Written by Christine Wincentaylo, General Member
There are projects and organizations worldwide showing ways to reduce our carbon footprints as humans and help reduce climate change impacts on our planet.
Join, share, and keep up to date with these projects to spread awareness of these significant initiatives and ideas.
The Ocean Cleanup - Non-profit project
Based in The Netherlands, Malaysia, & the United States
The project is dedicated to getting rid of plastic in the Great Pacific Ocean, and it uses technology dedicated to cleaning up the planet.
They created sunglasses made from the plastic caught in the great Pacific.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaJ3je1Qz7A&t=1s
Based in Myanmar & Malaysia
This service helps recycle and process material to avoid mismanaged plastic being dumped in the region’s rivers and ending up in the ocean. The company saves 1,470 tonnes of CO2 monthly (World Economic Forum, 2020).
Inga Foundation - Restoring Land Charity
Based in: United Kingdom
This foundation prioritizes alley cropping so farmers can build food security on one plot of land. Usually, farmers use the slash-and-burn technique, but alley cropping uses a type of tree species called Inga; these trees help maintain soil fertility with their nitrogen-fixing qualities. To learn more about this type of harvesting, watch here! https://vimeo.com/87992512
Barbados Sea Turtle Project - Conservation Initiative
Based in: University of the West Indies’ Campus
The project has been working for 25 years to help with endangered marine turtle species, such as the Hawksbill turtles in Barbados, the second-largest Hawksbill turtle nesting population in the Caribbean (United Nations, 2022).
Based in: Worldwide
This project is a platform that provides a space for youth-led initiatives and coalitions to transform mental health. Their goal is to reach 1 billion people with services and information by 2030 regarding mental health (Cities-Rise, 2024).
Check out the latest blog post for part 2 of projects helping the planet.
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References:
citiesRise.https://cities-rise.org/
Inga Foundation. https://www.ingafoundation.org/
The Official Website of The Barbados Sea Turtle Project. http://www.barbadosseaturtles.org/pages/about_us/index.html
The Ocean Cleanup. https://theoceancleanup.com/
United Nations. Small solutions, big impacts: 5 community-based projects tackling climate change. (2022). UN News - Climate and Environment. https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1117122
World Economic Forum. 3 innovations which are leading the fight to save our ocean. (2020).
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/3-innovations-that-are-leading-the-fight-to-save-our-ocean/