Magnify Your Impact with Felix Finkbeiner

A millennial leader with a true global vision


At 9 years old, Felix Finkbeiner, inspired by the story of Kenyan
politician and environmental activist Wangari Maathai, developed
the idea that children could promote climate justice by planting
a million trees in every country. With the support of children
from over 100 countries, Felix launched the youth initiative
Plant-for-the-Planet in 2007. So far, more than 85,000 youth in
76 countries have been trained in Plant-for-the-Planet Academies.
As Climate Justice Ambassadors, the children give speeches to
adults, motivate everyone to plant trees and fight for their
future. Today, Felix is a PhD candidate at ETH Zurich studying
the potential of forest restoration in addressing the climate
crisis. Plant-for-the-planet.org


My key takeaways


Felix has a fascinating story. At 9 years old he started
something which has grown from strength to strength. Now at the
age of 22, his focus hasn’t changed.


A lady from Kenya who created a movement that after 30 years, was
responsible for the planting of 30 million trees across East
Africa. This inspired Felix, at such a young age and with the
support and input of his immediate family, they grew what is now
recognised in many parts of the world - Plant for the Planet.


Questions that I ask Felix throughout this interview around
starting something so young and his answers that follow got me
thinking that perhaps, not to underestimate the hard work
undertaken by him, his family and the over one hundred
individuals working on the cause, it seems to me it was the
persistence and ‘why not’ attitude that comes with being a child
that lifted this off the ground 13 years ago. No defences or
hatred but honesty and love with minimal fear. All of which are
forces hard to argue with.


Felix mentions something about the need for conviction that
struck me as powerful. He said that real conviction doesn’t come
with expectations, it just is. To have an expectation, you first
need to understand what isn’t the expectation which could be, in
a word, expressed as doubt. In essence, conviction doesn’t allow
for doubt.


Now studying for his PhD to further improve the impact he has
already created - such a lack of arrogance knowing that he can
never know too much about his cause and the best ways in which to
challenge and tackle it. Felix definitely has conviction!


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