Green greetings and Happy International Day of Forests from Bamenda, Cameroon.
I feel very inspired that my work as an Environmental Educator is being recognized today. After 9 years of service to people and the planet, I feel very proud that I am receiving my first international award. It gives me so much joy and motivation and I can’t wait to see how much impact I will continue to create after this award.This was supposed to be my first international travel opportunity but due to time constraint, here we are. However, i look forward to visiting the FAO headquarters and Rome someday.
First, I want to dedicate this prestigious award to all the teachers who are educating and engaging young people in forest conservation. In a very special way, I wish to congratulate every teacher who participated in this contest and let them know that; we are the heroes of future generations. Our work with young people is very noble and I want to use this opportunity to encourage you all to keep inspiring, educating and engaging more young people to care for the planet.
Secondly, I want to dedicate this award to all the young people who are striving to make a difference in creating a more thriving, just and sustainable planet.
On the occasion of this year’s International Day of the forests, I wish to call every young person around the globe to go out there and plant a tree.
Today, I am being recognized as a Forest Educator but there is more about me and the work I do than you can imagine.
Permit me use this opportunity to introduce you to The Greens and two of my projects that are working to END plastic bottle and textile waste pollution.
We are currently collecting and transforming plastic bottles into Vertical Gardens and plant nursery pots as well as training 13 young girls for free in textile recycling and fashion designing in a bid to curb youth unemployment, promote agriculture and food security, improve the health and wellbeing of people and clean-up the world.
Our 2019 plastic bottle upcycling goal stands at 750,000 plastic whereas our textile upcycling goal for the year stands at 5000 pounds.
With your support, we can educate, inspire and engage more young people to take action to protect forests and biodiversity, stop plastic bottle and textile waste pollution, promote agriculture and food security and promote sustainable development.
At this point, I want to thank FAO for organizing this prestigious contest that has brought me and teachers around the globe to the spotlight. Your initiative has given me the opportunity to see amazing things teachers around the globe are doing and I look forward to networking and collaborating with all these teachers to promote Forest and Environmental Education around the globe.
Thank you and Happy International Day of Forests.
You can read the Assitant Director of FAO's message on the occassion here: https://busy.org/@thegreens/message-of-mr-mitsugi-assistant-director-general-fao-on-the-occasion-of-the-prize-giving-ceremony-for-the-international-day-of
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The Greens is a grassroots environmental organization that strives to educate, inspire and engage young people to take action to combat climate change and be at the forefront of biodiversity conservation and waste management.
Founded in 2010, @thegreens have been able to use arts, sports, media and ICT to educate and engage more than 10,000 young people in Green Poetry, Green Music, Green Arts, Green Radio, and Conservation Champions League.
Her tree planting programs have seen the organization create 04 Community Tree Nurseries, planted more than 300,000 trees and together with @kedjom-keku we have acquired 1000 hectares of afromontane forest in Kedjom-Keku Village of the Bamenda Highlands of the North West Region of Cameroon for the creation and conservation of Kedjom-Keku Community Forest
@thegreens is currently engaged in Waste Management (Waste Business Hub); Plastic Waste Upcycling, Tire Upcycling and Textile Waste Recycling via @ecodesigns.
Her #EndPlasticPollution Campaign has seen the organization sensitize more than 100,000 people about plastic pollution, upcycled more than 10,000 plastic bottles to create UPB Vertical Gardens, UPB Tree Nursery Pots, etc.
Her Textile Recycling Project (@ecodesigns) is currently training 13 young girls for free in textile recycling and fashion designing and has recycled more than 5000 pounds of textile waste.
Her Tire Upcycling Project is educating and engaging young people in schools and communities to #StopBurningTires and upcycle them to create Mushroom Tire Seats, Tire Flower Pots, etc
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