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AYICC Kenya 2010 Action Plan

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CREATE TO INFORM, COMMUNICATE TO EMPOWER, CELEBRATE OUR ACTIONS (3C CAMPAIGN) Our 2010 strategy for the year is guided by the 3C campaign. It is our rallying theme for the year and it encompasses all the years’ activities and their objectives as well as our vision for tomorrow. 3C stands for: Create to inform, Communicate to empower and Celebrate the actions. While understanding the dynamic environment we work in, all our activities are geared towards disseminating information to our targets which primarily means that we communicate. In celebrating our actions we acknowledge that we have indeed made a difference and take time to toast to our successes inspite of the shortcomings and challenges we have had to learn from and contend with. The various projects planned for the year would be undertaken under the 3C campaign, these include: Mau rehabilitation Project, Road show Project and Biogas Project. BIOGAS PROJECT The idea behind this project is to have biogas plants installed in board

Earth Day Kenya! The Youth Factor!

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'Celebrating and conserving biodiversity: The youth factor' ‘‘The library of life is burning, and we do not even know the titles of the books’’ Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former PM, Norway To mark the Earth Day 2010 the Africa Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) Kenya held a forum on biodiversity at the University of Nairobi’s Ufungamano House. The event ran from 2pm-5pm on the 22nd of April 2010.Invited speakers included Dr. Joan Kagwanja from AGRA, Mr. Paul Mbole from the Norwegian Church Aid, Dr Mwaura from the University of Nairobi, Isaiah Kito of Norwegian Church Aid and Waiganjo Njoroge of AYICC Kenya In the boiling heat of that afternoon speaker after speaker spoke at length about the youth and the role they need to take on. Indifference, one speaker emphasized was the cause of our current predicament; not far from the truth for this is what young people need to carefully think about now. It can work, a world that is sustainable was the general consensus among y

CSD 18 HIGHLIGHTS

Earth Negotiations Bulletin · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · A Reporting Service for Environment and Development Negotiations The 18th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 18) opened on Monday morning, 3 May 2010, at UN Headquarters in New York. Delegates adopted the agenda, offered opening statements and discussed regional implementation. OPENING PLENARY Opening the meeting, Luis Alberto Ferraté, CSD 18 Chair and Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Guatemala, encouraged a constructive and pragmatic dialogue. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, on behalf of Sha Zukang, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, stressed, inter alia : significant new challenges have arisen since transport was last considered by the CSD; chemicals issues remain under-resourced; the dearth of quality data is a global obstacle for waste management; su