As a World Explorer with a background in international cooperation, human rights and sustainability with the United Nations and the higher education sector in Asia, Europe and North America, I have founded Nexus Humani with the ambition to connect the transformative potentials of indigenous knowledge to Earth protection initiatives at the global, regional and local levels.

Nexus Humani is an international freelance agency-project that raises awareness, addresses ideological knots, motivates change and that creates new pathways for Earth protection on the basis of my life-changing and learning experiences with Indigenous Peoples.  

Within the scope of its featured interventions - Special Editions, Integrated Consulting and Experiential Learning Model and SDG Simulation Hubs, Nexus Humani delivers forward-looking and solution-oriented consulting services, including advocacy, global/local dialogue facilitation, partnership development, capacity building, and experiential education and training.

Ultimately, Nexus Humani aims for the development of a positive people-planet paradigm that integrates Indigenous Peoples´ voices and knowledge. Priority fields of intervention include climate change (mitigation, adaptation, resilience), sustainable water management, food security and the preservation of ecosystems.

I am also 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 ecosystems for change that focus on media-related advocacy for Earth protection and artistic work. The people-planet-cosmos axis is further explored in the art forms of fractals and sacred geometry. With insights and teachings from Indigenous Peoples and world civilisations.

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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, the preservation of ecosystems and food security are Nexus Humani´s priority fields of intervention.

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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.

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NOW FEATURED > SDG SIMULATION HUBS: GENERATING KNOWLEDGE FOR CHANGE

SDG Simulation Hubs - Video Highlights

PARTNERS AND CLIENTS

Nexus Humani

UNITED NATIONS (UN) - INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT AND STAFF MEMBER  

_United Nations Regional Centre, Bangkok, Thailand: UNESCAP (P2), UNDP, UNODC

_IOM, Bangkok, Thailand and ADBI partner, Tokyo, Japan

_UN FAO, Rome, Italy

_UN connections in Bonn, Germany: SDG Action Campaign, UNESCO, UNFCCC

HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR - EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION SPECIALIST, LECTURER-FACILITATOR, PROJECT MANAGER

_Imperial College London, United Kingdom

_Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany

_Hamburg School of Business Administration, Hamburg, Germany
_Berlin School of Economics and Law, Berlin, 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.”

Prof. Dr. Maik Adomßent Prof. Dr. Maik Adomßent, Complementary Studies Programme, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany

´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.´

Karen E. Makuch, Lecturer in Environmental Law, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, Great Britain

“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.”

Prof. Dr. Sarah Jastram Dr. Jürgen Chair of International Business Ethics and Sustainability, Dept. Strategy and Leadership, Hamburg School of Business Administration, Germany

“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.”

 

Dr. Marìa Morfìn-Gutiérrez Maître d'enseignement en affaires internationales, HEC Montréal, Québec

“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.”

Mr. Uji Kazuyuki HIV/AIDS Practice Team, UNDP, Regional Centre in Bangkok, Thailand

“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.”

Prof. Dr. Friederike Edel HTW University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany

NEXUS HUMANI - MOST RELEVANT NEWS

_UNITED NATIONS - INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCIES 

> Céline Artal, Founder of Nexus Humani, joins the UN FAO Network in Rome, Italy, as a Capacity Development and Training Specialist (May 2020), and as an Innovation Specialist (Design Thinking and Facilitation - June 2024)

 

_NEXUS HUMANI´S INTERNATIONAL PROJECT FOR EARTH PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABLE LIVING

> March 2020-ongoing - Céline Artal launches Nexus Humani´s 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 towards sustainable living and Earth protection. The project informs Nexus Humani´s experiential learning and media-related advocacy initiatives.

 

_INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, NETWORKS AND EVENTS

> June 2024 - Participation in the Multidisciplinary Meeting on Indigenous Peoples (EMPI) at SciencesPo Law School, Paris, France

> November 2019 - Céline Artal speaks at the introductory round table of the INSA´s Campus Durable event in Lyon, France, and facilitates 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

> March 2018  -  The SDG Simulation Hubs are featured in the Learning Opportunities section of the AshokaU Newsletter

 

_SDG SIMULATION HUBS IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR 

LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY, LÜNEBURG, GERMANY

> April 2020 - The SDG Simulation Hubs go virtual at Leuphana University (Lüneburg, Germany) and engage students into lively simulations, group work and presentations

> 2018-2020 - Complementary Studies Programme

> November 2017 - eBiNK: SDGs, Sustainable Consumption and Contemplative Practices

> 28 Feb.-2 March 2018 - Conference Week on Sustainability (Presentation and simulations)

BERLIN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND LAW/HTW UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, GERMANY

> 2016-2019 - The Third Sector and the SDGs - B.A.

IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN

> March 2018 - Global Environmental Change and Policy  -  Focus on Negotiation

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

 

_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.