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The Young Climate Heroes by Babajide Oluwase |
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Babajide Oluwase has worked with a dozen environmentalists to sensitize different stakeholder groups about climate change using observable examples around as teaching tools. However, he continued to experience setbacks especially as it concerned stepping down this knowledge in ways that children would effectively understand and appreciate it. He knew he had to do something about getting the next generation involved in this cause.
In 2016, he wrote and published a book titled ?The Young Climate Heroes? targeting children to imbibe the culture of tree planting, environmental sanitation, and other environmental initiatives. Babajide uses story and comical illustration to simplify technical terms underlying climate change and global warming, to enable children easily understand and take action. Remarkably, over 3, 000 students have been educated through this book. The book was recently endorsed by the United Nations Information Center in Lagos. In order to sustain the gains of the book, he is working with other eco-innovators to start a ?Green Heroes Club? in secondary schools. The aim is to identify and empower interested students and teachers to sustain and take charge of initiated environmental projects in schools visited across Nigeria. In my opinion, Babajide?s action is one of the best ways to achieve a sustainable environment in communities by ?Catching Them Young?. The youth are the best people to drive a movement of achieving environmental sustainability and it will be more effective if they already developed the passion when they were children/teenagers. I recommend this method of creating environmental awareness should be ubiquitously adopted in other regions and countries. Acknowledgment: Babajide Oluwase contributed in this article. |
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Nice! We need to bring youth to light everyday!
Posted 03-12-2016 06:26
Thanks for letting us know, Kamaldeen! I agree with you that youth have the power to change the world with knowledge and experiences they have gained throughout their lives. They also have potential to become experts and activists pursuing sustainable development. Thanks for sharing, and have a great day :)
Posted 28-11-2016 12:42
When it comes to youth .....I will always be in support ....Youths are our future and they must be en-lighted..... Thank u for sharing Kamaladeen
Posted 25-11-2016 18:40
Hi Kamaldeen,. thanks for the recommendation! Looks like it's worth reading, and I'm curious to find out how the book explains technical concepts with stories and comical illustrations. Thanks for sharing :D
Posted 25-11-2016 16:29
Youth are the future of every country. Do you know that when you are young, someone teaches you something and it lasts for a very long time. So, I consider teaching little kids is very important and books like these are one of the very belpful sources. Thanks for sharing
Posted 23-11-2016 03:17
Children are the future of our green environment and theybmust be taught to conserve environment .
Posted 21-11-2016 15:19
Youth are the present and future of any nation or the whole world. So imbibing environmentalism and sustainability ethics in young minds is laying a green foundation for the healthy planet. Book 'The Young Climate Heroes' must be really good and impactful -it is evident from the fact that it is endorsed by the United Nations Information Center in Lagos. Thanks for highlighting and introducing it.
Posted 21-11-2016 01:54
Thanks Kamal for the piece. Gracias
Posted 21-11-2016 01:52