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"UNEP Young Champion of the Earth (2025) - Recognized by the United Nations Environment Programme for innovative climate solutions"
"Obama Foundation Leader (2023) - Selected as an emerging leader in Africa"
"HyaPak Innovation - Pioneered biodegradable plastics from water hyacinth, transforming an environmental liability into sustainable packaging"
"Green Jobs Creator - Established training programs and employment opportunities in the green economy for Kenyan youth"
"Circular Economy Advocate - Developed scalable models for waste-to-value systems across East Africa"
"Joseph Nguthiru is transforming invasive water hyacinth into biodegradable packaging, demonstrating how innovation can simultaneously address environmental and socioeconomic challenges."
"A leader committed to empowering communities through climate action and sustainable entrepreneurship."
"One of Kenya's green heroes, turning environmental problems into opportunities for community empowerment."
"We hope that we can create a solution right here in Kenya that can be replicated across the world and simultaneously create ripple benefits for other countries faced by similar problems."
"Plastics. We can't live with them, can't live without them… it's a tough relationship. That's the challenge HyaPak is taking on."
"Turning environmental liabilities into livelihoods—that's the heart of innovation. Every challenge is an opportunity to empower communities."
"Service to environment and community is a calling—one I do wholeheartedly."
"We have the solutions to our African problems."
"Collaboration is everything. The answers and solutions to our problems lie in the people next to us. The only difference between stagnation and progress is our willingness to collaborate."
"If you're bringing value to the table, anyone will listen to you. Competency is critical—young people must be empowered to present themselves and pitch their ideas, not just do the research."
"Youth empowerment is more than a passion—it's a lever for lifting communities out of poverty."
"African entrepreneurs thrive when communities grow more resilient, and ecosystems are restored... Let's empower youth for climate action."
"If you start talking about climate change, your average viewer will only think about planting trees, but there is so much more. Let's learn new models, apply technology, and reimagine what's possible."
"You cannot employ people without skills, so you train people on green economy skills and then take them up."
"We asked for growth, so life gave discomfort. We begged for success, so it demanded we sacrifice. Can't have one without the other."
"Mountains reveal our strength, and the view reminds us the journey matters."
"Sustainability is not just about protecting the environment but transforming livelihoods and building a future where opportunities are created for all."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.