Bio
Uygar Özsesmi is a social entrepreneur and Ashoka Senior Fellow with more than 30 years of leadership in social and environmental justice. Based in Istanbul, he founded Good4Trust.org, a platform promoting sustainable lifestyles and ecological well-being. He chairs the Prosumer Economy Society and serves on the board of Ashoka Türkiye, while also teaching as an adjunct professor at Kadir Has University. Previously, he led Change.org Türkiye and served as Executive Director for Greenpeace Mediterranean and TEMA Foundation. With a background in environmental science and conservation biology, Uygar is a prolific writer, speaker, and radio host dedicated to advancing positive social change and ecological resilience worldwide.