Child activists tell their story

17.06.08 - 12:36 ... source : United Nations Environement Programme - UNEP

... UN children's environment conference to create change around the world Stavanger/Nairobi, 16 June 2008-A young Australian film maker, an Indian child combating water waste, a 13-year-old organizing clean-ups in Cameroon, and a teenage American recycler are among 700 children from around the world attending a UN environment conference in Stavanger, Norway. One of the largest international children's conferences in the world, the biannual Tunza International Children's Conference, organized by the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), takes place on 17-21 June, on the theme 'Creating Change'. This year, in partnership with the UN Children's Fund UNICEF, UNEP will show the inspiring initiatives of dozens of children from around the world through 'My Story', a series of short video clips that will be posted on the UNEP website www.unep.org. Remarkable examples include a 13-year-old in Australia who is making ...» Next (HTML)