Gugulethu Amanda Shibe, South Africa, Positive Tracks Next Gen | Undergraduate student majoring in Social Science Geography and Environmental Management at the University of KwaZulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg. My dream is to be an environmental practitioner and educator. I aim to achieve my goal and grow my passion into a successful action that will bring positive change, by being involved in communities and promoting substance farming (like the one-home-one garden initiative) and creating awareness on the low cost ways in which people can help decrease negative environmental impacts on the environment and educating children at a tender age about the importance of environmental sustainability.
What inspires me to join the 2015 Lost Mountain Conservation Symposium is that it is first and foremost inclusive of people from differing parts of the world, so they be able to interact and exchange progressive ideas and knowledge that may contribute positively to environmental conservation and world being. In addition, the training offered at the Symposium will further instill the importance of natural resource conservation and sharpen my skills in teaching the public to be environmentally aware.
What’s a Positive Tracks Next Gen? These are our Next Gen’s who are 23 and younger 
and are therefor qualified to have their fundraising dollars matched by Positive Tracks— a national, youth-centric nonprofit that helps young people get active and give back using the power of sport and adventure. In 2015 Positive Tracks, together with our outdoor industry partners, will double every dollar Next Gen Symposium participants fundraise until we have $90,000 for innovative integrated conservation.
Read more about our Positive Tracks Challenge Grant and get involved here
LEARN MORE AND JOIN US Amplify the Namuli Effect: Contribute to the 2015 Next Gen’s goal with a tax-deductible contribution. Every dollar raised is focused on building new approaches to African conservation, starting with the peak that launched it all—Mount Namuli. You can contribute to each person’s individual goal with the link at the end of their profile above, or to all of them here: