This blog is part of a series, led by the Youth4Nature USA Team, to celebrate World Bee Day (May 20, 2020).
Here are five fun facts we bet you didn’t know about these tiny pollinators.
The Mighty Worker Bee: World Bee Day Blog Series
This blog is part of a series, led by the Youth4Nature USA Team, to celebrate World Bee Day (May 20, 2020).
What would a world without bees look like?
Initially, we might think that a world without bees might mean a world without honey, which is devastating in and of itself. Then, we might consider that a world without bees may also mean a world without wildflowers, since almost every flowering plant requires pollination.
What we may not fully appreciate is the potential economic and cultural impact of losing bees.
Homemade Products Using Beeswax: World Bee Day Blog Series
Pollinator Corridors: World Bee Day Blog Series
This blog is part of a series, led by the Youth4Nature USA Team, to celebrate World Bee Day (May 20, 2020).
Today, as you may know, is Bee Day. As a person who lives in the northeast United States, I’ve recently been witness to the amazing work people around here are doing on protecting and restoring pollinator habitats. Many of these projects involve or are led by youth and can be adapted or replicated in your own community, so I’ll give a few examples.
Earth Week 2020: Recap
The 50th Anniversary of Earth Day was last week, and as many of us are physically isolating by spending more time at home what may have just been a single day of events grew to an entire week on online engagement opportunities. The Youth4Nature team had the chance to contribute to a number of these events, and even lead our own. Here is our Earth Week 2020 Recap.
What happened? | The COP25 Blog
UNFCCC COP25 was a pivotal learning experience for all of us at Youth4Nature. COP25 was disappointing, challenging, and trying in ways that we had not anticipated.
What happened in the big picture? What happened for us? And where do we go from here?
The Madrid Update | Our UNFCCC COP25 Events
Youth4Nature is proud to announce that we are sending a global delegation of youth to attend the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25), under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from December 2-13 in Madrid, Spain.
We are thrilled to announce the following official side-events to be held by Youth4Nature at the 15th Conference of Youth and COP25:
Sustaining Our Transformative Work: Reflections on System Change
“In the end, thanks to the Immersion and my reflections on challenging experiences, I have come to the realisation that I can’t sustainably and joyfully work towards transformative and systemic change without undergoing some inner changes in my perspective and ways of functioning as part of the process. As mentioned, mobilising, campaigning and organising isn’t easy. And trying to do it without feeling comfortable in its innate intricacy, without love and positive energy is not possible in the long run. “
The New York Update: Part 2 | From Our Delegates
The Youth4Nature delegation to New York for the UN Climate Action Summit comprised of 12 young professionals from 10 countries: Kazazkhstan, Ukraine, Kenya, Nigeria, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, the United States and Canada!
Our diverse team of young nature and climate leaders all had unique experiences particular to their interests, policy experience, and regional networks. So, what did we think of the New York Climate Week and UN Climate Action Summit?
The New York Update | UNSG Climate Summit and New York Climate Week
Youth4Nature at Nature's Climate Hub
Youth4Nature is hosting four events during New York Climate Week, as partners of Nature’s Climate Hub, and you are invited! Join us at our workshops, exhibitions, forums, and strategy sessions for youth nature and climate leaders. Topics will include youth empowerment and movement building, storytelling, climate and ecological justice, and more!
Raise Your Voice | Youth4Nature Storytelling Campaign
Kenya has lost nearly half its forests – time for the young to act
Kaluki Paul Mutuku, our Regional Coordinator for the Africa Region, recently published an op-ed in The Africa Report. He emphasised the critical role that both nature and youth play in safeguarding our planetary systems for current and future generations, making local connection to his home country of Kenya.
The Double-Edged Nature of Land: A Practical Analysis of the IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land
“[…] the IPCC’s SRCCL shines light on interlinked global challenges like climate adaptation and mitigation, desertification, land degradation and food security, whilst suggesting land-related actions/NBS that can mutually benefit all these areas. Whilst much of the current discussion misguidedly focuses on singular individual lifestyle changes, just like with the Special Report on 1.5C, we urgently need large-scale and context-dependent action that is participatory, inclusive, multi-sectoral, and actively considers ecological, social, economic, cultural and institutional factors.”
A Reflection from Zero Hour
The Storytelling Campaign Deadline has been Extended!
Be Bold: Our message to world leaders in Abu Dhabi
Just over a week ago, world leaders met in Abu Dhabi to prepare for the upcoming UNSG Climate Action Summit in New York this September.
While Youth4Nature was not able to attend the meetings, our Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean wrote an intervention that was read to the coalition members of the Nature-Based Solutions track. Read hers word here.
But will the table be funded?
The United Nations Secretary General António Guterres seems to recognize the substantial intergenerational injustice intertwined with Climate and Ecological Breakdown. But are his words falling on deaf ears?