As a World Explorer with a strong passion for indigenous and ancient knowledge on the sacredness of the people-planet-cosmos axis, I have founded Nexus Humani with the ambition to connect the transformative potentials of this knowledge to Earth protection initiatives. Priority fields of intervention include climate change, sustainable water management, deforestation and the preservation of ecosystems.
Within the scope of its featured interventions - Special Editions, Integrated Consulting and Experiential Learning Model and SDG Simulation Hubs, Nexus Humani delivers forward-looking experiential education programmes and consulting services that fully integrate insights and lessons learned from life-changing encounters with indigenous peoples and world civilisations.
Nexus Humani is an international freelance agency-project that raises awareness, addresses ideological knots, motivates change and that advocates for human-environment resilience for Earth protection. It builds capacities and creates-supports dynamic partner ecosystems for sustainable living.
I work with UN, higher education, NGO and business partners, and am now concentrating on documentary filmmaking for education and advocacy purposes.
Nexus Humani – Initiatives
Special Editions – Ecosystems
For a new civilisational paradigm
Nexus Humani´s Special Editions give shape to dynamic ecosystems for change that focus on experiential education and media-related advocacy for Earth protection. Insights and teachings from indigenous peoples and world civilisations substantiate their perspectives and actions. The people-planet-cosmos axis is further explored in the meditative art form of sacred geometry.
Consulting and Experiential Learning
Management, synergies and human development
Nexus Humani works with indigenous, UN, higher education, NGO, business and media partners to organically catalyse forces and to build capacities for Earth protection and sustainable living. Climate change, health, sustainable water management, deforestation, the preservation of ecosystems and food security are some of Nexus Humani´s fields of intervention.
SDG Simulation Hubs
Raising awareness and building resilient people-planet systems
The Hubs are UN-related, experiential and world-connected learning environments. Participants grow their skills and draw action plans for global and local SDG implementation. The Hubs engage multiple stakeholders and motivate change for Earth protection and sustainable living at the individual and community levels.
NOW FEATURED > SDG SIMULATION HUBS: GENERATING KNOWLEDGE FOR CHANGE
Portfolio
SDG Simulation Hubs - Video Highlights
PARTNERS AND CLIENTS
INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCIES
_United Nations Regional Centre, BKK, Thailand: UNESCAP (P2), UNDP, UNODC
_UN connections in Bonn, Germany: SDG Action Campaign (presentation), UNESCO, UNFCCC
_IOM, BKK, THAILAND
_ADBI, Tokyo, Japan
HIGHER EDUCATION - LECTURER, FACILITATOR, PROJECT MANAGER
_Imperial College London, UK
_Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany
_Hamburg School of Business Administration, Germany
_Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany
_HTW University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany
_York University, Toronto, Canada
_HEC Montréal, Québec, Canada
_Groupe Sup de Co and IDRAC, Montpellier, France
_Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
As a World Explorer with a focus on indigenous environmental knowledge, and the Founder of Nexus Humani, I have a combined expertise in experiential education and capacity building for advocacy purposes and synergies development...
“The human development, experiential and solution-oriented perspectives of Céline Artal’s ´SDG Simulation Hubs´ prepare our students to become actors of change in sustainability, to apply their knowledge to real-life situations and to craft strategic plans for concerted actions.”
´Céline ran two informed, intelligent, fun, stimulating, interactive and successful days of negotiations. She created an energetic and enthusiastic environment. She presented new content, highlighting real-life challenges and helped our Master´s students in developing their thinking, logic and reasoning skills.´
“I am convinced that Ms Céline Artal ́s SDG Simulation Hubs and approaches provide the education sector – and beyond – with the tools, methods and synergies to ultimately deliver sustainable development.”
“My students and I at HEC Montreal thoroughly enjoyed your presentations on the Human Development Index and the work of “PNUD”. Not only were the presentations very informative and thought provoking but the delivery was very well done as well. We hope to have you again as a guest speaker in our International Affairs Program.”
“Céline is an extraordinary professional with extraordinary dedication and warm heart. Her contributions to the Women and Wealth Project have been beyond anybody’s expectations, leading to the continuous engagement of a world-class volunteer foundation and the subsequent empowerment of women living with HIV. Without doubt, Céline will be a tremendous asset to any institution seeking a highly-qualified professional who brings genuine values.”
“Ms Céline Artal´s Third Sector Seminar and SDG Simulations have received the highest rating among all other lectures of our programme. She has excellent empathy for the specific needs of the students and has provided us with valuable and constructive feedback for the future development of our curriculum.”
NEXUS HUMANI - MOST RELEVANT NEWS
> March 2020-Ongoing - Céline Artal, World Explorer and Founder of Nexus Humani, launches an international and multi-disciplinary field research project, Roadmap for a Life-sustaining People-Planet Paradigm. The project focuses on the contributions of ancient and indigenous knowledge in addressing today´s environmental challenges. Ultimately, it is about creating a positive people-planet interface for sustainable living. The project informs Nexus Humani´s experiential learning and media-related advocacy initiatives.
> April 2020 - The SDG Simulation Hubs go virtual at Leuphana University (Germany) and engage students into lively simulations, group work and presentations
> March 2018 - The SDG Simulation Hubs are featured in the Learning Opportunities section of the AshokaU Newsletter
_INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
> November 2019 - Céline Artal will speak at the introductory round table of the INSA´s Campus Durable event in Lyon, France. Céline will also facilitate the SDG Simulation Hubs for professors, staff members and students - Focus: Water and Climate Change: Catalising Forces and Motivating Actions for Sustainable Living
> April 2019 - Session of the SDG Simulation Hubs at the Foundation for Environmental Education (Young Reporters for the Environment) - Global Meeting in Shanghai, China - Focus: Water
_NOW - SDGS IN MOVEMENT
> 2018-2019 - Céline Artal, Nexus Humani, engages in the Frauen in Bewegung project by Trinidad Martínez, Entre lineas. The project focuses on health, movement (dance, meditation, Aikido) and integration among refugee women in Hamburg, Germany. SDGs 3, 5 and 12.
_SDG SIMULATION HUBS: HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR
LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY, LÜNEBURG, GERMANY
> 2018-2020 - Complementary Studies Programme
> November 2017 - eBiNK: SDGs, Sustainable Consumption and Contemplative Practices
> 28 Feb.-2 March 2018 - Conference Week on Sustainability
BERLIN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND LAW/HTW UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, GERMANY
> 2016-2019 - The Third Sector and the SDGs - B.A.
HAMBURG SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (HSBA), GERMANY
> April-June 2017 - Climate Change in the Pacific Islands - B.A.
> September 2017 - Climate change justice - Ethics and Compliance - Executive MBA
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN
> March 2018 - Global Environmental Change and Policy - Focus on Negotiation