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A world where everyone takes personal responsibility and action towards conserving and preserving Mother Earth.
We collaborate to design and launch environmentally friendly products and services.
Activate Eco-Businesses to Take Off
We advance the careers of those serious about conservation through internships, counselling and partner networks.
Career Support for Environment Lovers
Design communication and outreach programs to empower communities to act independently to conserve their local biodiversity.
Empower Locals to Protect Local Biodiversity
Love for nature, respect for knowledge, enthusiasm for the new, having each other's back and team lunches keep us going.
Creativity
We believe communities should be able to act on scientific information. We aim to make science less science-y and more actionable through creativity.
Humility
Staying grounded and curious enables us to find innovative solutions for long-term impact.
Collaboration
We believe in the power of collective leadership, wisdom and diverse thinking for community development.
Love
Our ardent love for nature is the force behind our fierce resolve to conserve and preserve biodiversity.
Lykheang and Sereyrath explored the forests in Cambodia to learn about on-ground conservation efforts and fell in love with the cause.
2012
Wins the YSEALI Seeds for the Future program at the 1st Southeast Asian Youth Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade and started the Young Eco Ambassador Catalyst as a voluntary project in Cambodia and the Philippines.
2015
YEA was launched with 60+ youths recruited in Cambodia and the Philippines to inspire their love for nature, live eco-friendly lifestyles, and be a catalyst for change in their own community.
2016
Volunteers continued to run environmental projects on forest trekking, plastic reduction, and promoting eco-friendly products, and biodiversity in the Mekong Region.
2017
YEA Catalyst is soft-launched as a formal consultancy with 3 core staff members to provide services in designing and implementing awareness-raising campaigns.
2021
Build up partnerships with CSOs, NGOs, INGOs and universities like Conservation projects in Koh Kong, Mondulkiri and Stung Treng to raise awareness about biodiversity and climate change with teachers, youth, community members and the general public.
2022
Rebranding and building organizational culture inside out to scale up.
2023
On every project, our core team partners with our growing roster of technical advisors ranging from researchers, data-scientists to communication and creative specialists.
Young Eco began as an environmental project to address wildlife trafficking issues and was officially formed in 2015 after winning a Department of State-funded grant in the YSEALI competition.
2012
Lykheang and Sereyrath explored the forests in Cambodia to learn about on-ground conservation efforts and fell in love with the cause.
2015
Wins the YSEALI Seeds for the Future program at the 1st Southeast Asian Youth Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade and started the Young Eco Ambassador Catalyst as a voluntary project in Cambodia and the Philippines.
2016
YEA was launched with 60+ youths recruited in Cambodia and the Philippines to inspire their love for nature, live eco-friendly lifestyles, and be a catalyst for change in their own community.
2017
Volunteers continued to run environmental projects on forest trekking, plastic reduction, and promoting eco-friendly products, and biodiversity in the Mekong Region.
2021
YEA Catalyst is soft-launched as a formal consultancy with 3 core staff members to provide services in designing and implementing awareness-raising campaigns.
2022
Build up partnerships with CSOs, NGOs, INGOs and universities. Conservation projects in Koh Kong, Mondulkiri and Stung Treng to raise awareness about biodiversity and climate change with teachers, youth, community members and the general public.
2023
Rebranding and building organizational culture inside out to scale up.
Young Eco Timeline
Young Eco began as an environmental project to address wildlife trafficking issues and was officially formed in 2015 after winning a Department of State-funded grant in the YSEALI competition.