a time line of resilience
It all began with a spark. A dream rooted not in possibility, but in necessity. A vision to touch every corner of the Earth all 195 countries in just 365 days to bring light to the climate crisis, educate minds, inspire hearts, and mobilize hands. That spark became a fire. That fire became 195in365.
From our launch on June 3rd, 2022, we were never content to watch the world burn while we whispered hope. We chose to speak boldly, move swiftly, and love deeply. That is our revolution.
In our earliest days, we raised our voices through interviews with Scuba Diver Magazine, OECS Pressroom, GIS, Lexan Media, and the Colorado Times not just to be seen, but to be heard. We sounded the alarm for the oceans, the reefs, and the rising tides. We called for justice for islands disappearing, for youth ignored, and for nature gasping for breath. We showed up everywhere.
We presented to the Sustainable Development Council, stood proudly at the Dive Conservation Festival, and spoke truth to power before Catholic youth, the Grenadian Cabinet, and even the Prime Minister himself. We crossed oceans to present at COP27, raising our voices at the Caricom Pavilion, meeting with the Secretary General of the Commonwealth, and later at COP29, where we did more than attend we led.
We brought island urgency to international spaces: Georgetown University, Penn State’s Climate Solutions Symposium, the SRI Panama Conference, and countless side meetings with leaders from UNFCCC, OECS, and Caricom. Our youth didn’t just join they challenged, questioned, and inspired.
On the ground, we fought just as fiercely. We held a course with GEF on climate negotiations, launched powerful climate awareness campaigns, hosted booths at youth symposiums, and organised Easter beach cleanups, Water Safety days, and both local and global Earth Day campaigns.
Because the movement must breathe at both global and grassroots levels.
On the ground, we fought just as fiercely. We held a course with GEF on climate negotiations, launched powerful climate awareness campaigns, hosted booths at youth symposiums, and organised Easter beach cleanups, Water Safety days, and both local and global Earth Day campaigns. Because the movement must breathe at both global and grassroots levels.
When the world cried, we responded: delivering aid, hosting emergency podcasts, and driving awareness campaigns. When others hesitated, we accelerated. We even drove the first sargassum-powered car, not as a gimmick but as a message: solutions exist and we must dare to use them.
We stood at the First Caribbean Disability Conference, signed white papers for inclusion, and amplified the voices of the marginalised. We stood with young women in leadership, and walked beside the Prime Minister at Ivan+20, showing the world that youth and governance can and must co-create the future. We didn’t stop. We couldn’t.
We penned letters to the United Nations. We launched the 195in365 Global Action. And in a moment of honor, President Anthony Carmona Trinidad & Tobago became our patron a sign that the world believes in us because we believe in the world.We didn’t stop. We couldn’t.
As we approached 2025, we poured everything into preparing the 195in365 “Be the Change” Global Challenge, because the next phase of our journey is even bolder. With collaborations like the one with DIA for Oceans Day, podcasts like Climate Emergency and Azursun, and youth speakers like Jovana at Grenada’s National Climate Change Youth Forum, our momentum only grows.
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