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"This Saturday is International Youth Day, established by the U.N. in 1999.
With a different theme every year, this year celebrates youth worldwide
developing the “green skills” needed to shift the world into one that is
environmentally sustainable and climate-friendly.
At the moment, humanity’s use of land and oceans, such as farming and fishing,
to logging, mining, and other attempts to pluck natural resources from
sensitive ecosystems, has been a driving force in our biodiversity and climate
crisis. According to an in-depth assessment by the Intergovernmental
Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, or IPBES, in
2019, 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.
However, societies and communities still can veer course to avert our crises
and achieve many of our global biodiversity and climate goals, say researchers
— and some youth organizations are putting these changes into action instead of
waiting on their local governments to act.
In recognition of the international day, Mongabay spoke with three youths
worldwide who initiated creating environmental restoration organizations in
their communities."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
