Social media is where many of today’s climate conversations begin, but it’s not always where they land well.
Talking about sustainability online often means wading through polarized takes, recycled misinformation and content designed more to provoke than to explain. The result is a lot of noise – and not enough listening.
At the GLF, we know that meaningful change depends on conversations that are grounded, inclusive and shaped by lived experience. We also know that social media can still be a space for people to form communities and exchange knowledge.
That’s why we’re excited to introduce the 2026 GLF Social Media Ambassadors. This global group of creators, researchers, artists, journalists, innovators and Indigenous leaders is using social media to bring clarity and connection back into the climate conversation.
Mexican biologist and science communicator Dulce Díaz uses curiosity, fieldwork and clear storytelling to connect everyday life with the science behind nature and conservation.
This year’s cohort reflects just how wide and interconnected the sustainable landscapes movement has become. We’re welcoming 44 young people, aged 18 to 35, to the program from 36 countries, speaking at least 13 languages and sharing a willingness to show up online with care and intention.
Some come from local grassroots movements, like Martín Vázquez Jones in Argentina, who works with communities to restore rivers and rethink water governance, or Leslie Collao Bazan in Peru, whose leadership spans gender equality, youth organizing and global policy spaces.
Others connect climate action with identity and culture, such as Wawai, an Indigenous Papuan activist who uses digital storytelling to defend forests and Indigenous rights, and Ghanaian storyteller Kofi Dotse, whose work explores how culture, creativity and place shape more sustainable futures.
Some come from local grassroots movements, like Martín Vázquez Jones in Argentina, who works with communities to restore rivers and rethink water governance, or Leslie Collao Bazan in Peru, whose leadership spans gender equality, youth organizing and global policy spaces.
Others connect climate action with identity and culture, such as Wawai, an Indigenous Papuan activist who uses digital storytelling to defend forests and Indigenous rights, and Ghanaian storyteller Kofi Dotse, whose work explores how culture, creativity and place shape more sustainable futures.
From Tripura, India, Ishika Chakma shares stories rooted in Indigenous identity, literature and climate advocacy, using storytelling to connect communities and care for the land.
This cohort also includes innovators reimagining everyday systems, such as Nouran Farouk from Egypt, who is advancing women-centered, low-emission mobility in the Middle East and North Africa.
In Tunisia, community-rooted climate justice leader Fatiha Amairi focuses on natural resource management, just energy transitions and youth- and women-led civic action, using Arabic digital storytelling to connect local experiences with global sustainability debates.
The 2026 GLF Social Media Ambassadors have a combined online following of more than 6.5 million people. But what defines this cohort isn’t follower counts – it’s the range of perspectives they bring.
Award-winning filmmaker Mayuresh Hendre, from India, brings us closer to the wild and the people protecting it, using storytelling to showcase how conservation and community coexist.
Over the coming year, these ambassadors will become an active part of the GLF’s campaigns, including upcoming events like GLF Africa 2026: Stewarding Our Rangelands.
By creating and sharing content, reporting from events and collaborating with us as content creators, they’ll help bring conversations about climate, nature and community action into everyday feeds while amplifying voices from across the GLF community.
From Colombia’s borderlands, Camila Márquez uses social media to defend threatened ecosystems and bring attention to local environmental struggles, like the Laguna de San Luis.
What connects this cohort is not a single format or platform but a collective approach.
Munnir Adams, from Nigeria, known as I-Speak-Climate, focuses on making climate science and policy understandable and useful for communities most affected.
In Botswana, Kealeboga Magwaneng uses photography to document landscapes, biodiversity and human–nature relationships, reminding us why protection begins with connection. Michelle Arzate, from Mexico, brings clarity and creativity to social and environmental issues, pairing online storytelling with collective action on the ground.
Across global civic spaces, Rodrigo Miguel Cardoso, from Portugal, brings youth-led advocacy and digital storytelling together to push for justice and shared freedoms.
Elroy Ramantan, a Bruneian artist and cultural advocate, uses art and curatorial work to open space for environmental conversations in constrained civic contexts, centering dignity for all.
And in New Zealand, Nate Wilbourne shows how youth-led digital advocacy can turn attention into participation – and participation into lasting impact.
Based in the Galápagos Islands, Carlos Espinos captures the beauty and fragility of our planet through visual storytelling that connects conservation, travel and life at the water’s edge.
We’re excited to see where their stories, questions and collaborations lead, and to learn alongside them. If you’re looking for new perspectives shaping how we talk about land, climate and community, these 44 creators are well worth following.
Want to be part of this conversation? Use #ThinkLandscape on social media to share your thoughts on how we can drive climate action!
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