


Malachi Troy Symonds, from the island of Bermuda, is not one to step away from a challenge. The 2019 EARTH graduate, well-known locally for his agronomy skills and gardening expertise, is working diligently to develop the agricultural capacity of his home country in a sustainable and environmentally conscious way…
EARTH Futures, Trudi’s y CARE Guatemala, se unieron para crear Alianzas para el Éxito, un proyecto que busca capacitar a mujeres y jóvenes en comunidades de Matina, Costa Rica, para que sean ellas quienes lideren iniciativas que impulsen la seguridad alimentaria, la economía local y el futuro de sus comunidades.

A Solution for Climate Change: Reusing Plastic for Resilient Agriculture
Susan Yar Deng, a Mastercard Foundation Scholar at EARTH University (Class of 2028) is from South Sudan, but she was born in Kakuma, a refugee camp in Kenya, where thousands of people from different nationalities live and where daily needs are urgent and evident…

A Latin American Leader Driving Urban Regeneration in Europe
From Scotland, Karina Garcés-Mirza (Class of 2002, Ecuador) is leading green infrastructure projects that aim to tackle one of the greatest challenges of our time: climate change. Her background in sustainable development and rural communities now translates into an urban vision committed to building more resilient and sustainable cities…

A Leader Working at the Nexus of Food Security & Elephant Conservation
Abigael Simaloi Pertet (Class of 2016, Kenya), a Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Alumni, first learned about EARTH University through the Maasai Girls Education Fund, an organization whose mission is to support girls’ education and empowerment and who had sponsored her schooling. In 2012, an EARTH graduate gave a presentation about EARTH, and in that moment Abigael fell in love with the idea of what the institution represented…