Children and Youth
Conference
Sustainable Lifestyles
for a Green Economy
6-8 Feb 2012, Ahmedabad
Madhavi Joshi, DESD and Youth
Programmes, CEE
"The exhibition
was great, with all kinds of wonderful people with amazing views to share. It
was rich in quality and I enjoyed it." - Virok
Sharma, Chandigarh
"When I came here I was scared
but I became a lot more confident after I saw many people, shared my ideas, and
heard theirs. The exhibition gave me an opportunity to learn and grow."- Shreya
Srinivas, Delhi
"TUNZA is a platform where
people from different countries come together and integrate their thoughts and
form a united view globally so that earth heads for a brighter future. " - Rohit
Praveen Rao, UAE
This was as part of the UNEP TUNZA organized by CEE in
partnership with the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF), Government
of India from 6th to 8th February, 2012 in Ahmedabad, India.
The
children and youth worked together and developed a charter of recommendations.
It includes calls for the participation of children and youth in decision
making, strengthening of norms and rating systems that enable green lifestyles,
widening of the Human Development Indicators to include environmental
indicators, inclusive growth for indigenous communities.
The
charter will be presented in two significant international events being
organized in 2012:
- Rio+20 or the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in Brazil
- Conference of Parties on Convention on Biological Diversity in India
The
entire conference was facilitated by youth who were elected as youth leaders
during the South Asia Youth Environment Regional Meet held January 2012 in
Bangladesh and a team of UNEP Global Youth Advisors from the region.
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| Original Compositions about the Environment by the participants were presented at the Earth Rocks Music Contest. |
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RutuAhaar, a food festival which was organized throughout the 3 days of the conference focused on the importance of organic food.
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For more information contact:
madhavi.joshi@ceeindia.org
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