YL Coaches introduce to the fascinating Youth Leadership phenomenon, 

based on knowledge of its spectrum of causes, outstanding stories, video clips, music, the rich scope of YL resources, programs, partners, support services, opportunities, tricks and where to find help for advanced ideas and goals. Also,

• they see unlimited power and potentials in young people
• they love teenagers
• they priorize empowering young people over everything, which means they are available almost 24/7
• also for workshops and dreaming up grand projects

which makes them that very special kind of adult that youth on fire for people and planet need.

YL Master Coaches also train groups of educators, certify YL Coaches, accompany Activate Your City Campaigns, Global SDG School Challenges, LearnSpace evolution and more

Such able, globally connected people are mighty precious.

From whom can you learn practical skills to create a world of awesome?

• where in town do you go to find such people?
• who can you book for online meetings?
• who can you visit after school hours?
• who is accessible in evenings, on week-ends and holidays?

We say that’s very important! We want you to have plenty of options, and only the finest people, huggable people that love youth, and are loved by youth, the ‘everybody’s favorite teacher’ type of person.

Global Magical Coaches teach extraordinary knowhow, are connected with YL Action Guides, often also with campaigns.

Local Magical Coaches are perfect partners for activities at and beyond school, often connected with a Learnspace to visit. Add your dearest ones to the YL LearnPlanet Map, so that schools, youth, adult allies and Coaches better find one another!

WHY QUALIFY YOUTH AGE 8-18 AS COACHES?

The ultimate role models and trainers for children are slightly older children or teens. That’s a natural law, it’s coded in all our genes – since we are mammals – which means it’s super perfect for lightning fast learning and growth for survival and living in interconnected community. It works best with slightly older peers, because

1. they tick almost the same … bubbly, silly, open minded, friendship, no need to keep an air of authority
2. the little ones can feel into them, to be like them soon, in 1, 2, 5 years time … high identification
3. youth are less traumatized and programmed by suboptimal ideologies … no ego, mask, prejudice, fear, worries about war, rent, spouses, politics, nor need of hidden agenda for gain 
4. youth have TIME … they don’t run off once the paid session is over, they can arrange follow-up
5. as students, they can reach 100s of peers and act as assistant teachers with caring teachers
6. daily for 10 years, for free with many win-win benefits like awesome school days, magical memories, great friends, ace skills, access to adult relations, professional avenues

It is a wonderful complementary skillset for YL Warriors and Changemaker Student Clubs in the #BeMoreAwesome program

WHY SELF-LEARNED PRACTICAL SKILLS?

in color, food, planting, bodywork, media production, leadership, charity …?

Children and youth need to experience trust in their ability to quickly acquire relevant skills to shape real life at a quality level of adult society … most young humans in industrial society are treated as imbeciles until the age of 22, be it in working class or academic environments … and this has severe suboptimal effects on awesomeness, liberty, sovereignity, mental health, their next 70 years on Earth with their families, neighbors, communities, the animal, plant, mineral and spirit realms.

The multi-award winning UNESCO structural program sevengardens active in 30 countries with focus on sourcing colors from plants for art, dyes, play, therapy, business, fashion, crafts, community gardens, nature education etc etc is a prime example of citizen science 2.0 enabling kindergarten kids, teachers, artists, differently abled, professionals, indigenous people, researchers, business, tour guides etc. to swiftly acquire a very basic skill and method that enables them to pursue their own learning journey through exploration with free or very cheap tools and resources + consult practitioners for simple FAQ resulting in quick Aha-moments to upgrade to next skills level at levels that satisfy for personal use but also quickly satisy societal quality benchmarks … to train others, to sell products (art, died easter eggs, wool, pinzetti whiteboard markers, ink, and to organize ESD and SDGs activities that get backing from city, foundations, make headlines and everybody loves it …

• like in youth leadership action that changes lives, land, laws and industries …
• but here for things that make A GOOD LIFE … with art, color, food, planting, bodywork, media etc. 

Many of these DIY activities liberate users from dependencies on low quality industry products leaving a trail of harm on land and people through low paid labor, slavery, poisoned soils and water, mafia relations, ecocide, genocide, slavery … and suboptimal health effects on the user … and thereby are relevant part of creating a new economy, production and consumption model (SDGs 1, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) … which means they are natural evident life skills of Able Active Citizens, inhabitants of libertarian-democratic, peaceful, regenerative societies.

Further, they are well understood, valued and promoted by conventional teachers, councils, “old people” :-), institutions of natural and cultural heritage that are often undervalued and overridden in the hyper corporate tech buzz that our societies are currently flooded with and in need of better connective with their communities and people. This means, that COACHES that offer teaching such skills with a twist of MAGIC that makes kids, teens and adults LOVE to JOIN, PARTICIPATE, PRACTICE AND PASS ON these skills are well appreciated, in demand and gain access to the general public, families and schools whose mindset and priority mindset is still 19th or 20th Century … and through example, build a bond of appreciation and trust that opens space to share also other … 21st Century activity GEMS.