Benin City
To celebrate the World Environment Day 2007, The Young Environmentalist Network (TYEN) Ogbe secondary school chapter organized a talkshow and skits to address various environmental issues. There was also astreet campaign in which members embarked on a clean-up with the slogan waste is wealth, seeking to promote better practice in waste avoidance and management.
For more information, please contact:
Udugbezi Ikhide Emmanuel
Ogbe senior secondary school
Beside St. Paul seminary, Airport road Benin city
Benin
Tel: 2348055426528
E-mail: crisemmy@yahoo.com
BOTSWANA
Palapye
Botswana celebrated World Environment Day 2007 with the theme: Using indigenous knowledge to create a sustainable environment in a changing world. Morupule Colliery observed the day by encouraging cleanliness of the workplace as a good ingredient for productivity. On 5 June a message about the importance of the day was communicated in a morning talk where the issue of climate change was explained.
For more information, please contact:
Mooketsi Menyatso
Morupule Colliery
Private Bag 35 Palapye
Botswana
Tel: 267 4920281
Fax: 267 4920643
E-mail: mmenyatso@mcl.co.bw
CAMEROON
Bafoussam
Lycée Technique Industriel et Commercial marked World Environment Day 2007 by raising awareness about the activities of the GLOBE program to the people of Western Cameroon. The event included a radio discussion in Batcham FM. The panel included the GLOBE school Coordinator, two students from GLOBE, one teacher from GLOBE and one representative from the sponsoring organization Environment and Development Network (EDENE). Lycée Technique Industriel et Commercial produced brochures on the GLOBE program to highlight the event. Those present were invited to use data collected in the GLOBE study sites of Lycée Technique Industriel et Commercial Bafoussam, encourage the local schools to participate in the GLOBE program, encourage the rest of the people to exploit the research projects carried out by the GLOBE team of Lycée Technique Industriel et Commercial Bafoussam.
For more information, please contact:
Grace Ngouffo
Lycée Technique Industriel et Commercial
P.O Box 936
Bafoussam
Cameroon
Tel: 237 741 00 23
E-mail: gnmngouffo@yahoo.com
Website: www.globe.gov
Yaounde
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, COMSU planted trees on the campus as a move to reduce climate change and its effects. Planting trees will reduce rapid evaporation of water from the soil and also raise the water table for the kind of trees that will be planted.
Besides tree planting, the students had drama performances to highlight the impacts of environmental abuse. The event one of the students crowned Miss Environment 2007 who will be the university’s good will ambassador on environmental issues. All the activities were held on 5 June at the University of Yaounde II Soa.
For more information please contact:
Louis Njuh Ndang
The Commonwealth Student Union (COMSU)
University of Yaounde II Soa
B.P. 18 Soa
Yaounde
Cameroon
Tel: 237 576 02 99
E-mail: malborough1@yahoo.com
CONGOREPUBLIC
Brazzaville Young People Association for the Human Development and the Environment Protection (YAHDEP) celebrated World Environment Day 2007 with an environment conference on 5 June. More than 316 young people and 26 adults participated. YAHDEP made a presentation on Melting Ice – A Hot Topic and encouraged participants to think about the global effect of climate change. Ms. Brigitte Bemba Edzio from Women Environment Association of Congo (WEAC) made a presentation on the urban solid waste management. Participants learnt more about the environmental challenges faced by children around the Republic of Congo and in the rest of the world.
For more information, please contact:
Mikolo-ngoulou Porel Arnet
Young People Association for the Human Development and the Environment Protection
9, rue makabakassa Kinsoundi Brazzaville
Republic of Congo
Tel: 242 520 5227
E-mail: ajdhpe@yahoo.fr
Website: www.ajdhpe.populus.ch
EGYPT
Cairo Wadi Environmental Science Center (WESC) in partnership with the British Council organized an environmental awareness festival to mark World Environment Day 2007. The festival took place at Azhar Park in Cairo, and included experiments dealing with different environmental issues such as climate change. Exhibitions showcased the work of students from all over Egypt, who participated in WESC's environmental contests throughout the year. The exhibits included recycled toys, drawings, songs, films and go karts. The event also provided an arena for Egyptian environmental NGOs to network through discussion panels.
For more information, please contact:
Caroline Nassif
Wadi Environmental Science Center (WESC)
54 Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road
Cairo
Egypt
E-mail: caroline@wesc.org
Website: www.wesc.org
Cairo Mobinil was a proud sponsor of the World Environmental Day 2007 celebration event held on 2 June in Azhar Park, Cairo under the auspices of H.E. Dr. Maged George - Minister of State for Environmental Affairs and coordinated by the British council in Egypt and Wadi Environmental Science Center (an Egyptian Non Governmental Organization). The event included activities like treasure hunt, singing contests and environmental lectures about saving our planet from the dangers of global warming. Over 3000 persons attended.
For more information, please contact:
Sherif Issa
Mobinil: The Egyptian Company for Mobile Services
2005 Cornishe El Nil. Boulaq. 11624 Cairo
Egypt
Tel: 20123203470
Fax: 20123203442
E-mail: environment@mobinil.com
Website: www.mobinil.com
Cairo
In celebration of World Environment Day 2007 and as part of ECO's awareness-raising activities, ECO organized an open day event at the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) under the motto: Think global, act local. Stemming from ECO's deep understanding of the role of the industry as a major factor to the problem of climate change and its firm belief of the great contribution it can make to solving it, the event was organized to raise awareness about climate change and the greenhouse effect and to engage the FEI employees and visitors in celebrating the day. The celebration involved awareness-raising for the FEI members and the employees of its various chambers by exhibiting photos that demonstrate the severity of the issue and its social dimension, as well as the distributing awareness-raising publications about a problem that has become a global nightmare.
For more information, please contact:
Marwa Hussien
Federation of Egyptian Industries / Environmental Compliance Office
1195, Cornish El Nile, Cairo
Egypt
Tel: 202 5768870
Fax: 202 5761779
E-mail: mhussien@eco-fei.org
Website: www.eco-fei.org
Cairo On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, the Ministry of State for
Environmental Affairs in collaboration with ministries, governorates, NGOs,
and civil society institutions.held the following activities:
Opening session of the World Environment Day celebrations and honoring the Pioneers of Environmental Action;
An exhibition on Climate Change to introduce models of climate change projects in Egypt, threats and solutions, as well as an exhibition for children products;
An Environmental Forum on Climate Change;
Presenting a movie on Environmental Protection in Egypt;
Issuing a special edition of El-Moheet magazine, Bezra magazine, and Ouon Environmental magazine;
A campaign to combat vehicle exhausts;
For more information, please contact:
Eng. Moheeb Abdel Sattar Ebrahim
General Director of Information and Computer Center
Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs, MSEA
30 Misr Helwan El-Zyrae Road, Maadi , Cairo, Egypt
Tel: (202) 25256452
Fax: (202) 25256490
E-Mail: moheebsattar@eeaa.gov.eg
Website: www.eeaa.gov.eg
GABON Libreville
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, Wildlife Conservation Society Gabon organized a school procession starting at the source of the longest Gabonese river with a flagship species, held a school contest (French dictation) and planted a tree in the middle of the school courtyard to illustrate the ecological chain of the water cycle.
For more information, please contact,
Michel Ikamba
Wildlife Conservation Society- Gabon
BP 16497 Libreville
Gabon
Tel: 241 0739 0087
E-mail: training_services@yahoo.fr
GHANA
Accra
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, the Wildlife Society of Ghana organized a quiz on the environment, with various prizes for the winners.
For more information, please contact:
David Coleman
Wildlife Society
Accra Ministry of Education
P.O. Box 45
Accra
Ghana
Tel: (2332) 7784 4699
E-mail: dacol93@yahoo.com
Accra
The Gbawe Youth Club celebrated World Environment Day by planting trees. The exercise was carried out in Mallam, Accra.
For more information, please contact:
Philip Kyei Appiah
Gbawe Youth Club
P.O. Box ML 657 Mallam
Accra
Ghana
Tel: (233) 2437 03420
E-mail: kappiah04@yahoo.com
Website: www.wildernessproject.org
Accra
On World Environment Day 2007, Forest Watch Ghana marked the occasion by holding a press conference at which a press statement was read out.
For more information, please contact:
Teiko Dottey
Forest Watch Ghana
37 New Town Loop, D-T-D
Accra
Ghana
Tel: 0244-927461
E-mail: teikodottey@civicresponse.org
Bolgatanga
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, Integrated Ecological Society of Ghana held a regional public forum. The topic was Global Change and Energy Crisis, Whose Responsibility?
For more information, please contact:
Abraham Lincoln Owusu Kwame
Integrated Ecological Society of Ghana
P. O. Box 507
Bolgatanga
Ghana
Tel: 233-20-8828240
Fax: 233-72-22268
E-mail: preslincoln2002@yahoo.com / esghana@yahoo.co.uk
Kumasi
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007 Essaknust organized radio sessions with some of the radio stations in Ghana to raise awareness about global warming, ozone depletion and environmental sanitation.
For more information, please contact:
Kwame Owusu Ansah
Essaknust
Knust, Department of Environmental Science
University Post Office
Kumasi
Ghana
E-mail: essaknust@yahoo.com
Kumasi To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, Young Leaders Forum (YLF) in conjunction with Kumasi Civil Society Group (KuSoG), Environmental Protection Association of Ghana (EPAG), Fountain of Leadership (FOL) Church and Leadership Media Centre-Radio School (LMC) organized a series of seminars in chosen schools across the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Talks on the theme: Melting Ice – A Hot Topic were given and videos downloaded from UNEP website shown to make school children understand it more and sustain their interest in the seminar. Please see celebrations report for more information.
For more information, please contact:
National Secretariat
Young Leaders Forum (YLF)
P.O. Box 4941
Kumasi
Ghana
Tel: 233 244 741 755
Fax: 233 51 23622
E-mail: ylfghana@yahoo.com
Tarkwa On 2 June Anglogold Ashanti Limited organized a tree planting exercise.
For more information, please contact:
William Addo
Anglogold Ashanti (Iduapriem) Limited
Iduapriem Gold Mine, P.O. Box 283 Tarkwa
Ghana
Tel: 233 0277510134
Email: waddo@anglogoldashanti.com.gh
KENYA
Bomet
Tumaini Outreach Singers celebrated World Environment Day 2007 by cleaning up Bomet town, planting trees along Nyongores River, recycling paper and holding an environmental awareness campaign in Siongiro in Chepalungu forest.
For more information, please contact:
Richard Langat
Tumaini Outreach Singers
P.O. Box 115
Bomet
Kenya
Tel: (254) 720 342142
E-mail: tumainioutreach@yahoo.com
Egerton To commemorate World Environment Day 2007, Egerton University is organized an event to make Kenya Green. The aim is to plant trees around Mau forest as this is the area that is most affected by human activities leading to massive degradation. The event included sensitization of the local people and those in authority of the need to conserve the forests. A clean up effort was carried out whereby forest officers and experts in forest management addressed the participants.
For more information, please contact:
Erick Ochieng Otieno
Egerton University
Kenya
E-mail: eribros2003@yahoo.com
Kandiege
Rescue Environmental Kindness Club together with the local community celebrated World Environment Day 2007 from 4 – 6 June in Kandiege Centre and in Ngura Primary School. Participants included members of REKC, pupils from Ngura Primary School and local civil servants. On 5 and 6 June celebrations were marked through the following activities:
· Clean-up campaign;
· Banner writing competition;
· Debate on environmental issues;
· Discussions;
· Environmental education programme in schools;
· Lessons on what the community can do to protect and care for the environment; and
· Demonstration on tree planting teaching.
Celebrations concluded with writing and presentation of plays, poems and songs on the protection and care of the environment.
For more information, please contact:
Esther Oyare
Rescue Environmental Kindness Club (REKC)
P.O. Box 24, Kandiege
Kenya
Kamuriai-Teso
The Falcon Entertainment Youth group, based in Western Kenya at the Malaba border, celebrated World Environment Day 2007 by cleaning the Malaba Town and thereafter entertaining the locals with environment drama, with more than 200 people in attendance. The District Officer and Senior government officials also attended. The local council distributed materials that were used for cleaning.
For more information, please contact:
Walukwe Laban
Falcon Entertainment Media Youth Organization
130-50408 Kamuriai-Teso
Kenya
Tel: 254 733910183
E-mail: falconmalaba@yahoo.com
Kilifi
Umoja Youth Group organized a clean-up exercise, around Kilifi Town and its environs to mark World Environment Day 2007. The youth group has 20 members who volunteer their time and effort to keep Kilifi Town and its environs clean by collecting and disposing off waste with the help of the Ministry of Health’s Public Health Department and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) - Kilifi District. The clean-up was a day- long event and the group took the opportunity to educate and sensitize the community on proper handling of waste.
For more information, please contact:
Wilson King'ori
Umoja Youth Group
P.O. Box 62
Kilifi
Kenya
Tel: (254) 721 100901 / 723 244450
E-mail: umojayouthgroupklf@yahoo.com
Mbale
To mark World Environment Day 2007, Cream Self Help Group held several events at the Magada shopping centre in Vihiga Division Western Kenya. The events included planting medicinal tree species, such as prunus africanus, and a clean up of the nearby town centers.
For more information, please contact:
Evans Muswahili
Cream Self Help Group
P.O. Box 1427
50300 Maragoli
Mbale
Kenya
Tel: (254) 73450 4738/ 2648 8107
E-mail: emuswahili@excite.com
Nairobi
Motobo Environment Live Programme celebrated World Environment Day 2007 through activities such as garbage collection and medical camps in the slums.
For more information, please contact:
Chrisphine Ochieng Okumu
Motobo Environment Live Programme
℅ Gideon Waithaka
P.O. Box 2043
Kericho Kenya E. Africa
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254) 0721 452346
E-mail: crissfoundation@yahoo.co.uk
Nairobi
For World Environment Day in 2007, Kenyatta University Environmental Club focused their activities on the conservation of forests. The Club organized educative programmes to sensitize individuals on the importance of forest water catchments and their role in tackling the problem of global warming.
For more information, please contact:
Louis Agili
Kenyatta University Environmental Club
P.O. Box 00300-8801
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254) 726 536160
E-mail: louistieno@yahoo.com
Nairobi
On the occasion of World Environment day 2007 Kenya Young Green celebrated through various activities which will included tree planting, civic education on ethnicity, city clean up, and visiting children orphanages and cleaning up for the children.
For more information, please contact:
Ann Bulimu
Kenya Young Greens
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254) 0722 167944
E-mail: jendeka2005@yahoo.com
Nairobi
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, the Friends of Nairobi Arboretum (FONA) held an event on 9 June. Various activities marked the event including live music and dance performances, activities for children, food and drink stalls, organic farmers market, an environmental fair, a film tent showing An Inconvenient Truth and other documentaries, and a melting ice sculpture. There was also a Tree Relay Run where corporate and private teams competed at being the fastest and most original team.
The celebration was held simultaneously with the commemoration of the Arboretum’s 100th year anniversary. (Please see Celebrations Report and WED Photo gallery)
For more information, please contact:
Friends of Nairobi Arboretum (FONA)
Tel: 020 272 5471
E-mail: fona@naturekenya.org
Nairobi
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, Africa Centre for Rural Development held an art exhibition on the theme of environmental conservation.
For more information, please contact:
Edwin Wachira
Africa Centre for Rural Development
P.O. Box 56808
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 0721932837
E-mail: ewachiraw@gmail.com
Nairobi
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, the Alliance Française organized the Climat Change Orchetra. This was a unique concert where musicians, dancers and poets dedicated their inspiration to the World Environment Day celebrations. The concert was held on 5 June at 7 pm, at the Maison Française and was open to all.
For more information, please contact:
Maison Française Monrovia
Loita/ Monrovia Street
P.O. Box 45475 0100
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254) 2034 0054
Fax: (254) 2031 5207
E-mail: info@alliancefrnairobi.org
Website: www.alliancefrnairobi.org
Nairobi
Kashoto Youth Club marked World Environment Day 2007 by organizing a procession from Uhuru park, Nairobi, followed by tree planting, an eating competition and finally concluded the day in a sports competition in football and volleyball at the University of Nairobi Sports Ground. The event was held on 2 June.
For more information, please contact:
John Maniafu
Kashoto Youth Group
P.O. Box 00200-10063
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 0735-743984
E-mail: kashotoyc@yahoo.com
Nairobi
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, Metro Data organized the distribution of leaflets, brochures and posters with information on the World Environment Day theme: Melting Ice – A Hot Topic?, together with other relevant materials on the event.
