Hello! I’m Nico Roman, a young historian, geographer, and sustainability advocate, currently a scholar at Winchester College in the UK. As a United Nations Child Ambassador for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Children’s Rights, I’m dedicated to protecting nature and safeguarding the rights of future generations both locally and globally.
I actively participate as a co-founder of my college’s Sustainability Council and am a member of the Natural History Society and the Model UN Club. Additionally, I serve as the captain of the college football team.
In my role as co-chair of the Global Youth Council on Science, Law & Sustainability, I also hold the position of senior editor for our online journal, Harmony. As an award-winning young author, my stories have been published in the Luna Spark anthologies, where I won first place in the world for 2022. I edit this blog (nicosnaturalworld.org), which receives thousands of impressions annually, and I am also the editor of Futures, an anthology featuring stories by young authors worldwide that raise awareness and educate about sustainability. Together with Wezi TS from Zambia a submission for the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child General Comment 26 on climate justice.
Previously, as a founding co-chair of the Cambridge Schools Eco-Council, I helped raise awareness about climate change in Cambridge, UK, and co-led the Eco-Society at King’s College School. I am proud to be a national Rotary Young Environmentalist Award laureate for our local ‘Heron Project,’ which aims to protect the Cambridgeshire fenlands and combat climate change by reducing sources, restoring sinks, and mobilizing schools and communities for SDG 13 Climate Action. I lead a youth team working across the fenlands of Cambridgeshire to accredit the region as a Wetlands City under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance. Additionally, I have received the Lieutenant-Governor’s Medal and the Ambassador’s Award from the Trust for Sustainable Living student debates in BC, Canada.
I enjoy drama, reading, painting models, swimming, canoeing, and sailing, as well as exploring history, geography, and science. I play the clarinet, saxophone, and piano, and I have a deep love for nature. I am passionate about protecting endangered species, including my two Hermann’s Tortoises, and I am committed to advancing the global Sustainable Development Goals for children and for the future we want.
Nico's Natural World 