Jakub Nekvasil
Jakub Nekvasil is a 17-year-old student at a Prague high school. He founded an NGO Telperion (www.telperion.cz) to raise awareness around climate change and to inspire climate action, focusing mainly on young people. They organise programmes for schools, scouts, and the general public. With one of his projects “Klimatické dny” (Climate Days), he was among the last four candidates selected for the prestigious youth Czech climate award “Cena Josefa Vavrouška”, organised by the Czech Partnership Foundation. He became a local coordinator in the implementation of the Living Landscape project, focusing on water retention. Wherever he is, he try to influence people to assume responsibility for the climate, to think about their everyday habits, and to take climate action. Jakub try to show people around me that each small step counts, and that these small steps will eventually make a big difference.