For more information, please contact:
Gachoka Isaac
Metro Data
P.O. Box 9042 00200
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: (254) 722 886176
E-mail: gachoka2004@yahoo.com
Nairobi
Commercial Bank of Africa celebrated World Environment Day 2007 with a quiz for staff members, in order to sensitize them about the World Environment Day. This was to help make people aware of their environment within the working areas, homes and eventually the communities, and educate individuals on how they can contribute to make a change in the world.
For more information, please contact,
Karen Gakenia
Commercial Bank of Africa
P.O. Box 30437-00100 Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 254 20 2884300
Fax: +254 20 2734635
E-mail: kgmuini@cba.co.ke
Website: www.cba.co.ke
Nairobi
The Uranga Entity Institute, an independent broad-based public policy research project operated by the Uranga Development Action Group (UDAG) celebrated World Environment Day 2007 with the following events:
Released a special edition newsletter focusing on climate change. The newsletter in print form will be distributed to other civil society organizations, environmental clubs, selected government ministries and environment regulatory agencies.
An open lecture was delivered by Mr. Wilson Rading Outa entitled Technological Innovation as a Tool against Climate Change. The lecture was intended to stimulate businesses and opinion leaders to think of new innovative technologies as a way of reducing carbon emissions.
Distribution of educational materials and printed matter on the topic of climate change
For more information, please contact,
Wilson Rading Outa
Uranga Entity Institute
P.O. Box 389 00200 Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 254 721 528272
E-mail: wilsonrading@yahoo.com
Nairobi
Stepping Stones Kindergarten is a school of 1-6 year olds, 100 children in total. The whole school dressed in green on 5 June and children learnt what World Environment Day is all about. The whole school participated in planting several trees around the school. And each child took a tree home to plant themselves and watch grow. It was a great day to educate the future generation in how to keep our world a better place to live!
For more information, please contact,
Lou Jackson
Stepping Stones Kindergarten
Langata North Road, Langata Nairobi
Kenya
E-mail: lou@aotearoagroup.com
Nairobi
Oshwal Academy-Primary celebrated World Environment Day 2007 by launching an environment magazine and planting 30 saplings at Highridge Primary School.
For more information, please contact:
Parita Shah
Oshwal Academy-Primary
P.O. Box 1130, 00606 Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 3743160 ext. 660
E-mail: suryasuru@yahoo.co.uk
Nairobi
Peponi House Prep School celebrated World Environment Day 2007 with many activities including Year 8 pupils planting trees in Kereita. More than 500 trees were planted. Children were offered lessons on environmental topics. The celebrations were a great success and Peponi House Prep School looks forward to next year's celebrations.
Nairobi
A group of 400 people under the auspices of Youth Sports and Community Development Programme commemorated World Environment Day 2007 by collecting rubbish, clearing drainages and bushes.
For more information, please contact:
Stephen Okwako
Youth Sports and Community Development Programme
P.O. Box 14035 Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 254 729 943 994
E-mail: yscdpkenya@yahoo.com
Nakuru
To mark World Environment Day 2007, the Environmental Science Class 03 from the Egerton University held a seminar that will focus on selected environmental topics especially those touching on global warming and loss of tundra ecosystems.
For more information, please contact:
Daniel Ngotho
Environmental Science Class 03
Egerton University
P.O. Box 536 Njoro
Nakuru
Kenya
Tel: 254 723 918777
E-mail: mywashed@yahoo.com
Nakuru
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, the Egerton Chapter of the Kenya Red Cross Society mobilized Egerton University students and staff to actively take part in planting over one thousand trees in Mau catchment areas on 2 June.
For more information, please contact:
George Kimboi
Kenya Red Cross Society - Egerton Chapter
℅ Dean of Students
Egerton University
P.O. Box 536 Egerton
Nakuru
Kenya
Tel: 254 720269849
E-mail: kimbz2005@yahoo.com
Nanyuki
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, the Laikipia Wildlife Forum (LWF) held celebrations in Rumuruti town which is now the headquarters of the new Laikipia West District. The LWF, which organized the celebration, invited the local county council, the local administration, local NGOs involved with environment, private wildlife conservancies, water users’ organizations, schools and the general public. There was planting of trees in the nearby school and town, songs, drama and skits, poems and talks from different speakers on environmental conservation.
Nyeri
In marking World Environment Day 2007, Mathew Kiama organized a sports event involving chess, scrabble, table tennis and outdoor games. The aim was to keep youth occupied and away from drugs and enlighten them on taking care of the environment.
For more information, please contact:
Mathew Kiama
418, Nyeri
Kenya
Tel: 254 723443780
Email: matkia2002@yahoo.com
Oyugis Caretakers of the Environment / Kenya / Nyanduma School, is a member of Environment Online (ENO) Programme and celebrated World Environment Day 2007 by staging the Drops of Life play in the school. The aim of the play is to advocate for cooperation in environmental protection through tree planting initiatives all over the world.
For more information, please contact:
Odhiambo Rapemo
Caretakers of The Environment / Kenya / Nyanduma School
P.O. Box 497
Oyugis
Kenya
Tel: 0720107973 / 0734250693
E-mail: rapemoo@hotmail.com
Ugunja Tembea Youth Centre for Sustainable Development organized an environmental conservation week to celebrate World Environment Day 2007. The event was in support of the Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign. The goal of the project is to reforest the large tract of land in Central Ugenya Location, Ligega and Anyiko South Sub- locations along river Nzoia basin. There was 35,000 tree seedlings planted during this week that run from 4 – 8 June.
For more information, please contact:
Jared Buoga Omondi
Tembea Youth Centre for Sustainable Development
P.O. Box 116 40606
Ugunja
Kenya
Tel: (254) 0722 588675
E-mail: tembeayouth@gmail.com
Mombasa
A tree planting event with the surrounding schools and the local communities was organized. The entire staff of the Trust participated.
For more information, please contact:
Rene D (Dr.) Haller
Baobab Trust
P. O. Box 10587 - Bamburi 80101 Mombasa
Kenya
Tel: 254 41 5486155
Fax: 254 41 5846157
Email: baobab.trust@bamburi.lafarge.com
Website: www.thebaobabtrust.com
LIBERIA
Buchanan The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia in collaboration with the World Environmental Day Inter-Agency Steering Committee celebrated World Environment Day 2007 through a formal program focusing on the impact of climate change on the Liberian environment. The event was held in the coastal city of Buchanan at the Grand Bassa County. State of the Environment (SOE) was launched.
For more information, please contact:
Varney Conneh
Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia
P.O. Box 4024
4th Street, Sinkor
Monrovia
Liberia
Tel: (231) 6531029
Fax: (231) 77523432
E-mail: clvarney68@yahoo.com
LIBYA
Al-Khoms
On the eve of World Environment Day 2007, Garaboli branch Magreb University committed itself to undertake environmental capacity-building activities with a focus on climate change. Dr M. Tughar, Head of Civil Engineering Department of the Magreb University organized and chaired the celebration event and welcomed Dr S.P.Bindra, to present a keynote lecture to faculty members and senior level students to highlight how the UN's agenda this year is helping to combat the impact of climate change. Dr Bindra appreciated the institute's new role, tasks, function, and activities for education, training and enhanced capacity-building on environmental protection subjects, especially related to industry. After presenting climate change challenges, he dealt with tools, technologies and techniques vital to help Libya cope with the dangers of climate change.
For more information, please contact:
Dr Mohidein Tughar
Garaboli Branch Magreb University Al-Khoms
Libya
E-mail: tughar@yahoo.com
Tripoli Libya International Energy Foundation on the eve of World Environment Day 2007 conducted environmental activities with a focus on climate change. IEF unites professionals on issues with a common focus to environmental responsibilities, especially in the field of oil & gas industry both in the developing region and in Libya. Prof Dr Mohammed Muntasser, president of IEF, chaired the session & welcomed Prof Dr S.P.Bindra, United Nations expert, to present a key note lecture to delegates attending a specialist workshop to highlight what the United Nations is doing to help combat the impact of climate change. Dr Bindra appreciated the IEF role, relevant activities and presented strategies and a plan of action to give a human face to environmental issues, empower professionals, especially in the petroleum industry, to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development and to help assist both the developing world and Libya in the face of rising temperatures due to global warming.
