“We want to empower every fisherman to catch plastic and then bring it back to the port and upcycle it. That would create a huge global impact,”Arapakis said, “I think there is a lot of awareness from our generation about plastic pollution and other environmental challenges. Awareness that I don’t think has existed on such a wide scale for decades.”
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Bringing recycling to Kuwait
“I live in one of the richest countries in the world, yet we don’t have many sustainable solutions in the field of recycling,” says Alzelzela.
“We can now start analyzing the data we have generated, to find out which areas generate more waste, and why.”
Turning waste into energy in India
“I’ve always been passionate about energy access and creating income opportunities for poor communities,” said Mohan. “(That) is at the heart of finding answers to the difficult question of balancing economic growth and climate change mitigation in developing countries.”
Turning data into drinking water in China
“What motivates me is galvanizing others to take action. We work with students studying science, technology, engineering and medicine. They will go on to develop careers in these fields and create solutions to some of the environmental problems they have seen while working with us.”
Turning air into water in rural Peru
“Now I am working on developing biodegradable packaging that’s hexagonal, like a beehive, so that it is sturdy but compact. Nature in itself is incredible. There is so much we can learn by observing it.”
Interview: On brink of humanitarian crisis, there’s ‘no childhood’ in Afghanistan
Of the 38 million people living in Afghanistan, some 14 million children are food insecure.
Afghanistan: Girls at increasing risk of child marriage
From UN News The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has received credible reports of families in Afghanistan offering daughters as young as 20 days old for future marriage in return for a dowry. In a statement released on Friday, the agency’s Executive Director, Henrietta Fore, said that she was “deeply concerned” over reports that child marriage is on the rise. Even before the latest political instability, UNICEF’s partners registered 183Continue reading “Afghanistan: Girls at increasing risk of child marriage”
A piece of cake: Felicia Lee and her quest to help the deaf
According to data from the Beijing Society of Audiology (BSA), there were an estimated 720 million people with a hearing impairment in China in 2017.
Inequality and poverty: the hidden costs of tax dodging
Since 2014, a huge number of documents have revealed how powerful corporations and super-rich individuals are exploiting a rigged global system that allows them to avoid paying their fair share of tax. And it’s the world’s poorest people who pay the price.
The US and China face a common enemy: climate catastrophe
By Taylor Dimsdale
Youth For SDG 