Helen HUAN NI

Ms. Helen Huan Ni received her M. Phil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge with UK Government's Chevening Scholarship and has extensive experience in developing and managing international projects. In 2016, she founded the native environmental NGO Shanghai Green Light-Year Environmental Service Centre, promoting sustainable lifestyles in urban and rural communities in China. Her NGO work has won awards and been widely reported by international and domestic media. Green Light-Year promotes and practises ESD concepts at three levels: cognition, social emotion, and behaviour change, engaging with Chinese teenagers and youth to better understand and implement the Sustainable Development Goals. Its mission is to make the public enjoy practising SDGs and to become China's leading ESD organization, organizing experiential and interactive events to make sustainable concepts and actions visible, accessible, and widespread within the city.

Helen is a Board Member of the Finance Branch of Shanghai Overseas Scholar Association, has been a China Member of the CEC Committee of International Union of Conservation Network (IUCN), and invited as an expert in low carbon communities by Shanghai Municipal Government. Her home is a mini environmental technology museum, including a CIGS thin field solar plant, aquaponics, and vertical farm, attracting over 15000 global visitors. Helen is the 2017 winner of the Social Impact Award of the British Council Alumni Award