For more information, please contact:
Muntasser Dr Mohamed Abdullah
International Energy Foundation
First September Street Tripoli
Libya
Tel: 00218 21 3331852
Fax: 00218 21 3331831
E-mail: info@ief-ngo.org
Nalut
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, Nalut Welfare Group conducted environmental activities with a focus on climate change. Activities such as seminars, youth cleaning up local parks, healthy city concept implementation, planting trees and organizing environmental education exercises, and essays and poster competitions in schools were undertaken. Nalut Group is a non-profit, non-government organization that unites communities with a common focus to youth welfare. Prof Dr S.P.Bindra, UN expert, presented several keynote lectures at different institutes and universities including the one in Nalut to highlight how the UN agenda is helping to combat the impacts of climate change. He highlighted strategies and a plan of action to give a human face to environmental issues; empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development of mountain cities like Nalut that may face rise in temperature due to global warming.
Ambatondrazaka Madagascar was honoured to host the regional celebrations for World Environment Day 2007. This was in recognition of this country’s commendable efforts in environmental management and particularly in preserving its’ unique, abundant and endemic biodiversity. The choice of Madagascar was also consistent with the theme for this year: Melting Ice – a Hot Topic? as Islands are among the countries that would suffer most from the impacts of climate change. UNEP supported the organization of weeklong activities.
WED was celebrated with the following activities:
For more information please contact:
Mr. Najib Bendahou
UNEP Regional Office for Africa (ROA)
P.O. Box 30552
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 2 62 38 12
Fax: +254 2 62 39 28
e-mail: Najib.Bendahou@unep.org
website:http://www.unep.org/ROA/
MAURITIUS
World Environment Day 2007 was celebrated at Swami Sivananda State Secondary School on 5 June. The objective of the event was to create awareness among young people about global warming issues. The event gathered together more than a hundred enthusiastic students. The presenters emphasized the need to protect the planet.
For more information, please contact:
Elizabeth Githinji
Africa Co-ordinator
Connecting Classrooms and Africa Dreams & Teams
Sub-Saharan Africa
British Council
Upper Hill Road
P.O. Box 40751 00100 Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 254 20 2836211
Tel: 254 20 2836209
Fax: 254 20 2836500
Website: www.britishcouncil.org
Port Louis To mark World Environment Day 2007 and to emphasize the Mauritius Ministry of Environment focus on environmental stewardship, the ministry launched environment mascot competition in May 2007
A mascot named kudme won the competition. In the local language, kudme means lets work together hand in hand and symbolizes cooperation and collaboration for the protection of the environment.
Kudme will be used in all sensitization programs as well as on letterheads, posters, billboards and video clips. NGOs and other organizations will be encouraged to use the mascot .
For more information, please contact:
Mrs. D. Lan Ng
Ministry of Environment and National Development Unit
Department of Environment
Port Louis
Mauritius
MOZAMBIQUE
Beira
Nucleo Pro-Ambiente an association of students and teachers of University Eduardo Mondlane -law faculty celebrated World Environment Day 2007 with two events:
1. Cleaning one of the beaches of Beira town.
2. An environmental education action in a school for children aged 10 - 16 years old. This action included a lesson and delivery of certificates to the best classified investigation works made by students about Melting Ice - A Hot Topic.
For more information, please contact:
Paula Araujo
Nucleo Pro-Ambiente
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Law Faculty - Beira - Mozambique
E-mail: arapaula@gmail.com
NAMIBIA
This year the British Council Connecting Classrooms project schools in Namibia engaged in tree planting during World Environment Day 2007. Students from Hochland High School, Auas Primary School and the Lenazi Cluster planted three species of indigenous trees: Sideroxylon Inerme,Platycladus nana compacta and Bolusantus speciosus. Geography and Environmental Studies teachers will monitor the nurturing of the trees. The teachers also hope to use the trees in their curriculum for natural science projects.
For more information, please contact:
Elizabeth Githinji
Africa Co-ordinator
Connecting Classrooms and Africa Dreams & Teams
Sub-Saharan Africa
British Council
Upper Hill Road
P.O. Box 40751 00100 Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 254 20 2836211
Tel: 254 20 2836209
Fax: 254 20 2836500
Website: www.britishcouncil.org
Windhoek
To mark World Environment Day 2007, Dawid Bezuidenhout High School organized a community environment awareness function where students, parents and the entire community were invited. The event included tree planting and a drama event.
For more information, please contact:
Dennis Fredericks
Dawid Bezuidenhout High School
P.O. Box 10401 Khomasdal
Windhoek
Namibia
Tel: 264 61 213809
Fax: 264 61 211552
E-mail: dfred@mweb.com.na
NIGERIA
Abeokuta
To commemorate World Environment Day 2007, Green Thinkers Club from the University of Agriculture in Abeokuta planted trees and organized a debate among secondary school in Abeokuta.
For more information, please contact:
Kolawole Mate
Green Thinkers Club
University of Agriculture
Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology
Abeokuta
Nigeria
Tel: (234) 80616 12595
E-mail: green_thinkers13@yahoo.com
Akwa Ibom
Glee Network International, an NGO in Nigeria whose purpose is to organize summits and gather people with the aim of educating them on the current issues in the areas of IT, Sustainable Development, and the Environment and its usefulness. To celebrate World Environmental Day 2007, they held discussions on the topic of ‘Melting Ice’.
For more information, please contact:
Isaac James
Glee Network International
25 Idua Road Eket
Akwa Ibom
Nigeria
Tel: (234) 80522 12114
Fax: (234) 8570 1421
E-mail: gleenets@yahoo.com
Bayelsa State The Natural Resources Unit of the Akassa Development Foundation (ADF) organized World Environment Day 2007 celebrations on 5 June. The event was part of the unit’s strategies to raise awareness on the importance of the environment to human survival in the coastal community of Akassa. This was the fourth time the event was celebrated in Akassa. Several activities spiced the celebration:
Community Drama:
A focused drama was organized on 4 June prior to the event by a cross section of youth in Minibie community on the need for proper waste disposal and environmental sanitation in Akassa - it resulted in the community resolving to address unhealthy waste disposal attitudes. General Sanitation and clean up exercise:
On the morning of 5 June a general clean up exercise was observed. Community members cleaned their surroundings and cleared the debris before departing for the day’s job. Procession by Students
There was a procession within the community by secondary school students to further raise awareness in the community on the importance of the day.
Finally there was a closing activity which included a welcome address by Mr. Friday I. Amain, the Programme Coordinator Akassa Development Foundation, Mr. Golden Ekeru of the Health Department presented a talk titled ‘Mr. Environment’, drama presentation from students of Government Secondary School Akassa depicting the links between our environment and human survival. Mr.Kelechi Eleanya presented a paper titled ‘Raising Awareness on the Global Climate Change and its Effects on the Akassa Wetlands’ .The event finally came to an end after a brief interactive session and a music presentation by a group of students.
For more information, please contact:
Kelechi Eleanya
Progrmme OfficerNatural Resources
Akassa Development Foundation
P.O. Box 667 Yenagoa, Bayelsa State
Nigeria
Tel: 234-8058129724
E-mail: kele802001@yahoo.com
Delta State
Africa Initiative For Environment Sustainable Network (IFESNET) in collaboration with Delta State Ministry of Environment organized a cleanup workshop for oil spillage in the Niger delta region to celebrate World Environment Day 2007. The organization came up with policies and guidelines to deal with violators. It will also organized a one-week campaign for tree planting to help protect the eco-system within the region.
For more information, please contact:
Africa Initiative For Environment Sustainable Network (IFESNET - Africa)
405 Nnebisi Road Asaba
Delta State
Nigeria
Tel: (234) 80 80891854
Email: aiesn_african@yahoo.co.uk
Gombe
Nigerian Savannah Conservation Action marked World Environment Day 2007 by creating environmental awareness through electronic media, tree planting and other activities.
For more information, please contact:
Lass Kumo
Nigerian Savannah Conservation Action
Kumo, Kanhawa opposite Post Office
Gombe
Nigeria
Tel: 23408036742643
E-mail: tabak505@yahooh.com
Ibadan
For World Environment Day 2007, Prudent Minders held a talk show where youth leaders talked about environmental issues and how they affect society.
For more information, please contact:
Idris Alhassan
Prudent Minders
Ibadan
Nigeria
Tel: (234) 80524 50155
E-mail: prudentminders@yahoo.com
Imo
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, the Emyunz Project in Nigeria promoted awareness of environmental issues in schools through lectures and in the community through seminars and road campaigns.
