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and in uncertain times it is a brave choice

A network united by creativity to bring back hope.

Optimism is rebellious

Every part of a degree that we together manage to keep below 1.5 degrees makes a difference for people all over the world. Even if it might look dark or that we are moving into a dangerous future, it does make a difference - the more we bend the curve, the bigger positive impacts we will have on the world.

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Don't give up

Associate Professor, Stockholm Resilience Centre

partnerships for sustainable development

Partnerships for Sustainable Development

Don't Give up

If you start reading the research, fear is extremely important as a starting point because it leads to people having energy. And that energy can actually move towards potential action. But in order to make fear, anger, crisis move into action you need hope. You need an idea and a vision that something good can happen, that it´s still possible.

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Change the way people think, feel and act

Strategic communications consultant

Follow inspiring activists on social media that are at the front line of the ecological breakdown! Share their stories and amplify their campaigns. Find out how to start your journey as an activist too!

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Amplify activists

Amplify climate and social campaigns 

Fridays for Future

I just want to remind you that we are in a climate emergency. Get involved and take action! Find out how to start your journey to make a difference. 

climate action

Climate Action

Raise your voice, not the sea level

To lose hope would be an act against future generations and we do not have the option of losing hope. Hope for me is not a soft emotion, it´s the ability when things are really shitty and hand to say, "I´m going to still keep working for something that might be better. "

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We do not have the option of losing hope

CEO at Museum for the United Nation – UN Live

Big corporations have the power to bring back hope. 
A company the size of H&M has a responsibility to create impact, but we can not do it alone. If we join together, create public pressure and push boundaries - we can together make sustainability the rule of the game.

Make sustainability the rule of the game

Pascal Brun - Head of Sustainability H&M

resilient and innovative infrastructure

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Youth need to be included in decision making and in creating our common future. What drives many young people is that they know they are the ones who are going to live with the consequences of our actions today. 
"Our demands are justified, because it is our future." - Luca Berardi

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Include youth

Conservationist and Activist

Include Youth

There is no question if we should do something - it is just how. Because we truly believe that a sustainable future with a more equal and climate friendly society is a better one. 

What if the best world is yet ahead of us?

Hanna Grahn - Sustainable Lead Spotify

HEART 17 is a super important organization. The initiative is about bringing the human aspects into play. Creativity, the arts, culture. We often end up in a very technocratic and technology focused discussion which doesn't really bring people together and bring the energy that we need for the transformation. 

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Human aspects will drive change

CEO at Houdini Sportswear

Human aspects will drive the change

Women’s bodies are political. Might sound like a big statement but women’s sexuality and fertility have historically been subjected to control by individual men, family and even by the state. Attached to sexual and reproductive health there is a culture of shame. Lack of awareness and resources prevent a world where all have the right to take charge of their own bodies and health.

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Her Body. Her Choice.

Youth leader

gender equality

Gender Equality

We need to decolonize science. There is a lot of systems thinking in science that carries colonial history. Transformation includes giving birth to the new and facilitating that process while at the same time letting go of the old. We need to build capacities for that and focus more on that than we do today. 

Transformation is key

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Reduced inequalities

In United States, 9 out of 10 wildfires are caused by humans. In my project, "AI Against Forest Fires", I use AI technology to predict which areas can be affected by forest fires. The app is currently in test by firefighters and a proof that by using an innovative mindset combined with cutting edge tech, there is unlimited problem-solving solutions right in front of us. Find out what you can do to prevent fires.

Educate yourself

Prevent forest fires

The Children's Climate Prize is an international prize annually awarded to young people taking actions to bring sustainable solutions for our planet. The prize celebrates and shed light on young innovators, entrepreneurs, changemakers and conservators in order to spread hope and inspire others. 

Children's Climate Prize

Did you know that in United States, 9 out of 10 wildfires are caused by humans? Find out what you can do to prevent forest fires!

next generation tech solutions

We have to dare. That is the first step. Because if we do not dare to act, to ask questions and to speak up, we will not get anywhere. And we will not get the hope we are so badly in need of. 
It is okay to be scared of the future. When you feel afraid, think about and ask people around you - what can I do? What can we do? That is the first step.

Go activist

Dare to act

Andreas Magnusson

Support a crucial climate case in Australia. A decision to approve a new mine came only weeks after IPCC's latest report stressing the urgent need to stop burning coal. We won a historic victory in court, holding the minister accountable for children’s exposure to coal emissions, but the government still continues to approve coal mines. Help spread the word to hold decision makers accountable.

Support legal case

Stop future coal mine

Support a crucial climate case in Australia by spreading the word to hold decision makers responsible! 

Stop mining and burning coal

We will not be able to attract the talents of the future if we don't act. 
EY is proud founding partner of HEART 17. HEART 17 provides a possibility to get involved and it is inspiring to the employees working in EY to be able to make change through what they do best. EY has a lot of different competences and if we leverage them to create positive change, we can make a big impact.

