CALLING ALL
University Students • Professors • Researchers • Sustainability Professionals • NGOs • Climate Organizations • Social Entrepreneurs • Grassroots Communities • Businesses committed to Sustainable Development
What happens when the brilliance of students
meets the ingenuity of Silent Heroes?
The WAFA Green Circle Webinar brings together an international community passionate about creating practical solutions for people and the planet.
Every two months we connect researchers, practitioners, community leaders and innovators to exchange knowledge, inspire collaboration and showcase real-world Nature-Based Solutions creating measurable impact across the globe.
This special edition features three outstanding WAFA Silent Heroes, sharing how local communities are solving global challenges through innovation, resilience and partnership.
With CBS as a founding university partner, the WAFA Global Case Study Competition has already grown to 50+ universities and 200+ participants.
And this is where it gets exciting.
At the Green Business Forum, the winning students take the stage to present their ideas — showing what can happen when academic thinking meets grassroots reality.
The impossible becomes possible: students are not simply studying sustainability challenges. They are helping reimagine how solutions that already work in local communities can reach further.
This is Generation Green: a new generation of thinkers, innovators and changemakers connecting knowledge with action, academia with grassroots innovation, and local solutions with global potential.
Come and see what happens when these worlds collide.
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Opening Session
Welcome to WAFA Green Circle WEBINAR
Introduction to WAFA Green Circle Community
Latest WAFA Updates & Global Initiatives
Opportunities to Get Involved
Featured Silent Heroes
Learning from Community Innovation
Each presentation will explore:
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Dr. Datta Bahadur Rawal
Executive Chairman
Partnership For Sustainable Development Nepal (PSDN)
Water Security for Deprived Communities generating 20,820 cubic meters of safe water annually
Christopher Waithaka
ViceCo-Founder & Director
Komb Green Solutions
Komb Green Solutions - Turning Criminal Youth to Climate Pioneers
Hear directly from three internationally recognised WAFA Silent Heroes as they share how they are creating sustainable impact through Nature-Based Solutions.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF WAFA AWARD WINNERS for WATER, AIR, FOOD & YOUTH CLIMATE CATEGORIES
1st Case study Competiton
Winners
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2nd Case study Competiton
Winners
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Each presentation will explore:
The challenge they set out to solve
Their innovative community-based approach
Results and measurable impact
Lessons learned
Opportunities for collaboration
*Individual speakers will be announced soon.
Join all speakers for a moderated discussion and audience Q&A.
Scaling community innovation
Partnerships between academia and practitioners
Funding and collaboration opportunities
Questions from participants
Closing session
What’s Next?
WAFA CHARITY GALA - 1 DAY EVENT
GALA DINNER & CHARITY EVENT
WAFA GREEN CIRCLE WEBINAR
18th of FEB 2027 - 2 Hour Webinar to showcase Silent Heros Initiatives &
provide update on WAFA upcoming Events and developments.
WHY ATTEND?
Why join the WAFA Green Circle online webinar?
Whether you're a student, researcher, NGO leader or sustainability professional, you'll leave with new ideas, new connections and practical inspiration.
You'll gain:
🌍 First-hand insights from global changemakers
🤝 Opportunities to collaborate internationally
💡 Practical Nature-Based Solutions from the field
🎓 Inspiration for research and teaching
🌱 Access to a growing sustainability community
🚀 Opportunities to participate in future WAFA initiatives
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Chlorine dispensers for safe drinking water • Community WASH programs • RESTORING ECOSYSTEMS IN DesertS
Agricultural waste-to-biochar technology • Circular plastic solutions • Biodiesel from waste cooking oil
Food banking networks
• Aquaculture farming
• Regenerative agriculture
• Nutrition programs for chronic illness
Beach cleanup movements • Amazon reforestation • Indigenous forest protection • Environmental justice advocacy
...and many more.
We are Water, Air, Food Awards (WAFA). Established in 2006, we are a nonprofit organization that works on a mission to support grassroots initiatives that secure clean water, air, and nutritious food in communities worldwide.
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