LONG BIO

Máximo Mazzocco is a herald, an advocate and entrepreneur for sustainability with more than 15 years of experience in the field. He is the founder and managing director of Eco House Global, an Action for Sustainability youth-led non profit organization born in Argentina, with projects in Latin America, Europe and Africa, specialized in education, politics, communication, consultancy and ecological restoration. From 2016 to 2020, its “Agents of Change” volunteer program made EHG one of the youth-led movements with the highest amount of volunteers in Latin America (a project then replicated by dozens of partner organizations). Currently, EHG works with more than 40 programs, most of them internationally recognized.

Declared Pangeist, he is a UNDP Youth Global Ambassador and a Member of Kay Pacha’s Order. Author of “Apuntes de un ambientalista: hacia una filosofía para la sostenibilidad” (Penguin Random House), best-seller of the category, in 2019 he was declared as an “Outstanding Personality” by the Buenos Aires City and as an “Outstanding Young Man” by JCI International. Youth Climate Justice Fund Steering Committee Member (1st Cohort) & New Zero World Youth Council Member (1st Cohort). Youth Delegate in COP27, COP26, PreCOP26, COP25, Stockholm +50, UN Climate Summit NY 2019 and the historical Escazú COP1. Coordinator in Youth4Climate 2021 (Y4C), member of the organizing committee in Y4C 2022 and co-organizer of RCOY LAC 2021, RCOY LAT 2022 & 2023. Environmental advisor to dozens of politicians and businessmen. SDG Promoter with active presence in the mainstream media. Fellow of the Climate Justice – Just Transition (CJ-JT) Donor Collaborative (1st Cohort). Primer mover in developing the School Network for Sustainable Development, the Environmental Library, Datasa.org (SocioEnvironmental Database), the SocioEnvironmental University, among other notable initiatives for spanish speakers. Founder and co-founder of several local, national and international socioenvironmental youth initiatives, organizations, programs, campaigns and networks. Recognized as one of the 100 Latinos most committed to Climate Action in 2021 & 2022 (Sachama). Creative Director with extense experience in socio-environmental campaigns.

Activist of animal and biodiversity rights since 17 years old, his academic studies include environmental science, business administration, philosophy and climate change. During 2020-21 he experienced a heavy oncological process, which he considers “the most enriching adventure of his life”. International conferencist in more than 500 events during the past five years, he have shared panels with high level authorities from all around the world. Writer and director of “Buscando a las toninas”, an independent environmental documentary with great repercussion in 2019-2020, nationally awarded. Jury in more than 30 national and international competitions on various topics related to sustainability. He has followed a plant-based diet for more than 10 years. 

It is important to note that all the work he has done for, with and from Eco House Global has been on a volunteer basis. During 2018, 2019 and 2020 he lived at the organization’s headquarters with the aim of being available 24 hours a day to help. There, beyond the daily work with hundreds of volunteers, he interacted with more than 500 international guest-volunteers, who stayed in the historic house of Arévalo 1557, located in the well-known neighborhood of Palermo, Bs. As., Argentina.

Until 2022, his personal mission was to put “the socio-environmental stuff” at the top of the Political, Public and Private Agenda, and generate as many change agents as possible. Thereby, he directly participated in the approval of more than 40 socio-environmental laws in Argentina (including national, provincial and municipal), actively intervened to generate more than 20 Youth Councils in organizations and companies with a global impact, organized digital communication campaigns with millions of users reached, among many others.