The Great Climate Challenge
There is something truly inspiring about the enthusiasm of school kids, and there’s no doubt, its really infectious.
My name is Dan and I have the fantastic job of promoting and coordinating Greenpeace’s newest inter school fundraising / campaigning project. Its called the Greenpeace Climate Challenge and is designed to encourage and show young people about the solutions and benefits of moving towards a less carbon intensive lifestyle. I generally work as an on-street fundraiser and can’t count the number of times adults have told me ‘its the kids you wanna talk to’. It’s true, after all its their World and this project is an opportunity to empower kids and reward them for a range of tasks from changing light bulbs to writing to local MPs. Changing society starts with individuals and issues like climate change can seem overwhelming, for young and old alike, that’s why small changes deserve recognition and young people need to know their actions and opinions count.
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