South African Youth Speak Out On Climate Change - Full Podcast

Piece Description

Produced around the COP16 meeting in Mexico, the Children's Radio Foundation and Unicef's Unite 4 Climate initiative have produced a series of radio features and podcasts featuring youth voices from Africa discussing climate change and how it affects their lives.

Our newest podcast comes from South Africa, where young people in Cape Town, aged 15-18, speak out about the importance of reducing one's climate footprint. The full podcast includes: 

-- A debate about the necessity of leaving a big carbon footprint in contemporary times. 

-- A letter from 16 year-old Thulisa Nyathela to South African President, Jacob Zuma, about climate change and what more the government could be doing. 

-- A feature story: "The value of a garden," in which three 15 year-olds at South Peninsula High School talk about the indigenous garden and food tunnel that their environment club has grown, how gardening is linked to reducing one's carbon footprint, and what they have gained from the experience.

-- A feature story, "Oasis Recycling," in which 18 year-old Noloyiso Mthana takes us on her weekly journey from the township of Gugulethu where she lives, to recycle paper from her and her neighbors' homes at Oasis Recycling in Claremont, nearly an hour's ride by train.   

-- Can we influence our friends and families to change their behaviors?: a talk show in which 6 young Capetonians discuss the possibility of influencing their families and friends when it comes to reducing one's carbon footprint.

This project is a production of Unicef's Unite for Climate and the Children's Radio Foundation.  Unite for Climate is an online community of young people from all around the world working together on Climate Change. Under the umbrella of UNICEF, our goal is to empower all youth in all countries. Unite for Climate will be a participating member at COP16 in Cancun, Mexico and ready to share the knowledge we receive globally with interested youth.  The Children's Radio Foundation  gives young people a voice, connecting and empowering them to contribute to individual and social change. Through the use of radio and other existing low-cost technologies, the CRF creates innovative media content made by and for children. And through equipping them with the necessary skills and tools, the CRF allows young leaders to make their voices heard.  See our websites for more information: www.childrensradiofoundation.org and www.uniteforclimate.org