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Christmas tree in Bridgetown sends powerful environmental message
24 December 2024 - Bridgetown -, This holiday season, if you're passing through the heart of Barbados' capital city, Bridgetown, you’ll likely notice a stunning array of Christmas trees spread throughout the area, each representing a school, a country, or a civil society cause. Among these festive displays, one tr...
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SIDS Global Children and Youth Action Summit
This publication reflects on the first ever SIDS Global Children and Youth Action Summit held in Antigua and Barbuda from 24-26 2024. The event occurred prior to the 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States that also occurred in Antigua and Barbuda. The summit result in the signing of a 10-ye...
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Young people demand a brighter future for Small Island Developing States
St John's, Antigua and Barbuda, - At the opening of the Fourth Small Island Developing States Conference (SIDS4) in Antigua and Barbuda, a powerful message resonated through the halls: a plea for a secure future from 15-year-old Lutrelle John. "I love my country," Lutrelle declared. "It's beautiful. It's my home, ...
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My journey as a youth advocate
My name is Caden Fahie, and I am an 18-year-old mental health and environmental advocate from the British Virgin Islands. I embody youth, humility, and an unyielding eagerness for growth. Advocacy is the driving force behind my endeavours. From a young age, a diverse array of interests captured my curiosity—rangin...
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Climate change video released for Earth Day 2021
Climate change video released for Earth Day 2021, SAINT LUCIA – 22 APRIL 2021, - On the occasion of Earth Day 2021, and just over six months prior to the 26 th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, COP26), the Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) of...
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Youth voices by Arabelle James-Anglies
COVID-19 impact on the environment in Barbados, The novel coronavirus Covid-19 which originated in Wuhan, China in early December of 2019 has changed the world we once knew. In December, according to records, the virus had not yet spread to the western hemisphere but on March 11 th 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic. Since the widespread of the virus, there has been…
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Youth Voices- Conrad Howell
In my view ..., "Man plays a big role in climate change with greenhouse gases. Turks might end up being under water in a couple of years. It’s going to be disastrous. I don’t think we can stop it at this point, but we can slow it down through reduce,reuse, recycle. We plant trees at the environment club at my scho...
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Youth voices- Adriana Gardiner
In my view ..., "Climate change is something I’m really thinking about. I’m recycling. And our beaches are the number one in the world so if we litter, I don’t think it would attract a lot of tourists - everyone wants to come to Turks and Caicos. My advice : stop littering," - Adriana Gardner
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Youth voices- Treshell Parker
In my view ..., "I feel climate change affects many people . There are lots of thing you can do to affect it. I’m recycling and the supermarkets have started using paper bags. We’ve started using them more in my house, and less plastic too. I think I could do a lot more by recycling bottles but I’m taking a small...
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Youth voices - Imani Whiskey-Chuma
In my view ..., "I think that climate change hasn’t been taken very seriously. It’s time we take it into our own hands as children cos this is our planet, whether we like it or not. I think that climate change is something that we can solve if we take the right steps, like using less plastic and eating fewer anima...
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Youth voices- Aaliyah Elliott
In my view ..., "Climate change is an issue that we should address. It pertains to global warming which we are a huge cause of. I recently started trying to contribute less to global warming by becoming vegan, because, in all honesty, eating meat from reared animals is making a huge contribution to the release of ...
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Art therapy at work in Trinidad and Tobago
Ricardo Rondon, 14, is one of the many young people who have left their homes in Venezuela to find peace and security in Trinidad and Tobago. He’s enjoying living in Port of Spain and has made new friends. Trinidad is a great country. I like it. I like the people. What I love about Trinidad is the nature, the beac...