YPWC is keenly interested in youth events happening around the world. Why? Because it inspires us and helps us determine new ways we can make a difference too.
For example, on July 20th, Kenyan Climate Youth discussed how they returned to check on trees they planted at Mt Kenya one year ago at the blog Gmwaura.
It explains that, in May 2009, a group of young people under, the banner of Nature Kenya Youth Committee, set off for Mt Kenya to plant trees. They planted 8000 seedlings on Mt Kenya. The blog explains that the trees have grown and a year later youth returned to the mountain. While some trees died, most of them survived. Youth look after the trees, watering and making sure they don’t get eaten by livestock or trampled upon.
On the other side of the world G Magazine ran an article about what Australian youth are doing to battle the big issues: climate change, called Australian Youth Climate Change Super Heroes on Friday August 6, 2010.
“The Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC’s) mission is to build a generation-wide movement to solve climate change by uniting all major youth organizations and over 50,000 young Australians.” According to the article, they hope to achieve short-term influence and long-term cultural change.
According to this article, AYCC is one of Australia’s few entirely youth-run and youth-led organizations.
YPWC is also a youth-run organization with a strong focus on youth-led action for change.
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