Youth Gathering
Youth Gathering on Climate Resilience | North America 2025
Want to know how to turn ideas into positive climate resilience action?
Join us for the Youth Gathering on Climate Resilience, organized by Lift 360, in collaboration with the CEC. During this event, you will be invited to learn from fellow environmental youth leaders across North America and their impactful work across water conservation, circular economy and environmental health.
Online Event - March 20, 2025
2:00-3:30 PM Pacific Time
3:00-4:30 PM Mountain Time/Mexican Central Time
4:00-5:30 PM Central Time
5:00-6:30 PM Eastern Time
6:00-7:30 PM Atlantic Time
By participating, you will have the opportunity to discuss ways and strategies to transform your ideas into working projects to advance climate resilience within your community, as well as connect and network to foster change.
This event will take place in English, French and Spanish (simultaneous interpretation provided).
Capacity for this event is limited, so be sure to secure your spot soon. Register now to ensure you don’t miss this opportunity!
Our thanks to the CEC for their support in putting together this important event.
Our Facilitator
Nya Lazarus-Munnick (Facilitator)
Nya Lazarus-Munnick is a dedicated sustainability professional focused on climate action, equity, and community resilience. As Supervisor of Sustainable Communities at Skills for Change, she leads programs that empower youth, women, and underserved communities in climate action and green careers. With a Master’s in Sustainability Management, she has spearheaded the Youth Climate Action Initiative and collaborated with organizations like the David Suzuki Foundation to advance climate justice. Nya is committed to integrating sustainability into everyday life and engaging communities in meaningful environmental action.
Our Panelists
Alexandre Savard (Canada) – Encore! Biomatériaux
Alexandre’s passion for solving the issue of plastic pollution led him to launch the Hoola One project when he was still a student. Today, the project has become a booming soil decontamination business in Quebec. After finishing his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering (Université de Sherbrooke), Alexandre took part in various initiatives to recycle plastic and produce drinking water from wave energy. More recently, he launched Encore! Biomatériaux to find practical, nature-based solutions to replace single-use plastic parts.
Cesar Bonilla, Dino del Cueto Beato and Mariana Navarro (Mexico) – Amortiguador Riberelo project
Cesar Bonilla, Dino del Cueto Beato and Mariana Navarro are architects from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) with academic experience in Madrid, Barcelona, Poznan, and Tokyo. Their work integrates research with professional practice, focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to architecture and green urbanism, and are passionate about nature-based solutions and community involvement in design, promoting resilience, inclusion, and social well-being. Their “Amortiguador Riberelo” project, developed as their undergraduate thesis, aims to transform the La Silla River into a riparian buffer and resilient corridor, reconnecting the community with its ecological heritage and offering a replicable model for other cities. They are currently working to make this vision a reality for the benefit of both the city and the environment.
McKenna Dunbar (United States) – Electrivive
McKenna Dunbar is a thought leader in building electrification, committed to environmental justice and clean energy transitions. Dunbar plays a pivotal role in shaping Virginia’s building energy code and energy efficiency policies, driving the development of equitable clean energy finance mechanisms and community engagement efforts with a particular focus on IRA and BIL implementation.