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After more than a decade of building Fellowship programs across the globe, Founders Katherin Kirschenmann and Florian Hoffmann are proud to name Pia Heidenmark Cook the new Managing Director of their German non-profit The DO School Fellowships gGmbH. At the same time Pia will also take on the leadership of beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship as Executive Director. She is taking over the responsibilities from Mariah Levin, who successfully led beVisioneers for four years and four fellow cohorts. "We are proud of the impact and growth our non-profit Fellowship activities are having across the globe. As an experienced leader, Pia will continue to build on the legacy to enable talented young people to turn their ideas into action and drive the next chapter. We also want to thank Mariah Levin, who has been an incredibly thoughtful and successful leader building up the beVisioneers program over the last years. We are very proud of her and the team’s achievements” Under Mariah's leadership, the beVisioneers community grew to 3,000+ environmental innovators and champions across 46 countries - reaching close to 1.3 million people, and already avoiding/ sequestering 114,940 tons of carbon at the local level since 2023. We are incredibly proud of those achievements. Stepping in as Executive Director and Managing Director: Pia Hiedenmark Cook, former Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA (Ingka Group) who has spent three decades turning sustainability ambition into results at scale. “Making a difference to everyday lives and working with people I can learn and develop with have always been key to every career decision I’ve made. Joining the fantastic beVisioneers team at the DO Fellowships, helping young entrepreneurs from across the world build the skills needed to realise their ideas and prototypes, is a dream come true. Building on what has been achieved since its launch four years ago, I’m looking forward to this next more mature phase of the fellowship, securing great fellowship experiences, end-to-end quality and operational excellence and effectiveness." We're excited for this next chapter, and for what Pia’s leadership will bring as we hone in on building impactful fellowship programs and offering innovative educational opportunities supporting young people around the world to make a difference for our planet and our societies

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Don't miss the chance to create the future you want. Join the largest fellowship for young eco-innovators and get access to: - 1:1 Mentoring - Only a 24-hour per month commitment — easy to fit into your existing work or university schedule! - Venture coaching to help your projects take shape and accelerate - Opportunities to apply for financial support to enable participation in the Fellowship based on a needs assessment - Opportunities to win project scholarships for up to €20,000 to grow your projects and make impact - A hybrid learning experience, allowing you to meet with experts and other Fellows at global events - Travel, accommodation and expenses paid for, for key Fellowship program events 🔗 Application are OPEN. You have until January 25, 2026 to apply. Link in bio! 👇If this doesn't sound like you but sounds like someone you know, tag them in the comments! #ecoinnovation #sustainbility #entreneurship #opportunity #impactentreneurship

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🌍 Meet planet-positive engineer and Pioneer Project Scholarship recipient Charles Oyamo. Growing up off-grid along Kenya’s border with Tanzania, Charles experienced energy poverty firsthand — and knew he had to do something about it. That spark led to the idea for Linq; a clean energy initiative building modular, decentralized solar battery hubs that redistribute surplus power in underserved communities. These community-based hubs use smart metering and pay-as-you-go models to elegantly solve energy access challenges. Their digital monitoring and credit system create a sustainable economic model — powering small businesses, electric mobility, and local resilience. This year, this bV Fellow was selected for a beVisioneers Pioneer Project Scholarship, a form of targeted financial support that helps Fellows apply their learning to real-world, planet-positive projects. With that support, Charles is now scaling Linq to a 1MWh SmartHub serving over 1,000 users a major step forward in delivering clean, community-owned energy solutions where they’re needed most.
 💡 Stay tuned as we introduce more Pioneer Project Scholarship recipients from the beVisioneers community. #beVisioneers #beVisioneersthemercedesbenzfellowship #ProjectScholarships #CleanEnergy #SolarPower #Kenya