Youth are Making a Difference NOW!

By Lindsay G., Youth Journalist

The Environment Ministerial / Youth Forum: Thailand to Newfoundland, people from all over the world have come together to talk about what they are doing in their own communities NOW to help make a difference.

Salil from Thailand is involved in environment projects at school, where he and his friends come up with ideas to help create a cleaner and less wasteful environment. From what I gathered, Salil and his friends have put a lot of focus on reusing whatever they can. One of his projects involved reusing dishwater and the water left in the washing machine, to water their plants. It seems that this works as a good fertilizer!

Making dolls out of left-over chalk dust is another of the projects he created with his friends. Talk about making sure nothing goes to waste!

Jennifer from Newfoundland, Canada has been working on more community based projects. One of these was a dinner theater night. She and her friends put on a bunch of skits involving environmental topics, and charged admission. They donated the money raised to different environment groups in their area that help to make a difference.

Getting people to compost was another of Jennifers goals. She believes that not enough people are composting and wanted to encourage her community to do so. So she and her friends set up a booth at a local mall where they offered people the opportunity to compost. They charged $20 to set people up with a composter and the soil to get started. Once again it's proven, that the seemingly little strategies like these are the ones that get everything started.

In the last two days I have been astonished by how involved a lot of the participants are in helping the environment. Most of the youths attending this conference have strong links to projects in their own communities. And even if, like me, they don't, this conference is the place to start! Since it is the youth of this generation who will be making the difference in generations to come, it is really refreshing to see something positive happening.

 

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