Impact through everyday work

Anja Vanhatalo - EY Nordic Sustainability Lead

AI (Artificial Intelligence) and machine learning can play an important part in achieving accessible and equal medical care. Next generation tech is crucial to accelerate the global goals and a good place to start is to explore ideas and learn more about AI and machine learning. Check out this free course at Stanford University!


educate yourself

Use AI for equal medical care

Women Innovator Programme

Artificial intelligence and machine learning can play an important part in achieving accessible and equal medical care. Next generation tech is crucial to accelerate the global goals and a good place to start is to explore ideas and learn more about AI and machine learning. Check out this free course at Stanford University! 

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Good Health and Wellbeing

Explore artificial intelligence

In order to build a better tomorrow we need a surge of actions towards the 17 Global Goals - from sustainable production and consumption, to transport, water, wildlife, well you know them all by now. And that requires that we all take action. 

More about the SDGs

Take action for the planet

It's hard to fix the planet when humanity is broken. We need a surge of action towards the 17 Global Goals. Listen to Jan Eliasson, Former Deputy Secretary General for the United Nations what needs to be done. Act now.

The survival kit for humanity

The Amazon rainforest is one of the key elements in the fight against climate change. However, Amazonian people have no space in the public discussion. It is therefore important to empower youth Amazonian voices.​ As co-founder of Fridays for Future Amazônia, I urge you to get involved and stay updated.

Save the amazon rainforest

Stay updated by following Fridays For Future Amazônia on Twitter!

Empower indigenous people

We need hope in the world, because hope leads to action. But hope is not something that just comes to us - we have to work on it. No one has the solution yet - we need to come together across silos, across systems to create these new solutions. We can make wonders if we join together.

Join a collective act

Create your story of hope

Transformational Activist

Hope is something we create. It's not something that just comes to us, we have to work on it. No one has the solution yet - we need to come together across silos, across systems to create these new solutions. We can make wonders if we join together.

In many parts of the world, discussions of sexuality and reproductive health are considered as a taboo. Many young people including young LGBTIQ+, women and girls are also denied access to information and support that would enable them to protect themselves. Let’s build a world where people have equal rights to sexual and reproductive health, including access to family planning, HIV and STI health care services. Share these campaign placards to start the conversation!

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Your body does not belong to anybody

The Generation Equality Forum, held in 2021, has kickstarted a 5-year journey to accelerate ambitious action and implementation on global gender equality. The Forum, convened by UN Women and co-chaired by the governments of France and Mexico in partnership with civil society and youth, took place in Mexico City from 29 - 31 March 2021 and in Paris from 30 June - 2 July 2021. The Forum generated $40 billion in financial commitments, as well as multiple policy and program commitments. The Forum’s ambitious action agenda will be driven by multi-stakeholder Action Coalitions, who together developed a Global Acceleration Plan to advance gender equality.

The Generation Equality Youth ​Task Force guided efforts to place young people at the centre of the Beijing+25 process. The Task Force worked to ensure that young people contributed to all stages of the global review process, the Generation Equality Forum and the Generation Equality campaign. You can learn more about the young leaders that made up the Task Force here.

Generation Equality

Learn more about how we can build a world where all people are equally able to enjoy and express their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Your body does not belong to anybody. 

let's talk about sexual health

We need to use creativity to find new solutions to the old problems we stand before. Being creative is about aiming to end up in a place that we don't know exists today. It is the opposite of perfection, and that is how we create something new.

A call to all artists

Creative Activist

I am part of a generation with a need to define our country and ourselves beyond an armed conflict — to debate, collaborate and sustain Somalia's new narrative and identity, told by Somali youth. When sharing stories of everyday people in Somalia, you're part of looking at the world from another perspective. Storytelling can be a powerful tool for change and important for us living in a conflict when turning the tide towards peace and economic growth. 

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Re-write the story of Somalia

I am part of a generation with a need to define our country and ourselves beyond an armed conflict — to debate, collaborate and sustain Somalia's new narrative and identity, told by Somali youth. Join me and spread the word. 

peace, justice and strong institutions

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Inaccurate waste disposal is a huge environmental problem. It is contributing to almost as much CO2 emissions as the entire fleet of cars in USA. The app DeepWaste provides instantaneous, low-cost, and accurate waste classification. Download the app to make sure you dispose your waste correctly.

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Stop wasting waste

Make sure you dispose your waste correctly and download the DeepWaste app! 

Sustainable cities and communities

Sustainable cities & communities

As a football player, I commit that for every goal I score I plant 11 trees. The Trees For Goals initiative raises awareness about deforestation through the power of football. Help put Trees For Goals on FIFA’s agenda and make it a global movement! 

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Put Trees for Goals on FIFA's agenda

Help make Trees For Goals a global initiative by making it a part of FIFA’s agenda. You can make a different and tell FIFA's president what you think. Let's make it a global movement together!

life on land

Life On Land

Stop deforestation

The feeling of hopelessness is felt by many. Without hope for a future, some days may feel unbearable, but by taking action you can ignite hope. Share this and help change the world. 

Be creative and inspire other

The Swedish Royal Ballet

Ballet dancer Anna Cecilia Meyer inspires other through dance. 

