{"id":564,"date":"2025-03-26T04:53:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T04:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luiscamargo.eco\/?page_id=564"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:58:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:58:29","slug":"acerca-de-luis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/luiscamargo.eco\/en\/acerca-de-luis\/","title":{"rendered":"Acerca de Luis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About Luis Alberto Camargo<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Director of OpEPA \u00b7 Senior Advisor in Regeneration and Systemic Transformation \u00b7 Co-founder of Global Change Networks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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I am Luis Alberto Camargo, founder and director of the Organization for Environmental Education and Protection \u2013 OpEPA. For over 25 years, I have dedicated my life to reconnecting people, especially children and young people, with nature, understanding that this relationship is essential to transforming education, regenerating our territories, and building sustainable communities.<\/p>

Director of OpEPA \u00b7 Senior Advisor in Regeneration and Systemic Transformation \u00b7 Co-founder of Global Change Networks.<\/p>

I help leaders and organizations strengthen their purpose and activate their regenerative potential \u2014 using nature as the most powerful model of systemic transformation that exists.<\/p>

30 years building ecosystems of change in education, business and territory. From Colombia to the world.<\/p>

I founded OpEPA in 1998, at the age of 27, during the height of the armed conflict in Colombia. In that challenging context, I spearheaded environmental education programs in territories affected by violence, helping thousands of young people reconnect with their natural environment, learn in the field, explore, play, and discover. Since then, I have led the growth of this vision into an international movement with a presence in multiple countries and global networks, such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).<\/p>

My work has focused on creating regenerative learning systems. I have been part of the founding of initiatives such as The Weaving Lab<\/strong>,\u00a0Catalyst NOW<\/strong>, and Regenerative Colombia<\/strong>, networks that bring together thousands of social innovators, educators and community leaders who believe in the power of systemic change.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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I have had the opportunity to contribute from global platforms such as the World Economic Forum, where I was recognized as Young Global Leader<\/strong> in 2008, and I have been awarded prizes such as the WISE Prize for Education Innovation<\/strong> (2023) and the Richard Louv Prize for Innovation in Nature Connection<\/strong>, for my contributions to nature-based education.<\/p>

In addition to my experience as a founder of organizations, I have also served as an advisor to the Colombian Ministry of Environment, a member of the Board of the Regenerative Communities Network, and Regional Vice President for South America of the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication. I hold a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and a Master's degree in Computer Graphics from the Pratt Institute in New York. I have complemented my training with leadership programs at Harvard Kennedy School and INALDE, and I have also served as an outdoor leadership instructor with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS).<\/p>

All my initiatives are grounded in a regenerative, biocentric, and collaborative vision, where working with communities, organizations, and governments intertwines to activate the potential for positive change. I firmly believe that the transformation we need must begin with our connection to the Earth and that it is possible to design futures that honor life, diversity, and collective well-being.<\/p>

Today I continue to promote an education that not only teaches, but transforms; that awakens awareness, strengthens bonds and prepares new generations to care for the planet from the heart, mind and action.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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