74 Global GYDI Youth Report Development 2016 Chapter Index 3 and Report 2016 \ CS Young Changemakers Nolana Lynch Trinidad and Tobago Nolana is a social entrepreneur and environmental activist, whose eco-friendly business venture has contributed to promoting sustainability in several Caribbean countries which, along with other small island countries, are most at risk from the debilitating impact of climate change. As a student, Nolana noticed that in her country vast quantities of nutrient-rich agricultural produce were going to waste, including millions of mango and avocado seeds – ideal raw material for producing nutrient-rich moisturisers and skin creams. Combining her passion for the environment and entrepreneurship, Nolana used up all her savings to create an all-natural skin and hair-care line called EcoTruffles. By using sustainable raw material sourced from rural women farmers throughout the Caribbean, Nolana’s enterprise provides a shot in the arm to the local economy, and also supports the sustainable development of her local community. young people are at the forefront of movements to protest against rising unemployment, job insecurity, low wages and social inequality.44 In Europe, young people have collectively agitated against rising university tuition fees in the past few years. In Israel, there have been protests about the lack of affordable housing, while across North Africa and the Middle East, the lack of employment opportunities has brought young people out onto the street in frustration. Indeed, a focus on protests as a form of youth participation reveals significant differences in comparison with the patterns observable in formal political participation. Since 2011, the world has witnessed youth-led protests and demonstrations in almost every part of the world, including in Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Iran, Israel, Libya, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, the UK, the USA and Venezuela.45 These have been ignited by a range of issues, from growing inequality and corruption in one country Thanks to the quality of its products and the values that underpin the business, in just under three years Eco-Truffles’ customer base has grown to include retailers, hotels, spas and restaurants across the Caribbean. A big share of Eco-Truffles’ profits goes back into the community to support underprivileged families and children, or as scholarships that enable young women to get an education. Nolana was named Commonwealth Young Person of the Year for the Caribbean and Americas Region in 2015, and has served as the national co-ordinator of the Caribbean Youth Environment Network. She believes that ‘whenever there is collaboration among young people, there is a higher chance of bringing about positive development’. to authoritarianism and abuse of human rights in another. Some of these protests have led to genuine transformation, such as the overthrow of long-standing regimes in Tunisia and Egypt. In other cases, youth-led protests have triggered further repression or deepened schisms in society. In parts of Africa, young people are less likely than their elders to participate in demonstrations, partly due to a fear of police reprisals.46 Young people are also using creative methods to empower their peers and boost youth participation. Some are doing it through art and music, for example; others via entrepreneurship; and in some of the most traditional societies in the world, young people – and young women, in particular – are doing it by imparting leadership training and mobilising communities to push for change. (See ‘Young Changemakers’ above.) Young people are increasingly also resorting to ‘political consumerism’, especially in high income and developed countries, to express their ethical