Dance for change

To fight the changing climate, we need carbon neutral energy sources. Choose renewable energy when you can – weather it is for your home, business, or an investment. Ask questions to your electricity provider, employer, bank or parents to make sure that you support renewable!

Always choose renewable energy

Young voices matter and have an impact. To fight the changing climate we need to move toward carbon neutral sources such as biogas and solar. Choose renewable energy as often you can! Change starts with you.

affordable and clean energy

Affordable and Clean Energy

Go Green and Clean

Information about climate justice can be hard to find or difficult to understand.  Luckily, lots of people communicate it in easy, accessible ways online! Find out what works for you – whether it’s articles, podcasts or videos. Check out my recommendations of great videos to watch to learn more about climate crisis.

Learning that works for you

Knowledge is power! By becoming informed you stand in a better position to act. To achieve climate justice, information and knowledge needs to be more widespread amongst the people, but more importantly within the system. Within governments and companies. And they need to act upon it.

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Quality Education

Knowledge for climate action

Ready for a challenge? Go “Meatless Friday” (make a delicious vegetarian dish instead), “Green Saturday” (no transportation using fossil fuels, try walking or bicycling) and “Lazy Sunday” (take some time off and watch some environmental documentaries like ‘Earth’ or ‘An Inconvenient Truth’).

Climate actions at home

A Climate Action Weekend

UNICEF

We need to get involved. Small steps done by many will create real change and Day to Day actions that builds resilience will have positive effects on the climate change.  Click on my actions and join in.

Make climate action top of mind

Follow the 3Rs – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. For instance – REDUCE the use of plastic bags, REUSE bags for grocery shopping and RECYCLE bottles.

More on Climate actions

Stick to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

We know it can be hard to change the world all by yourself. Luckily you don't have to! Listen to Timoci Naulusala from Fiji and reduce the use of plastic, reuse paperbag for grocery shopping and recycle plastic bottles. 

Go zero waste

Instead of google, let’s plant trees together by using Ecosia search engine! I promise its easy and, in this way, you support local farmers and help protect endangered animals. 

Make the switch

Plant trees by browsing the internet

Each day, all around the world, individuals take small actions that have huge impact on our planet and now it's our time to green those actions to reduce our carbon footprint. Join me! 

Make your footprint green

There is not enough talk about the climate crisis! That is why getting informed and spreading the information with others is an important way to take a step forward. Watching a TED Talk is a simple and convenient way to learn more –check out this playlist! 

Educate ourselves and spread with others

To stop the climate crisis, systemic changes and collective actions are needed. Throughout history, social transformations have been achieved through movements demanding change. Wherever you live, join marches and actions to demand action from your government, corporations and the financial sector! 

Fight for climate justice

By recycle and reuse materials you can help the planet AND save a lot of money. It's a win win! 

Get started

Recycle – Aim for zero waste

Small actions can have huge impact. Contribute to responsible consumtion by eating more plants, recycling or reuse materials. Challenge your friends to make a difference! 

responsible consumption

Responsible consumption and production

Let’s consume responsibly

Technology can accelerate solutions for a better future. But it is very important that we make sure that everyone is included in the solutions we create. Catering for people who do not belong to the privileged actually creates a society that is better for everyone.

Inclusion is key

UN Women Sweden

Tech Activist

You might not know what the person next to you is going through. A smile can be all it takes to light up someone’s day, spark change and spread love… and it’s for free! 

Spread love and kindness

Mental health remains an important aspect of health has been overlooked for many years. The lack of prioritization is seen through under-funding, lack of adequate mental healthcare services, little education and awareness raised about it, yet mental health problems continue to increase worldwide. 

Make Mental Health Matter

HEART 17 X FASHION WEEK PARIS

THE UN BUILDING AMPLIFIES YOUNG VOICES

Epidemic Sound x HEART 17: Turn up the volume

This is what motivates youth

HEARTBEAT MEETING: CREATIVITY TO CREATE CHANGE

HEART 17 X CHILDREN'S CLIMATE PRIZE AWARD

The gaming Industry battle climate change

Guide to saving the planet

SOLAR-POWERED BIKES: AN EFFECTIVE TOOL AGAINST POACHING

AI helps save forests

COOL SHOES X SMALL ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT

Goodbye flight shame

What if we could find water everywhere?

We see optimism as a form of rebellion

We will use creativity

We will collaborate across silos

We will include youth

We will use the Global Goals as roadmap

Thank you for signing HEART 17 manifesto. You are now a piece of the Heart!

Welcome to a network united by creativity to bring back hope.

Welcome to HEART 17 Knowledge Hub. We aim to build a vibrant space where creativity and cross-silo knowledge intertwine to ignite the flames of hope for the future. Here, we believe that knowledge holds the power to shape the world and bring about positive change. Here we believe creativity is born out of knowledge from different perspectives.

As you step into our digital realm, prepare to embark on a journey that will expand your horizons and unleash the limitless potential within you.

During the summer we will start by sharing all panels from our latest Summit for UN World Creativity & Innovation Day; HEARTBEAT COPENHAGEN.


We exist to ignite hope.