climate – Generation Change https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange Whether they are campaigning for free press in Zimbabwe, helping provide clean water in India, or offering free music lessons to underprivileged kids in the UK, young people all over the world are making a difference. Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:49:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Young climate activists in Kenya https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2012/10/young-climate-activists-in-kenya/ Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:47:36 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=2559 After graduating from high school, most people look to start a career, but DW catches up with a few young people who have different plans: saving the environment. Volunteers from around the globe are helping the Kenyan environmental organization Ecofinder improve conditions around Africa’s Lake Victoria. Global warming, population growth, and deforestation on the lake’s shores have all increased environmental stress in the region.

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]]> Village children planting a future https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2012/06/village-children-planting-a-future/ Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:59:47 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=1365 High up in the Andes, a new climate project called “Valley and earth for our children” is teaching young village children how to grow plants and get to know Mother Nature and how to better protect her. The young woman who founded the program in northern Chile allocates each child with his or her own small plot of land on which they have free rein to plant and design as they see fit. The young climate campaigners are already planting trees for their next big project – a forest for children. Watch this DW video to see how.

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