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I am a professional psychologist with a real passion for nature. I come from the Dominican Republic which is ranked eleventh among the countries most at risk from climate change. This fact makes me feel increasingly obliged to take action against climate change. My life motto is based on Gandhi’s ideology: Be the change you wish to see in the world. I am a huge believer in the potential that we, as human beings, have in designing our future using the tools already available to us. I am certain that education is the key to an inclusive, safe and environmentally sustainable future.
Eddy Frank Vásquez - Dominican, Latin America and the Caribbean
2017 Winner | | Dominican
Carbon accounting for schools is a social project that aims to encourage students to take responsibility for their own carbon footprint. It promotes an educational and dynamic environment by raising students’ awareness of ways to reduce their carbon footprint and offset the emissions they generate and release into the environment. If actions that can reduce emissions are learned and practised in schools, students can then share this knowledge with their families and, in the future, with their own children. This knowledge-sharing will prepare current and future generations for the challenges presented by climate change.
Disclaimer:
KUMBUKA: Makala haya yalishirikiwa mtandaoni kwa awamu ya mwaka wa 2019 ya mpango wa Vijana Bingwa Duniani na hayajasasishwa. Orodha hii haijmaanishi uidhinishaji wowote na wala hadhi na Shirika la Mazingira la Umoja wa Mataifa.
Vijana Bingwa Duniani ni tuzo lililoanzishwa ili kuhuisha matamanio ya wanamazingira vijana werevu.