Katsina To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, the NYSC has planned the following activities:
an environmental clean-up through the involvement of communities
tree planting in degraded areas
the formation of environmental clubs in schools
walks
debates by school children
a gala night with award presentations, drama, paper presentation and a dinner
For more information, please contact:
John Ogbodo
Nigerian National Youth service Corps (NYSC)
Environmental Protection Club
Katsina State
℅ Department of Forestry
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Katsina Secretariat complex PMB 2079
Nigeria
Tel: (234) 80686 37862
E-mail: saintajoi@yahoo.com
Kogi State
To mark World Environment Day 2007 Obajana Cement Plc held an event to create awareness among its staff members on the World Environment Day theme for 2007 Melting Ice – A Hot Topic?. The event included a session that highlighted global environmental problems and proposed possible actions that can be taken by the local communities. This was followed by a tree planting session within the company’s facilities as part of an ongoing greening effort.
For more information, please contact:
Oyekunle Oyewole
Obajana Cement Plc
Obajana Cement Plc, Safety, Health, Environment
and Community Affairs Department
Obajana, Lokoja
Kogi State
Nigeria
E-mail: pklifeanew@yahoo.com
Lagos
The Olokun Festival Foundation organized the Olokun Festival to promote World Environment Day 2007. The festival is an annual event held in recognition of one of the positive qualities of the Olokun deity: abhorrence of dirt. The Foundation has in the past four years been involved in clean-up exercises, environmental advocacy campaigns and mini-rallies, all of which have been held to mark previous themes of World Environment Day. The aim of the festival was to encourage positive response to environmental issues. The Foundation organized this in partnership with the Lagos State Government.
For more information, please contact:
Gani Adams
Olokun Festival Foundation
Suite D, 3rd Floor, 55 Shipeolu Street
Palmgroove, Lagos State
Nigeria
Tel: (234) 1 8033002661/ 8032807982
E-mail: oduanimi@yahoo.com
Website: www.olokunfestival.org
Lagos
To mark World Environment Day 2007 the Biological Science Department of Yaba
College of Technology held 3 day event aimed at sensitizing the academic community to the need of a joint responsibility in protecting the environment.
This was the first of its kind in the over 50-year history of the campus. There were a variety of activities including lectures from seasoned environmentalists both in academia and in industry; a tree planting campaign; and an exhibition for environmental initiatives undertaken.
For more information, please contact:
Ajado S.O.
Yaba College of Technology
School of Science
Biological Science Department
P.M.B. 2011,
Yaba
Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: (234) 80230 29706
E-mail: Environmentalprotection@yabatech.edu.ng
Lagos To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, there was a one-day seminar at the British Council at 20 Tompson Avenue, Ikoyi. The event was organized by DevelopAfrica Inc. Nigeria Chapter. An average of 50 students from the institutions of higher learning all over Lagos State attended the event. The main facilitator of the seminar was Bishi Hakeem. There were at least three speakers for the day and at the end of the event, a public message was issued on the theme of WED 2007, Melting Ice: A Hot Topic?.
Lagos
On World Environment Day, GYPEI mobilized volunteers from all over Lagos to clean up the streets, gutters and roads in the city. The group also held various seminars and an environmental walk with the theme: Walk for Clean Environment! The goal of the celebrations was to sensitize people on the importance of a clean environment. Primary and secondary school students participated in the event.
For more information, please contact:
Emmanuel Imafidon Ayemere
Global Youth and Positive Empowerment Initiators (GYPEI)
4 Oriyomi Street,
Mushin
Lagos
Nigeria
E-mail: globalyouthempowerment@yahoo.com
Lagos To mark World Environment Day 2007, Green News in collaboration with a number of NGOs and CBOs organized a program through the print and electronic media to raise awareness, understanding and appreciation of environmental problems facing Nigeria.
This was a two- day media event focusing on children. Students from 50 nursery, primary and secondary schools from Lagos will take part in poetry, art and essay competitions highlighting various environmental issues. The winners were rewarded with a trip to a tree planting project in Makoda, Kano State. There was also an interactive children’s workshop and slide show with focus on the World Environment Day theme Melting Ice - A Hot Topic?. The workshop explored causes of melting icecaps for example gas flaring and desertification. Finally the children marched to deliver their Environment Charter to the Governor of Lagos State.
For more information, please contact:
Imomosi Umolu
Green News
117a, Aina George Street, Coker Roundabout
Ilupeju Estate
Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: (234) 8051801065
E-mail: greennewsng@yahoo.com
Lagos
The environment magazine published a special World Environment Day 2007 edition to mark the celebrations in Lagos. The edition had supplements and environmental messages from stakeholders and environmentally friendly organizations.
For more information, please contact:
Wale Akinwumi
The Environment Magazine
1b Shiro Street, Fadeyi
Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: (234) 1 8726335
E-mail: environment@journalist.com
Lagos
Kinderville International School is a member of Environment Online (ENO) Programme and celebrated World Environment Day 2007 by staging The Drops of Life play in the school. The aim of the play is to encourage environmental sustainability through tree planting.
For more information, please contact:
Monica Olajuyigbe
Kinderville International School
7,Amosu Igboro St, Ijanikin
Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: 018921238
E-mail: kinderville2001@yahoo.com
Lagos To commemorate World Environment Day 2007, the Nigerian Environmental Society organized an essay competition for school children across Lagos state, a photo exhibition on effect of climate change on the coastal environment of Lagos, and a public lecture on climate change and melting ice.
For more information, please contact:
Adedoyin Lasisi
Nigerian Environmental Society, Lagos Chapter
C/O Ministry of Environment, Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: 234-8028476147
Email: ladedoyin@yahoo.com
Lagos
To mark World Environment Day 2007, the Green Club organized lectures at local schools raising awareness on recycling and proper handling of waste amongst students, while encouraging them to spread the word amongst their families and friends. A youth-oriented group that will focus on youths teaching their peers how to be conscious of their environment through their actions was inaugurated.
For more information, please contact,
Osunde Timilehin
The Green Club
Block 304 flat 1, l.c.h.e, Oke-afa. Isolo, Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: 23408028961134 / 234014810147
E-mail: versatile222001@yahoo.com
Ondo State
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, Ceewed NGO organized an environmental song based on the theme: Melting Ice – A Hot Topic?.
For more information please contact:
Davies Ajana
Ceewed NGO
Tisco House 1st Floor
Alagbaka Akure
Ondo state
Nigeria
Tel: 234 80551 09551
E-mail: cwkeyngo@hotmail.com
Port Harcourt Conservation & Environment Outlook Services planned a public lecture to mark the World Environment Day 2007. The topic of the lecture was Art in Environment, and it is aimed at promoting awareness on ways in which Art can be used to highlight environmental issues.
For more information, please contact:
Pat Nemerem Chinemerem
Conservation & Environment Outlook Services
Nigeria for La Tierra Magazine
Plot 133 Trans Amadi
Port Harcourt
Nigeria
Tel: (234) 80386 91606
E-mail: latierrabulletin@yahoo.com
Port Harcourt
The Port Harcourt Link Club in commemoration of the World Environment Day 2007 examined the impact of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs and other derivatives) on global warming potential. The main event comprised of radio and television discussions on the 5 June, with a focus on how global warming can lead to sea level rise and by implication, the threatened submergence of Port Harcourt in the next 50 years. Also highlighted was CFC contribution to the reduction of the ozone layer and global warming and the impact on human health (e.g. skin cancer) or impact on agriculture (i.e. a forceful change from land-based agriculture to water based agriculture).
For more information, please contact:
Rowland Ogundu
The Port Harcourt Link Club
Post office HQ Station Road
Port Harcourt
Nigeria
Tel: (234) 80331 97240
E-mail: portharcourtlinkclub_membership@yahoo.com
Port Harcourt
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007 POCEMA and NES celebrated by facilitating environmental awareness programmes (workshops) for schools and city dwellers and environmental training courses for environmental professionals in the Niger Delta sub region. The organizations worked in collarboration with local NGOs to carry out the event. They provided environmental consultancy services to enhance environmental sustainability in the Niger Delta and networked with interested parties on environmental research studies, training, monitoring, mapping and risk assessment.
For more information, please contact:
Victor Sunday
Pollution Control and Environmental Management Ltd. (POCEMA) and Nigerian Environmental Society (NES)
Charkin Safety Training Centre
Rivers State University of Science and Technology
P.O. BOX 7416
Port Harcourt
Nigeria
Tel: (234) 08063908020
E-mail: vicksun_ventures@yahoo.com
Port-Harcourt
Adetoun Mustapha celebrated World Environment Day 2007 by developing a write-up and produced a flyer titled: The earth is about to drown, lets stop the flood. The write-up shows how the theme Melting Ice - A Hot Topic relates to Nigeria and what individuals can do to help reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and flood in Nigeria. This was circulated to different focus groups and it facilitated increased awareness and commitment among the populace.
