By UN News
Schools in South Africa have been designating students as “eco-warriors” as part of an initiative supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), to drive environmental and climate change awareness amongst the young and old in their communities.
The youthful warriors have supported rubbish clean-up campaigns around their schools, eliminating over 1000 illegal dumping sites.© SGP South Africa and Future Leaders of Change |
Through the SGP support the Climate Change Warriors Project (CCWP) was able to establish six small-scale conservation agriculture co-operatives and coordinate youth training on sustainable agriculture.
Other students have established agricultural co-operatives and learned how to farm sustainably in the face of the effects of climate change and the degradation of the environment. Read More…
