Crowdfunding to showcase actions and events across the world

On September 23, world leaders will gather in New York to discuss urgent action on climate change. Large scale mobilizations are being coordinated by youth groups all over the world for climate justice. Youth are united, too, with one voice in defense of the future. Youth Climate Actions wants to amplify that voice.

Youth Climate Action is launching an online platform that will show-case actions and events that youth are organizing across the world, to tackle climate change, and to pressure politicians into meaningful action. We want to send a powerful signal in the lead up to the Climate Summit. It will also be a space for youth to make real pledges for a clean and fair future, calling on world leaders to do the same before it is too late.

Our platform will launch on August 23 – but we can’t do it without you.

To get equipment to build and to host our online platform, we need funding. None of us get paid for what we do, but if we want a public good and functioning platform there are some costs we just can’t avoid.

We’re aiming for 2000 EUR by Saturday July 5th, that’s 100 EUR a day.

Please support us, and donate whatever you can. (Other currencies than Euros are possible.)

YCA crowdfunding: how ?

Ordered from lower (1) to higher costs on our side.

1. BANK transfer : IBAN = BE61 5230 4649 6017,   BIC = TRIOBEBB
   Account holder : Climate Justice Belgium, Patronaatstraat 43, 2650 Edegem, Belgium
2. PAYPAL transfer : to the email of finance@climatejustice.eu
   Please don’t email your questions here, rather the email address under contact.
3. GoFundMe platform : please go to gofundme.com/YouthClimateAction

YCA crowdfunding: rewards

Please support us, and donate whatever you can. (Other currencies than Euros are possible.) If you match or surpass one the following amounts, you can claim a reward.

• 10 EUR or more : We’ll send you a postcard from the New York Climate Summit!
• 20 EUR or more : We’ll set up a conference call with you in the lead up to the Summit to talk with our youth delegates.
• 50 EUR or more : Donating at least 50 EUR ? We’ll put your name/organisation on our platform and link to your site! (Note : organisers reserve the right to decline, for moral / ethical reasons.)

Further Contact Info:

Platform website at action.youthclimate.org, follow us on facebook.
If you have questions, email us at action@youthclimate.org

 

 

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Why yet another climate change blog?

I considered myself a climate change activist during my college days. Started with a bit sensitivity towards the issue, followed a few slogans, decent networking, believed change should begin somewhere so why-not-me, couple of conferences, blogging and an award.

Then one day while walking on the streets of Mumbai I found no garbage bin to dispose off my fruit juice bottle. I walked two kilometers, no luck and had to flip it on the side of the road much like those fellow citizens who I always blamed are not doing anything to save our planet.

Then I joined as a Gandhi Fellow after my graduation where I worked in the tribal communities and hamlets. In the nearer-to-city regions the children and youths are worshipers of sweetened soda drinks (Yes, those most recognized brand rank list they put up every year is true) despite the extra 50% additional charges by the sellers (There there is this wisdom in air that MRP stands for Minimum Retail Price, and it’s serious). Some have access to good schooling systems. Some kids convince their parents to get home a computer to help in studies (but end up gaming and then discarding the system since there is no service centers in our city) and so on. I was in Dungarpur, a district on the border of Gujarat and Rajasthan, and was working with the district government to improve the education sector in whatever way possible. I met some bright kids (every school has some bright kids) who are good with their studies or do some mathematics out of their school syllabus.

And then this came up: Climate Change. None of them had heard the word or any of its variation. My claim that the sea level rising and there is something called global warming put out skeptical looks on their faces. I learned that until they are 15-16 years old (grade 9-10) there is nothing which will tell them all these things (but then environmental studies which has been passed by Supreme Court as a compulsory subject) and then it would be just ignored since not even the teachers and parents will bother to educate these kids.

Hence this blog.

I may not do much for high school kids as for now. But I have decided to create this blog so that those kids looking for extra knowledge or the new college folks can get access to easy wisdom on climate change.

I will try my best that my readers, no matter if they belong to a rural district high school or a top professional college in India (or elsewhere), will always find my blog both graspable and interesting in someway. Rest homework shall be done by me every week for a brand new post 🙂