For more information, please contact:
Adetoun Mustapha
Independent Scientist/Freelance Writer
House 3A, Close A, Chief Ogbonda Estate, Off Artillery Junction Port-Harcourt
Nigeria
Tel: 234 8052771136
Email: tounmustapha@yahoo.co.uk
SENEGAL
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, students in schools in Senegal involved in the British Council Connecting Classrooms Project committed part of their school day to tree planting. Students and teachers from Djinabo High School, Tete Diadhiou Junior Secondary School and Biram Beye Primary School participated in this exercise. They planted various indigenous trees within the school compound and committed to nurturing the trees. It is their hope that this will reassert the importance of respecting and protecting the environment and living in harmony with it.
For more information, please contact:
Elizabeth Githinji
Africa Co-ordinator
Connecting Classrooms and Africa Dreams & Teams
Sub-Saharan Africa
British Council
Upper Hill Road
P.O. Box 40751 00100 Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 254 20 2836211
Tel: 254 20 2836209
Fax: 254 20 2836500
Website: www.britishcouncil.org
Thies
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, Senegalese Association for the promotion of Biological Agriculture, organized a Conference on organic agriculture and the global warming. The conference delt with methods of fighting desertification and drought in West Africa and also promoted organic agriculture. Various representatives from NGOs, youth and women’s organizations were present at the event. There was also a walk to raise awareness and campaign for better management of the environment and of natural resources.
For more information, please contact:
Ibrahima Seck
Senegalese Association for the promotion of Biological Agriculture (ASPAB)
P.O. Box 412
Thies
Senegal
Tel: 221 951 2056
Fax: 221 951 2056
E-mail: aspab@orange.sn / iseck@yahoo.fr
SEYCHELLES
Mahe
Colibri Wildlife Club celebrated World Environment Day in 2007 through the following activities:
Research on the theme Melting Ice- A Hot Topic?;
Inter-house and inter-school public speaking competitions;
Exhibitions.
For more information, please contact:
Lyndy Bastienne Corgat
Colibri Wildlife Club
Plaisance Secondary School
Victoria, Mahe
Seychelles
Tel: (248) 527865/ (248) 601100
Fax: (248) 601102
E-mail: lyndycolibri@yahoo.com
Website: www.natureseychelles.org
SOMALIA
Hargeisa
Environment protection Organization (EPO) held environmental protection campaigns on the occasion of World Environment Day 2007. The campaigns will promote the organization’s motto: Stop the war; war destroys the environment. The campaigns sought to stop soil erosion and cutting of trees and advocated for mass environmental education in order to protect the environment.
For more information, please contact:
Abdishakur Mohamoud
Environment protection Organization (EPO)
Airport Street
Hargeisa
196
Tel: 00 252 2 560178
E-mail: epo.org@hotmail.com
Mogadishu
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, SORDA held various activities including distributing tree seedlings, tree planting environmental awareness campaigns and clean up activities in collaboration with Clean Up the World.
Mogadishu Somali Human Rights Association (SOHRA) marked World Environment Day 2007 by cleaning up the waste and garbage on the streets of Mogadishu. The association also planted trees in Afgooye District, where there is a lot of deforestation.
For more information, please contact:
Abdullahi Abukar
Somali Human Rights Association (SOHRA)
DHL,
Mogdishu
Somali
Tel: (252) 5985367
Fax: (252)5937995
E-mail: sohrassociation@yahoo.com
SOUTH AFRICA
Cape Town
To commemorate World Environment Day 2007, Koetsa Holdings held a two day workshop titled Eco- Design for Competitive Advantage. The workshop was set for 4 and 5 June in Johannesburg, and 6 and 7 June in Durban. Dr. Ab Stevels, was the instructor for both workshops. He is a senior advisor in the environmental design programme at Philips Electronics, as well as Chair of Environmental Design, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and has authored at least 175 journal activities and conference contributions.
The first day of the workshop was devoted to Applied Eco Design and will include the following subjects:
Introduction to Applied Eco Design
Basics of Applied EcoDesign and how it is to organized
Applied Eco Design and energy reduction
Applied Eco Design and materials application
Applied Eco Design and packaging transport
Applied Eco Design and take back recycling
The second day was devoted to Environment and Business and will include the following subjects:
Introduction to Environment and Business
Roadmap and measurement of Environment and Business performance
Integrating green into product creation
Green marketing and communication
Green supply chain management
How to organize for legal compliance
For more information, please contact:
Sekila Molapo
Koetsa Holdings
28th Floor Absa Centre
Cape Town
South Africa
Tel: (27) 21 419 3522
Fax: (27) 21 419 3535
E-mail: sekila@koetsa.com
Website: www.koetsa.com
Centurion
During World Environment Day 2007, for the first time ever, the Environmental Management in Tourism conference (EMiT) was held in South Africa from 5–7 June. Delegates, including hoteliers, operators, developers and tourism professionals, will be taught methods of reducing the negative impacts of tourism on the environment and how to implement these methods. The theme of the conference is Touch Africa Lightly.
For more information, please contact:
Greg McManus
Heritage Environmental Rating Program
P.O. Box 7119
Centurion
South Africa
Tel: (012) 667 2836
Fax: (012) 667 2836
E-mail: info@emit.co.za
Website: http://www.emit.co.za
Gauteng Gautrain is Africa’s first world-class, modern rapid rail network for Gauteng Province, South Africa. An environmental management plan monitors Gautrain’s construction impact on natural resources and urban infrastructure. Construction for Gautrain’s stations comes with felling of trees, many of which are non-indigenous. For each of the trees removed, the Gautrain project team will plant three indigenous trees in areas specified by Johannesburg City Parks.
To commemorate World Environment Day 2007, Gautrain displayed an art exhibition with a theme borrowed from Cheryl Gage, a community artist: The Wolf in the Forest.Cheryl said of the exhibition “This tells my story of being an alien or outcast due to my history. The debate of indigenous versus alien sets the scene for my visual narrative.”
For more information, please contact,
Maritha Pritchard
Gautrain Rapid Rail Link
Gauteng
South Africa
Tel: (011) 880-9936
Fax: (011) 447-9920
Mobile: 082 781 0096
E-mail: maritha@gautrain.co.za
Website: www.gautrain.co.za
Kwazulu-Natal
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, Sustainability United, an Environmental Network for Children, Youth, Women and NGOs, organized talks for three high schools and also screened the film: An Inconvenient Truth for local youth. The organization also distributed World Environment Day material to the local schools.
For more information, please contact:
Troy Govender
Sustainability United - An Environmental Network for Children, Youth, Women and NGOs
P.O. BOX 428 Umzinto
Kwazulu-Natal
South Africa
Tel: 27 31 7105260
Fax: 27 31 7105255
E-mail: Troy.Govender@eskom.co.za
Nelson Mandela Bay
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, NiMBLE-Nelson Mandela Bay Local Environmentalists organized a climate change awareness campaign for students within the campus. The theme of the campaigns was Afro-centric Sustainable Development within the Global Village.
For more information, please contact:
Greg Smith
NiMBLE-Nelson Mandela Bay Local Environmentalists
104 Feldsted, NMMU Bird Street Campus
Nelson Mandela Bay
Tel: 27 792383557
Fax: 0866572673
Email: info@nimblesa.org
Website: www.nimblesa.org
Standerton
Eskom - Tutuka Power Station celebrated World Environment Day 2007 by giving out a token at the gate to each employee. The organizationalso held a competition from 5 -8 June. Among the gifts was a shake torch, which does not use any battery. This was done to encourage employees to save energy by using energy saving techniques.
For more information, please contact:
Tovhowani Tshikomba
Eskom - Tutuka Power Station
P.O. BOX 5943
Standerton
South Africa
Fax: 017 749 9280
Tel: 017 749 9125
E-mail: tovhowani.tshikomba@eskom.co.za
Website: www.eskom.co.za
TANZANIA
Dar es Salaam
To mark World Environment Day 2007, Media Works International held a photo/video exhibition. The exhibition took place from 2 - 5 June, and showed clips highlighting various environmental issues in order to raise awareness among the citizens.
The event included a workshop for senior media editors on environmental reporting to the public and bicycle races.
