Youth-led Environmental Research on Climate Change Adaptation
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Founding Story
Kirsten
Williams
, ON, Ottawa
, LHA, Havana, Santa Clara and Santiago
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Given that we will be working with Cuban youth leaders from three critical areas including Havana, Santa Clara and Santiago; we hope to connect environmental leaders across the country. The publication ultimately created will be a product of these leaders working together to consolidate their knowledge.
Thereafter, our critical partnership with CYN is what will allow the lessons learned from Cuba to be spread to other countries of the Caribbean. More specifically we envision the wide circulation of an educational curriculum on climate change all over the world through Recrear's network.
- Consistent Participation of Young People: A large number of the young leaders in Cuba are still in the pursuit of their studies and as a result have little extra time to dedicate to other activities
We see an opportunity to overcome this barrier by creating agreements with the universities that recognize their participation in our training workshops as extra-curricular activities. In this way, youth can be recognized even academically for their participation in the program. We have seen this work and have already built a relationship with the university to facilitate future workshops.
Caribbean Youth Environment Network: Based in Barbados, this network aims to connect young people around environmental issues all over the Caribbean. They have been able to actively work in most countries of the Caribbean except for Cuba due to political and language barriers however they are looking forward to building a new relationship.
UN Habitat: Thanks to this partner we have been able to secure partial funding for workshops and training
Create an environment where people give feedback freely.
Through creative participatory techniques we see a unique opportunity to capture youth knowledge on Cuba's climate change adaptation experience. More to the point, we see this know-how then playing a critical role in informing the environmental policy of the country. The lessons learned from Cuba and the creation of an environmental curriculum to engage youth and communities in response to climate change could make a significant contribution into how climate change solutions are envisioned at the global level.
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