental awareness. Jeremy and Romain have set their minds on becoming as competent as possible, they want to be real experts. |
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BOLD BONDS: Last October they connected with their mentors. Wim is Dutch, Mariana is Portuguese. Both are passionate Global Natives for Future, both have children who grow up multilingual. Here's what they also have in common: Wim and Mariana are members of the European Green Party and work in Brussels for the European Environment Agency. Now they share their knowledge, contacts and access to partner institutions with their protegés.
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Chin-Sun grew up in Busan, South Korea. Her parents joined the Global Natives Club in 2011, enabling her to spend an exchange year in Vancouver when she was seventeen. She came to study at the London School of Economics and Political Science two years ago. Her ambition is to become an expert in international relations, focusing on intergenerational cooperation - a Global Native core competence!
Chin-Sun was the very first Asian student in London to apply for the BOLDER BOND scheme, the effort was more than worthwhile for her: |
Now she has a wonderful mentor, grandma to seven Global Natives kids and a long-standing member of Parliament. Mrs. M. already introduced Chin-Sun to many of her contacts in the diplomatic service, in public office and in business. She is thrilled by the passionate pursuit of the young lady's mission: The breaking down of barriers between old and young.
The population age pyramid of South Korea and Japan is quite similar to the pyramids of Europe, the US or Australia (learn more). To Chin-Sun this means: There's a rapidly growing number of senior citizens whose intelligence, experience and overall potential is just waiting to find new ways to contribute to society. She has amazing ideas for new meaningful connections between kids under 25 and adults over 60, both domestic and international, serving them all equally well.
The population age pyramid of South Korea and Japan is quite similar to the pyramids of Europe, the US or Australia (learn more). To Chin-Sun this means: There's a rapidly growing number of senior citizens whose intelligence, experience and overall potential is just waiting to find new ways to contribute to society. She has amazing ideas for new meaningful connections between kids under 25 and adults over 60, both domestic and international, serving them all equally well.
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Frank lives in Middletown, Connecticut:
It seemed like an insult at first. A comment by his Global Native pal in Switzerland triggered Frank to develop a clear idea of what he wanted to do with his life. Both of them were 15 years old at the time and Beat, high up in the Alps in Davos, had pointed out to him that he had seen - yet again - a report on power outages in the US. Beat could not understand how a nation quite so wealthy and self-assured could allow such long power outages to happen so frequently. Where Beat lived, heavy snow storms were a part of daily life too. But being without power for days on end? |
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Unimaginable. Beat told Frank "My dad says your infrastructure is crap!"
Frank was upset and he went and asked his parents. But his father told him that his Swiss friend was quite right! So Frank decided there and then that he wanted to plan and execute better infrastructure one day. Today he is 21 years old, a student of public administration at UMass Boston and has just gone off to spend a year in Europe, hoping to learn both what EU countries do better and where they too do get things wrong.
Frank was upset and he went and asked his parents. But his father told him that his Swiss friend was quite right! So Frank decided there and then that he wanted to plan and execute better infrastructure one day. Today he is 21 years old, a student of public administration at UMass Boston and has just gone off to spend a year in Europe, hoping to learn both what EU countries do better and where they too do get things wrong.
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He is off to an excellent start there because he now has a mentor: Bernhard works for the EU's Civil Protection Mechanism and is constantly travelling all over Europe. His objective is disaster preparedness and he is on the organization team for international civil protection exercises.
A big part of their work involves research and international cooperation on new energy sources. Frank knows he can now learn from the best and build a network of his own. And he gets to go skiing with Beat in one of the finest resorts of the Alps! |
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If there is one thing we do not have enough of when we consider the facts in
the light of the climate crisis it is time. We do not have any time to spare. One of the most convincing arguments in favour of working with mentors is this: You save a hell of a lot of time. You save the time you would need to slowly build your own network of experts, to learn by making your own mistakes (there will still be plenty of them anyway!) and you can - with their assistance - take lots of shortcuts on your way to excellence. That is, to learn what you actually came to study AND to learn what you would have found out eventually, both very likely crucial! Mentors point out what is not so obvious, they show you the ropes. |
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