For more information, please contact:
Madanga Shaaban Madanga
Media Works International
P.O. Box 35171
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Tel: (255) 22 2460943
Fax: (255) 22 2460943
E-mail: msmadanga@hotmail.com/msmadanga@gmail.com
Dar es Salaam
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, Roots & Shoots clubs promoted awareness about environmental issues by organizing educational activities for the public in Dar es Salaam and Mkuranga. This was in coordination with over 25 school clubs on three projects. The first project saw up to 5000 trees planted on school grounds and at students’ homes, the second project was an essay competition for primary and secondary school students, who had an opportunity to share their thoughts and feelings about what they can do to preserve the environment, and the third project was an environmental fair to educate the public about current environmental issues.
Roots & Shoots provided school clubs with enough saplings to plant on their school grounds and for each Roots & Shoots member to plant at their home. Each student was also assigned the task of writing an essay about the ways in which they can personally take action to preserve the environment. Each club designed an educational poster for a community-wide environmental fair on 26 May. The clubs conducted a small research project about any environmental issue and then they were provided with materials to develop a poster which was supposed to be an original artwork. The posters were exhibited at the fair. Roots & Shoots also created and distributed an environmental brochure for all those attending the fair. The environmental fair moved to Mkuranga on 2 June.
Dar es Salaam For World Environment Day 2007, Tanzania Forest Conservation Group organized an event that had activities such as drama, music and art displays about forests and climate change. The events took place in Matombo Village, Lulanda Village and near Ikwiriri in Rufiji District. The aim was to raise awareness about the importance of conserving the Eastern Arc Mountain and the coastal forests, particularly in the face of climate change. The activities were sponsored by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, UNDP / GEF and Songas. The event was open to all.
For more information, please contact:
Nike Doggart
Tanzania Forest Conservation Group
P.O. Box 23410
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Tel: 255 22 2669007
E-mail: ndoggart@tfcg.or.tz
Website: www.tfcg.org
Karagwe
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007 CHEMA, a community-based environmental NGO, hosted an essay competition across 7 schools in the district of Biharamulo in the northeast corner of Tanzania. Over 2000 students competed for cash prizes and all schools were given a bound document with scientific data related to climate change for their libraries. The awards luncheon held on September 14, 2007, honored the top three participants of each school and their teachers, and several prominent members of the community were invited to speak.
For more information, please contact:
Stephen Kileo
CHEMA
PO Box 253
Karagwe
Tanzania
Tel: 255282223226
E-mail: chema@satconet.com
Website: www.chematanzania.org
Mwanza
To commemorate World Environment Day 2007, Mwanza Non-Governmental Organization's Network participated in a tree planting exercise in Mwanza and a campaign to advocate for the conservation of natural resources to help stop further global warming.
For more information, please contact:
Adam Ndokeji
Mwanza Non-Governmental Organization's Network
P.O. Box 2516
Mwanza
Tanzania
Tel: 255 028 2502188
Fax: 255 028 2502188
E-mail: mngonmza@hotmail.com
Website: www.mwanzacommunity.org
Mtwara
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, the Forum for Conservation of Nature (FOCONA) organized a seminar to discuss the possible impacts of climate change on the coastal ecosystems as well as ascertaining the vulnerability of coastal communities. The celebrations included a clean-up campaign to sensitize the community on the benefits of a clean environment and the problem of hazardous wastes and to advocate for minimum use and recycling of plastic materials. FOCONA also mobilized students from secondary schools in Mtwara Municipality to participate in a debate to offer their views on whether climate change is taking place or not. This was followed with a public lecture on the topic: Climate Change: Its Sciences and Implications.
For more information please contact:
Robert Katikiro
Forum for Conservation of Nature (FOCONA)
P.O. Box 476
Mtwara
Tanzania
Tel: 255 71 3517296
E-mail: foconamtwara@yahoo.com
Website: www.foconamtwara.org
Mtwara
To commemorate World Environment Day 2007, Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park devoted a whole week to a number of activities all geared at sensitizing the community on environmental conservation, particularly in the context of marine environment.
The park organized beach cleaning, which involved the participation of both secondary and primary school students from Msimbati and Mangoji villages. The essence was to disseminate knowledge about the effects of plastic waste to marine ecosystem, with specific cases of the sea turtles which often come to the park’s beaches for nesting.
The park also organized a drama competition focusing on the World Environment Day theme: Melting Ice - A Hot Topic?. The winners were awarded prizes on 5 June which marked the peak of the celebrations. Other activities that were carried out during the week included a public lecture to instill the marine conservation and preservation of biodiversity ethics on the public. There was also an environmental conservation campaign, a public address from the guest of honor and an exhibition of various marine species facsimile such as sea turtles, coelacanths and dugong.
For more information please contact:
Robert Katikiro
Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park (MBREMP)
P.O. BOX 845
Mtwara
Tanzania
Tel: 255 23 2333259 / 71 3517296
Fax: 255 23 2333259
E-mail: mnazibay@marineparktz.com
Website: www.marineparkstz.com
TOGO
Lomé
Jeunes Volontaires pour l'Environnement celebrated World Environment Day 2007 with the following events:
Conference on the impact of Climate Change on Togo's economy, the conference was joinlty organized by JVE and the Directorate of Environment. Participants included Business companies, officials, MPs, university students and media
Film 'An inconvenient truth' This activity was preceded by a group discussion on simple ways of protecting the climate, at individual level. It was organized on the University campus and attracted hundreds of students along with government authorities
Television Eco-quiz program. For the second time, this annual event helped to test the knowledge of science students live on TV2 and gave opportunity for several stakeholders to explain their contribution to the global fight against climate change.
For more information, please contact,
Sena ALOUKA
Jeunes Volontaires pour l'Environnement
P.O. Box 389 00200 Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: 228 9216740 / 2200112
Fax: 228 2220648
E-mail: yvetogo@hotmail.com
Website: www.ong-jve.org
TUNISIA
Hammamet To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, Magic Life Africana Imperial organized a beach cleaning with school kids from its partner school and its staff. The programme involved training the kids and the inauguration of a new environmental corner.
For more information, please contact:
Maike Mahmoud
Magic Life Africana Imperial
B.P. 8050 Hammamet
Tunisia
Tel: 216 72 227000
Fax: 216 72 226193
E-mail: mmahmoud@magiclife.tourism.tn
Website: www.magiclife.com
UGANDA
Kampala
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, the Nuwamanya Tree Foundation planted 3,750 pinus trees and 150 selected families in Ntungamo, Hoima and Gulu Districts each received 25 free pinus seedlings. The exercise will took place on 5 June.
For more information, please contact:
Francis Nuwamanya Tugume
Nuwamanya Tree Foundation (NTF)
P.O. Box 16496
Kampala
Uganda
Tel: (256) 41 373375
Fax: (256) 41 201235
E-mail: info@ntfo.org
Website: www.ntfo.org
Kampala
EnviroConserve AFRICA commemorated World Environment Day 2007, by publishing a supplement in the EnviroConserve AFRICA Magazine on environmental conservation initiatives. The celebration included exhibition and distribution of environmental education material and posters to the public and a community clean up exercise.
For more information, please contact:
Robert Oduroi
EnviroConserve AFRICA
8585 Kampala
Uganda
Tel: 256 41 268997
Fax: 256 41 268738
E-mail: ico@fricamail.com
Kampala
The Health and Environmental club of Kampala University marked World Environment Day 2007 with a workshop at the University on the impact of climate change to the future of the world economy.
For more information, please contact:
Thabit Jacob
Health and Environmental club of Kampala University
P.O. Box 25454 Kampala
Uganda
Tel: 255753587334
E-mail: thabit.jacob@gmail.com
Kasese
World Environment Day 2007 national celebrations for Uganda were hosted by Kasese District's Local Government at Nkaiga Primary School in Maliba Sub-county. This is at the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains whose glacier levels have reduced by close to 50% over the years. There was an exhibition where the government, civil society organizations and the private sector showed environmental initiatives that they have accomplished. CETRUD exhibited organic farm produce, environmentally friendly farming technology, high quality seedlings for crops and trees, handcrafts from recycled material, medicinal plants, and information on environmental conservation.
