22 min
The World We Want: Youth Voices On Climate And Health, Ep.02 - Máximo Mazzocco PMAC Podcast
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- Health & Fitness
In this series, podcast host Jonathan Foster takes a closer look at the lives of youth leaders and activists, discussing the current climate, environment, and health crisis and the possibilities, alternatives, and ideas for transformational change.
In the second episode, we get to know Máximo Mazzocco from Argentina, the founder and director of Eco House Global, a youth-led environmental organisation with one of the highest numbers of volunteers in Latin América with 30 active programs in the region. He was recently selected UNDP Youth Leader by the Generation17 initiative. He was Youth Delegate in COP25 and UN Climate Summit NY 2019. Find out about Máximo’s philosophy of engagement through education and action where the objective should always be healthy humans living within healthy ecosystems. Jonathan and Máximo talk about how to stay true to your values and principles, about long-term objectives and how every small contribution is valid and important.
This podcast is brought to you by the Prince Mahidol Award Conference and the Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation (SIGHT) in collaboration with FHI 360, The World Health Organisation, The World Bank, The British Medical Journal, USAID, and Foster Media.
First established in 1998, the Prince Mahidol Award Conference has grown to be one of the most important fora to discuss public health issues of global significance and the largest to be led by a low- or middle-income country. Register for the PMAC 2022 virtual conference, which runs from the 26 - 29 JAN 2022, at www.pmac2022.com.
Theme tune written and produced by Caleb Fawcett. Find him on www.calebfawcett.com
In this series, podcast host Jonathan Foster takes a closer look at the lives of youth leaders and activists, discussing the current climate, environment, and health crisis and the possibilities, alternatives, and ideas for transformational change.
In the second episode, we get to know Máximo Mazzocco from Argentina, the founder and director of Eco House Global, a youth-led environmental organisation with one of the highest numbers of volunteers in Latin América with 30 active programs in the region. He was recently selected UNDP Youth Leader by the Generation17 initiative. He was Youth Delegate in COP25 and UN Climate Summit NY 2019. Find out about Máximo’s philosophy of engagement through education and action where the objective should always be healthy humans living within healthy ecosystems. Jonathan and Máximo talk about how to stay true to your values and principles, about long-term objectives and how every small contribution is valid and important.
This podcast is brought to you by the Prince Mahidol Award Conference and the Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation (SIGHT) in collaboration with FHI 360, The World Health Organisation, The World Bank, The British Medical Journal, USAID, and Foster Media.
First established in 1998, the Prince Mahidol Award Conference has grown to be one of the most important fora to discuss public health issues of global significance and the largest to be led by a low- or middle-income country. Register for the PMAC 2022 virtual conference, which runs from the 26 - 29 JAN 2022, at www.pmac2022.com.
Theme tune written and produced by Caleb Fawcett. Find him on www.calebfawcett.com
22 min