Five Trails Africa NPC
Five Trails Africa NPC is an award winning non-profit organisation (Winner of the The Beacon for Sustainable
Living, Good Living 2050 Submission for Sustainable Futures). We are passionate about people finding
purpose and meaning in their lives and the importance of building sustainable futures through connections,
capacity building, conversations and opportunity development. Our flagship programme Ecopreneurs helps communities grow resilience and sustainability through starting green and blue economy businesses that are good for the environment.
We have also developed over the last three years a very successful and well subscribed online academy
(http://activateacademy.org.za) with over 30,000 registered students, growing their capacity to succeed in
life.
Ecopreneurs is a platform designed to address the following challenges:
• How do you grow capacity in young people to be sustainability leaders, custodians of a better future
for our environment and for themselves?
• How do you reconnect young people to the environment especially if they live in spaces that are
removed from the natural world?
• How do you enable young people to realise the serious nature of the challenges we are facing with
respect to global warming, climate change, food security, species extinctions as well as the
importance of the connections that exists in keeping our natural balance in play?
• How do you inspire young people to get involved, take action, connect, engage and see impact
around environmental issues?
• How do you open opportunities for young people to grow projects and careers across the green and
blue economies?
• How do you keep these young people connected to each other and to the issues?
• How do you create real pathways to career opportunities through partnerships?
Headquarter Country
South Africa
Geographies served
Netherlands South Africa Ireland Namibia
Issue areas addressed
Livelihoods
Communities served
Youth Farmers, pastoralists and fishers Small scale businesses People with disabilities
SDGs focus
SDG 13 - Climate Action SDG 14 - Life Below Water SDG 15 - Life on Land SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth