How can we help?
For brand campaigns and commercial collaborations, Von Wong is represented by Suzy Johnston + Associates.
Von Wong has produced high-concept campaigns for global brands including Dell, Nike, Starbucks, and Kiehl's — work that routinely generates earned media worth multiples of its production budget.
His approach transforms environmental issues into culturally resonant visual narratives that audiences actively share, from Guinness World Records to billions of organic impressions.
Suzy Johnston + Associates
90 Sumach St. #617
Toronto, ON M5A 4R4
For keynotes, panels, fireside chats, and workshops, Von Wong is non-exclusively represented by London Speaker Bureau and Spoken Artists, or reach out directly below.
Von Wong has delivered 48+ keynotes across 19 countries — from the World Economic Forum and MIT to SXSW and five UN summits. A WEF Young Global Leader (2025) with a Guinness World Record.
His talks weave behind-the-scenes storytelling with lessons in creativity, impact, and the art of making environmental issues impossible to ignore — leaving audiences with a framework they can apply to their own work.
London Speaker Bureau
Spoken Artists
Interested in collaborating on an art project, community initiative, or non-profit campaign? Reach out directly.
Von Wong's most powerful work has always been built in community — with scientists, students, activists, and local residents who bring the story to life. Every project is documented in a way that amplifies collaborators and gives organizations lasting media assets.
His installations have anchored campaigns for Greenpeace, UNEP, and the Global Plastics Treaty, and have been featured at the World Economic Forum, COP, and Art Basel.
Interested in supporting environmental monuments? Donations of any size are accepted through Forward Global (501c3, tax-deductible).
Every monument Von Wong builds is created at the exact moment and location where decisions are made — COP, the Global Plastics Treaty, UN General Assembly. The installations become backdrops for international media coverage, turning abstract negotiations into visceral, shareable moments.
Past donors including Oak Foundation and Minderoo Foundation have helped raise $360,000, generating billions of views and amplifying frontline voices at the world's highest tables.
Forward Global
501c3 Tax Deductible
EIN #98-0592591
We are raising $200,000 per year for three years to focus on building these monuments.
Writing an introduction, program blurb, or press piece? Use this one.
Benjamin Von Wong is an environmental artist and activist known for building large-scale installations at global treaty negotiations. Trained as a mining engineer before turning to art, he creates his work from discarded and reclaimed materials, in collaboration with local communities and volunteers.
His installations include the Giant Plastic Tap, the 4-story centerpiece at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi when the Global Plastics Resolution was signed in 2022; Biodiversity Jenga, a 2.5-story tower unveiled at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference; and Strawpocalypse, which holds the Guinness World Record for the most straws used in a sculpture, built from 168,000 of them.
His work has been exhibited at Art Basel, the San Francisco International Film Festival, and the World Economic Forum, and has been viewed hundreds of millions of times worldwide. He has led creative campaigns for Greenpeace, Dell, Nike, Starbucks, and the Government of Canada, raising millions of dollars for frontline communities. He has spoken at TEDx, SXSW, and Dell World, and was featured in a documentary narrated by Ryan Reynolds.
His work is made possible by generous donors, and continues to be used worldwide by grassroots organizations, educational institutions, and community-led initiatives championing environmental justice.
Von Wong is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and was named to The Independent’s Climate 100 List. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
