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Passionate about environmentalism, women’s rights, and youth empowerment, Dipika Badal, 22, is transforming communities around her and has already begun making long-lasting meaningful change throughout her local community in Kathmandu, Nepal. In 2018, Dipika organized silent, peaceful protests powered by 150 students and over 1000 local commuters, which has helped spur her government towards environmental policy changes. “Nepal is a beautiful country, and I’m not just saying that because it’s the place that I was born, it really is very beautiful,” she says. “There’s fresh air and greenery and beautiful forestry, but in the big cities, it’s just not the same.” For the nearly one million people of Kathmandu, the capital city where Dipika was raised, pollution is an ever growing problem. Ranked 177 out of 178 countries on Yale’s 2014 Environmental Performance Index, Kathmandu’s air quality has become somewhat of a national emergency. Sensing the urge ....