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Save the Globe, Freshen Up the Air

Save the Globe, Freshen Up the Air was a week-long environmental education, clean-up and tree-planting activity involving schools in the Amansie Central District.

Theme: Climate Change Mitigation: A Role of the Emerging Generation

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Activity details

Status
Completed
Publication date
22 March 2016
Activity date
14 March 2016 – 18 March 2016
Activity type
Awareness and Sensitisation
Recurrence
One-off
Location
Amansie Central District, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Collaborators
National Service Personnel Association, Amansie Central, Environmental Health Directorate, Amansie Central District, Ghana Education Service, Amansie Central District

AfEI organised the week-long activity from 14 to 18 March 2016 under the theme “Climate Change Mitigation: A Role of the Emerging Generation.”

The activity engaged pupils and students in discussions about environmental sustainability, plastic-waste management and the role of young people in responding to climate change.

The programme concluded in Jacobu with a community clean-up and tree-planting activity.

School outreach

Five schools participated in the programme. Documented outreach activities included visits to:

  • St Peter’s Junior High School
  • Experimental Junior High School, Krofrom
  • Methodist Junior High School, Whentemase
  • Abrafi Mansa School, Patabo

Activity outcome

Students participated in discussions about environmental responsibility and plastic-waste disposal. They contributed questions and suggestions and identified actions that pupils and schools could take to improve waste management and environmental care.

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