INTI International University
INTI EcoRise Southeast Asia: Turning Youth Innovation into Measurable Climate Impact
Finalist, Creating Impact
About
INTI's EcoRise Southeast Asia 2025 project transforms sustainability education into measurable environmental impact across ASEAN through a scalable, high-impact, low-resource model. Delivered through a lean model, it engaged 3,500+ students from 112 high schools in 8 countries, reaching over 17,000 beneficiaries, while building climate literacy, sustainability competencies, and youth leadership.
Through structured phases: awareness, implementation, and regional showcase, participants developed 69 solution-driven projects addressing waste, energy, and ecosystem challenges. These translated into real-world interventions, including waste-to-resource innovations and community-based solutions, delivering measurable outcomes such as waste reduction, emissions awareness, and behavioural change.
Leveraging academic networks and partnerships with schools, ministries, and UN agencies, EcoRise delivered significant regional impact within five months. Designed on global best practices, it provides replicable toolkits for scalability. Completed and expanding, the initiative demonstrates how strategic collaboration and efficient resource use can deliver substantial sustainability impact. EcoRise advances SDGs 4, 13, 12, 15, and 17.
Top 3 learnings
- We proved that low-resource strategies can deliver scalable, high-impact sustainability outcomes across regions.
- We demonstrated that youth-led innovation drives measurable environmental impact and lasting behavioral change.
- We established that strategic partnerships unlock rapid scalability, replication, and sustained sustainability impact.
Sustainable Development Goals
| 2026 | |
| Creating Impact | |
| Finalist, International |
