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Avalon School Summer Camps

Avalon Sustainability School provides integral, high quality, innovative learning experiences for positive change in multicultural environments.We build bridges and pull down walls. Learning with young people from many different countries you’ll be able to appreciate diversity and different cultural traditions, as well as tolerance for others or views different to your own

World Bank Report: Turn Down the Heat: Confronting the New Climate Normal

The Turn Down the Heat report series, prepared for the Word Bank by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Climate Analytics, provides snapshots of the latest climate science. The three reports warn that without concerted action, temperatures are on pace to rise to 4°C above pre-industrial times by the end of this century. The first report (2012), looks at the risks of a world 4°C or even 2°C warmer. The second (2013) examines the impact on Africa, South Asia, and South East Asia.

11 ways young people have revolutionized the climate debate

'Young people are often the most passionate voices on climate change, and with reason – as the planet warms over the coming century, it is the future of the youngest at stake. As such, it is often youth that are the loudest and the most ambitious in calling for action, proving to be anything from serious combatants to potential allies to the politicians in charge. But do their pickets and their pleas actually achieve anything?' Check out the link below: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/08/11/11-ways-young-people-have-revolutionized-... Best Regards, HAMISI MKUZI for RCE-Greater Pwani

Waste as a Resource: an Excerpt from European Environment Agency

In line with the earlier promise I made in my last post on e-waste to share knowledge of Waste-Wealth initiatives. Here is an important note for EEA.

What if we could use waste as a resource and thereby scale down the demand for extraction of new resources? Extracting fewer materials and using existing resources would help avert some of the impacts created along the chain. In this context, unused waste also represents a potential loss.

Conference to Spotlight New e-Waste Management Solutions for Kenya. Culled from UNEP

Kenya and UNEP host National e-Waste Conference and
Exhibition

Nairobi, 28 May 2014 - A National e-Waste Conference and Exhibition was held in Nairobi, Wednesday, to identify solutions to Kenya's mounting e-waste problem. Focusing on the potential economic and environmental benefits of the responsible management of e-waste, stakeholders discussed ways to reduce the hazards arising from the disposal of electronic equipment in Kenya.

9th Global RCE Conference, Japan

As we gear up towards the 9th Global RCE Conference, Japan. I wish to call on all of us to raise our voice in calling for active participation of youths in our immediate environment to take up the challenge of the Post-2014 Decade of Sustainable Development.

It is time to checkmate our activities and identify areas that need to be improved, in view of global demands of our environment and the social well being of the teeming populace in our community.

Unity in Diverse

Lets diversify unity among ourselves. Racism is NO good. The world is changing at a fast rate so we should team up to address the challenges that come along our path .

My color is just the planned creation by God, so is yours' too. The world is diverse and the fact is that we can't all be at one place so I do pray that we be one despite of where we come from!!

Let's all Unite for Global prosperity.

Thank you,
Hamisi Mkuzi
For RCE-Greater Pwani {Kenya}

Unity in Diverse

Lets diversify unity among ourselves. Racism is NO good. The world is changing at a fast rate so we should team up to address the challenges that come along our path .

My color is just the planned creation by God, so is yours' too. The world is diverse and the fact is that we can't all be at one place so I do pray that we be one despite of where we come from!!

Let's all Unite for Global prosperity.

Thank you,
Hamisi Mkuzi
For RCE-Greater Pwani {Kenya}

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