Growing up on the shores of Lake Victoria, I saw the impacts of climate change firsthand. Driven by my love for the lake and my community, I embarked on a journey to combat environmental degradation. Now, through education, sustainable agriculture, and eco-friendly initiatives, I am working to restore the natural beauty and resilience of our ecosystem while empowering the next generation to be environmental stewards.
Narratives of Change | The Future's Light on My Grandfather’s Farm: The Solar Panel Journey
The solar panels that were erected on my grandfather's farm in a village near Ben Guerir, Morocco, initiated a new epoch, whereby tradition and innovation actually coexisted. This transition to solar panel energy is a decision brought on by the increasingly precarious situation with climate change and limited resources. Our solar panels are now a symbol of commitment toward sustainability and a bright future. As the Grandfather said, "In every ray of sunlight, we find a new beginning." Learn from our journey of switching our farm to renewable energy and how it changed our approach toward agriculture and the environment.
Sheffield’s Cubs Ally With Worms to Solve Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change
Yazan, a Cubs leader in Sheffield, UK, organises a session about biodiversity loss and climate change. He brings a character named Bojo, who claims to have time-travelled from the future, to engage the cubs in creating a habitat for worms and bacteria. Through this fun activity, Yazan teaches the cubs about their responsibility to protect nature and act as role models in their communities.
My Journey as an Environmentalist
My story is on how I became and environmentalist. Human actions damage it, and how individuals can help. The essay focuses on individuals because while I and you may not be able to influence international commitments or government actions, we can change our attitudes toward our environment, which spreads to those around us, and I am confident that if over 7 billion people do the same, we will achieve our goal of saving the planet Earth.
Community Managed Natural Regeneration
CMNR is a low-cost, rapid and easily replicated approach to restoring and improving degraded lands. It is based on the systematic regrowth of existing trees or self-sworn seeds. It is managed and practised by a pastoralist community who have no knowledge of farming or agricultural practices. And is done on deforested areas and on lands that don't have fertile soil, a land that is majorly colonised with sand soil. It focuses on how a simple act of thinning and pruning can release the untapped energy of underground roots. It has increased the supply of a range of products like fodder and firewood and also has improved the communities livelihood by adopting other sources of income.
Co2nsequences
Feeding the Earth
The Sustainable Development Goal 2 - Zero Hunger - was set in 2015 to tackle rising undernourishment. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this challenge. Climate Change threatens food production and quality. WHYFARM, an NGO that uses creative methods to engage young people in agriculture, was founded in 2015 in Siparia, Trinidad and Tobago. It teaches traditional farming techniques that protect the environment and human health, and technologies that optimize production to establish careers in the field and promote food security.
Introducing Next Generation Diplomacy
Next Generation Diplomacy seeks to promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of clean water and sanitation, climate action, and life below water by connecting young community role models to other role models in communities around the world to share environmental cleanup ideas and environmental education resources.
Puzzled
A contrast between the brutal violence nature can have in Rio de Janeiro in response to climate change, and the brutal truth young people are exposing in protests and strikes for the environment. "Puzzled" reflects about who are the young ones willing to stand up for the environment, what are the stories, fight strategies and the hopes of those who, if given the chance to be heard, can change the course of history simply by turning to nature.