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10 Aug 2018 Story
Delhi's "No Child in Trash" safe spaces
Rakhi Goswami sits on a carpet on the floor of a small classroom in Delhi, India. The learning centre is situated near one of the largest landfill sites in the country. Surrounded by a group of children painting plastic…
Students drive learning on the importance of bees, create bee habitat
The first honeybee visited the kids' bee habitat within 10 minutes of the last plant being placed in the ground. The result of days of hard work by a team of students, the habitat for wild bees came about as a compromise. "…
International Youth Day: UNEP and partners foster youth action for sustainable consumption and production
Shaoxin Li is a dreamer. To be precise, she's a Dreamer— one of 25 young people chosen and trained to lead the charge to achieve sustainable consumption and production in their communities in their part of the Asia-Pacific…
Rwandan "Umuganda" action inspires youth to unite African communities
Aniebonam Bonaventure Chika believes deeply in the power of communities to achieve environmental goals. So deeply, in fact, that the 27-year-old has put his money where his mouth is. In 2015, Aniebonam quit his 10-year…
Hands-on environmental education for vulnerable youth
Reducing, reusing and recycling and mini lectures on environmental and resource conservation issues such as saving energy and water are taught alongside developing a market garden in the Casa do Bom Menino. "We also discuss…
Young designer uses fashion to raise awareness of SCP issues in her industry
It was a minor twist of fate that led Lois McGuire, 29, to delve into sustainable fashion. The fashion designer from Grenada, the Caribbean, who normally designs under her newly-launched label Lyb'rtee Rose, had meant to…
App creator wants people to go Wild-It over action for sustainability
Happy International Youth Day! A fortnight ago, UNEP sent out a call to ask young people to tell us their stories about the action that they were taking with respect to this year's theme: sustainable consumption and…
12 Aug 2014 Press release
International Youth Day Celebrated in Kenya and Around the World with a Focus on Youth and Mental Health
Nairobi, 12 August 2014 - Music, street performance and speeches by high-level officials were part of Kenya's commemoration of International Youth Day 2014, whose theme was "Youth and Mental Health: Youth Inclusion in the…
UN Secretary-General's Statement on International Youth Day
This year's observance of International Youth Day focuses on the issue of youth migration. Of the annual total of some 214 million international migrants, young people constitute more than 10 per cent, yet too little is…
26 Jul 2013 Press release
Paintings from UNEP Global Art Competition on Show for World Youth Day in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, 26 July 2013 - Thousands of tourists are flocking to Rio de Janeiro this week to take part in World Youth Day celebrations and to witness the first international visit of Pope Francis. Among the various…
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