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YOUCAN is a non-profit community initiative that was founded with a vision for a world with a nature educator in every community. The present Trustees are K.

We develop ecological consciousness among today's youth using the visual medium, outreach and education. Youth Conservation Action Network (YouCAN) is an initiative of Trust for Environmental Education (TREE). TREE was founded in 1986 by the late S. Govind Swaminadhan, one of India's leading legal luminaries. Senior Advocate Sriram Panchu and Wildlife and Conservation Filmmaker Shekar Dattatri wer

e the other Founder-Trustees. Ramnath Chandrasekhar, an Educator and National Geographic Explorer officiating as the Trust's Secretary and Managing Trustee, Shekar Dattatri, Educationist, Naveen Mahesh and Writer and Educator Dr Srivi Kalyan. Over the years, TREE has produced a number of documentaries on wildlife and conservation and has conducted hundreds of outreach programmes specifically targeted at India's youth to inspire them about the country's incredible natural heritage and the need to conserve it for posterity. A flagship initiative called Youth Conservation Action Network (YouCAN) was launched by TREE a few years ago to work with youth in a more focused manner.

21/08/2026

Complete the sentence above in your own words and share it in the comments. Just fill in the blanks based on your own experience with nature, there's no right or wrong way to answer.

The Rewilding Storytellers Fellowship - a YouCAN initiative, delivered in partnership with the Climate Narrative Hub and co-anchored by Dasra, aspires to tell untold ecological stories. If you’re passionate about telling stories rooted in ecology, people and place, this fellowship is for you.

18/08/2026

When kids live by the ocean, do they still learn to build a relationship with the water, the species within it? This question drove Arpita -- Marine Biologist and Earth Education Fellow -- to work with children from coastal communities in Kundapura, Karnataka. Arpita's 8-month-long, place-based passion project modules encouraged her students to build relationships and identities with the ocean they shared space with.

Watch this film to learn more! Link in bio. 🩵

12/08/2026

We heard stories from coastlines and grasslands, from busy cities and quiet forests, from deserts and riverbanks and everything in between. Every applicant brought their own landscape into the fellowship, and each one carries a different story about the place it comes from! Swipe through to see just how many landscapes made their way into this fellowship.

The Rewilding Storytellers Fellowship - a YouCAN initiative, delivered in partnership with the Climate Narrative Hub and co-anchored by Dasra, aspires to tell untold ecological stories. If you’re passionate about telling stories rooted in ecology, people and place, this fellowship is for you.

04/08/2026

Every photo has a conversation happening in it somewhere. We came up with four versions above, now we want yours. Look at the scene, work out who is saying what, and drop it in the comments below!

It could be a line from a film, something from a meme you saw last week, or just whatever your brain comes up with first. Silly, dramatic, one word or a full back and forth, we want to read all of it!

The Rewilding Storytellers Fellowship - a YouCAN initiative, delivered in partnership with the Climate Narrative Hub and co-anchored by Dasra, aspires to tell untold ecological stories. If you’re passionate about telling stories rooted in ecology, people and place, this fellowship is for you.

30/07/2026

Thank you so much for applying to the Rewilding Storytellers Fellowship. Applications poured in from around the world, and we’re incredibly grateful for the enthusiasm, passion, and stories shared with us. We’re now looking forward to announcing our cohort very soon.

Stay tuned!

The Rewilding Storytellers Fellowship - a YouCAN initiative, delivered in partnership with the Climate Narrative Hub and co-anchored by Dasra, aspires to tell untold ecological stories. If you’re passionate about telling stories rooted in ecology, people and place, this fellowship is for you.

29/07/2026

Thank you so much for applying to the Rewilding Storytellers Fellowship. Applications poured in from around the world, and we’re incredibly grateful for the enthusiasm, passion, and stories shared with us. We’re now looking forward to announcing our cohort very soon.

Stay tuned! 💚

The Rewilding Storytellers Fellowship - a YouCAN initiative, delivered in partnership with the Climate Narrative Hub and co-anchored by Dasra, aspires to tell untold ecological stories. If you’re passionate about telling stories rooted in ecology, people and place, this fellowship is for you.

27/07/2026

Let's make a nature playlist together! What is that one song that takes you close to the heart of nature, however you interpret it? Share the name in the comments and we'll add it to a community playlist on Spotify, for all of us to enjoy!

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗼!

The Rewilding Storytellers Fellowship - a YouCAN initiative, delivered in partnership with the Climate Narrative Hub and co-anchored by Dasra, aspires to tell untold ecological stories. If you’re passionate about telling stories rooted in ecology, people and place, this fellowship is for you.

21/07/2026

The response has been more than we expected, so we're giving a few more days for the stories that haven't found their way to us yet. The deadline for the Rewilding Storytellers Fellowship is now 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱, so if you've been meaning to apply, this is the window!

If you've already applied, this is your chance to send it to someone else who you feel might have a story in their life they haven't thought to tell yet.

New deadline: 𝟮𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝗥 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆.

The Rewilding Storytellers Fellowship - a YouCAN initiative, delivered in partnership with the Climate Narrative Hub and co-anchored by Dasra, aspires to tell untold ecological stories. If you’re passionate about telling stories rooted in ecology, people and place, this fellowship is for you.

13/07/2026

The Rewilding Storytellers Fellowship - a YouCAN initiative, delivered in partnership with the Climate Narrative Hub and co-anchored by Dasra, aspires to tell untold ecological stories. If you’re passionate about telling stories rooted in ecology, people and place, this fellowship is for you.

Our applications for the Rewilding Storytellers Fellowship are now open! 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 or click the 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐨 to apply.

Deadline: 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.

Address

Registered Address: TRUST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION , NO 52 AMA NAGAR, NIZAM COLONY, PUDUKKOTTAI, TN16
Pudukkottai
622001

Website

http://www.treeindia.in/, https://www.youcan.in/

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