Young Champions of the Earth Award 

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• The United Nations Environment Programme recently named seven dynamic Environmentalists as its Young Champions of the Earth.

• The Young Champions of the Earth prize is awarded every year to seven entrepreneurs under the age of thirty. 

• These entrepreneurs should have bold ideas for sustainable environmental change. The winners of the award receive mentoring, seed funding, communications support to amplify their efforts.

Prize winners from India:

Vidyut Mohan (India): He is the co-founder of Takachar. He has built affordable and portable biomass upgrading equipment which allows farmers to prevent open burning by converting crops to fuels, activated carbon and fertilizers.