CETRUD also partnered with the Agency for Rural Development and Community Education (ARUDECE), WWF, SNV, DENIVA and Kasese District Local Government to organize a Pre-World Environment Day Conference. The conference took place in Kasese Town's Virina Gardens and the theme was Melting Ice on the Rwenzori Mountains - a key future Resource based Conflict. The participants included District Chairpersons, Secretaries for Production and Natural Resources, Resident District Commissioners, Members of Parliament, District Planners, Chief Administrative Officers, District Environment Officers, District Forestry Officers, District Production, Coordinators, Private Sector and Civil Society representatives (all from the Rwenzori region), representatives from the Democratic Republic of Congo and officials from the Meteorological Department. It took place on 4 June and its aim was to mitigate the effects of climatic change and to design strategies for adaptation.
For more information, please contact:
Muzamilu Kigeri Bisanga
Centre for Environment Technoogy and Rural Development (CETRUD)
P.O. Box 259
Kasese
Uganda
Tel: (256) 753 873783 / 752 466461
Fax: (256) 4834 44079
E-mail: cetrud_uga@yahoo.com
ZAMBIA
Chisamba
Chipembi Girls Secondary School staged a play on the occasion of World Environment Day 2007. The play aimed at raising awareness on conserving the environment for the future generations.
For more information, please contact:
Melvin Kasontobwa
Chipembi Girls Secondary School
P.O. Box 820018 Chisamba,
Central Province
Zambia
Tel: (260) 9773 79822 / 1233745
Fax: 2601 233745
E-mail: melkasontobwa@yahoo.co.uk
Lusaka
Model United Nations, Zambia marked World Environment Day 2007 with a session where delegates engaged in thought-provoking debates and give speeches in line with the theme: Melting Ice - A Hot Topic
For more information, please contact:
Kayimbo Miyombo Katengo
Zambia Annual Model United Nations
6945 Nangweya RD
P.O. Box 50121 Lusaka
Zambia
Tel: 260 21 1 252 291
Fax: 260 21 1 258 665
Email: isladmin@zamnet.zm
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Young People Association for the Human Development and the Environment Protection (YAHDEP) celebrated World Environment Day 2007 with an environment conference on 5 June. More than 316 young people and 26 adults participated. YAHDEP made a presentation on Melting Ice – A Hot Topic and encouraged participants to think about the global effect of climate change. Ms. Brigitte Bemba Edzio from Women Environment Association of Congo (WEAC) made a presentation on the urban solid waste management. Participants learnt more about the environmental challenges faced by children around the Republic of Congo and in the rest of the world. 
Wadi Environmental Science Center (WESC) in partnership with the British Council organized an environmental awareness festival to mark World Environment Day 2007. The festival took place at Azhar Park in Cairo, and included experiments dealing with different environmental issues such as climate change. Exhibitions showcased the work of students from all over Egypt, who participated in WESC's environmental contests throughout the year. The exhibits included recycled toys, drawings, songs, films and go karts. The event also provided an arena for Egyptian environmental NGOs to network through discussion panels.
Mobinil was a proud sponsor of the World Environmental Day 2007 celebration event held on 2 June in Azhar Park, Cairo under the auspices of H.E. Dr. Maged George - Minister of State for Environmental Affairs and coordinated by the British council in Egypt and Wadi Environmental Science Center (an Egyptian Non Governmental Organization). The event included activities like treasure hunt, singing contests and environmental lectures about saving our planet from the dangers of global warming. Over 3000 persons attended. 
On the occasion of World Environment Day 2007, the Ministry of State for
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, Young Leaders Forum (YLF) in conjunction with Kumasi Civil Society Group (KuSoG), Environmental Protection Association of Ghana (EPAG), Fountain of Leadership (FOL) Church and Leadership Media Centre-Radio School (LMC) organized a series of seminars in chosen schools across the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Talks on the theme: Melting Ice – A Hot Topic were given and videos downloaded from UNEP website shown to make school children understand it more and sustain their interest in the seminar. Please see 
On 2 June Anglogold Ashanti Limited organized a tree planting exercise. 
To commemorate World Environment Day 2007, Egerton University is organized an event to make Kenya Green. The aim is to plant trees around Mau forest as this is the area that is most affected by human activities leading to massive degradation. The event included sensitization of the local people and those in authority of the need to conserve the forests. A clean up effort was carried out whereby forest officers and experts in forest management addressed the participants. 
Caretakers of the Environment / Kenya / Nyanduma School, is a member of Environment Online (ENO) Programme and celebrated World Environment Day 2007 by staging the Drops of Life play in the school. The aim of the play is to advocate for cooperation in environmental protection through tree planting initiatives all over the world. 
Tembea Youth Centre for Sustainable Development organized an environmental conservation week to celebrate World Environment Day 2007. The event was in support of the Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign. The goal of the project is to reforest the large tract of land in Central Ugenya Location, Ligega and Anyiko South Sub- locations along river Nzoia basin. There was 35,000 tree seedlings planted during this week that run from 4 – 8 June. 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia in collaboration with the World Environmental Day Inter-Agency Steering Committee celebrated World Environment Day 2007 through a formal program focusing on the impact of climate change on the Liberian environment. The event was held in the coastal city of Buchanan at the Grand Bassa County. State of the Environment (SOE) was launched. 
Libya International Energy Foundation on the eve of World Environment Day 2007 conducted environmental activities with a focus on climate change. IEF unites professionals on issues with a common focus to environmental responsibilities, especially in the field of oil & gas industry both in the developing region and in Libya. Prof Dr Mohammed Muntasser, president of IEF, chaired the session & welcomed Prof Dr S.P.Bindra, United Nations expert, to present a key note lecture to delegates attending a specialist workshop to highlight what the United Nations is doing to help combat the impact of climate change. Dr Bindra appreciated the IEF role, relevant activities and presented strategies and a plan of action to give a human face to environmental issues, empower professionals, especially in the petroleum industry, to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development and to help assist both the developing world and Libya in the face of rising temperatures due to global warming.
Madagascar was honoured to host the regional celebrations for World Environment Day 2007. This was in recognition of this country’s commendable efforts in environmental management and particularly in preserving its’ unique, abundant and endemic biodiversity. The choice of Madagascar was also consistent with the theme for this year: Melting Ice – a Hot Topic? as Islands are among the countries that would suffer most from the impacts of climate change. UNEP supported the organization of weeklong activities.
The Natural Resources Unit of the Akassa Development Foundation (ADF) organized World Environment Day 2007 celebrations on 5 June. The event was part of the unit’s strategies to raise awareness on the importance of the environment to human survival in the coastal community of Akassa. This was the fourth time the event was celebrated in Akassa. Several activities spiced the celebration:
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, the NYSC has planned the following activities: 
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, there was a one-day seminar at the British Council at 20 Tompson Avenue, Ikoyi. The event was organized by DevelopAfrica Inc. Nigeria Chapter. An average of 50 students from the institutions of higher learning all over Lagos State attended the event. The main facilitator of the seminar was Bishi Hakeem. There were at least three speakers for the day and at the end of the event, a public message was issued on the theme of WED 2007, Melting Ice: A Hot Topic?. 
To mark World Environment Day 2007, Green News in collaboration with a number of NGOs and CBOs organized a program through the print and electronic media to raise awareness, understanding and appreciation of environmental problems facing Nigeria.
To commemorate World Environment Day 2007, the Nigerian Environmental Society organized an essay competition for school children across Lagos state, a photo exhibition on effect of climate change on the coastal environment of Lagos, and a public lecture on climate change and melting ice.
Conservation & Environment Outlook Services planned a public lecture to mark the World Environment Day 2007. The topic of the lecture was Art in Environment, and it is aimed at promoting awareness on ways in which Art can be used to highlight environmental issues.
Somali Human Rights Association (SOHRA) marked World Environment Day 2007 by cleaning up the waste and garbage on the streets of Mogadishu. The association also planted trees in Afgooye District, where there is a lot of deforestation. 
Gautrain is Africa’s first world-class, modern rapid rail network for Gauteng Province, South Africa. An environmental management plan monitors Gautrain’s construction impact on natural resources and urban infrastructure. Construction for Gautrain’s stations comes with felling of trees, many of which are non-indigenous. For each of the trees removed, the Gautrain project team will plant three indigenous trees in areas specified by Johannesburg City Parks.
For World Environment Day 2007, Tanzania Forest Conservation Group organized an event that had activities such as drama, music and art displays about forests and climate change. The events took place in Matombo Village, Lulanda Village and near Ikwiriri in Rufiji District. The aim was to raise awareness about the importance of conserving the Eastern Arc Mountain and the coastal forests, particularly in the face of climate change. The activities were sponsored by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, UNDP / GEF and Songas. The event was open to all.
To celebrate World Environment Day 2007, Magic Life Africana Imperial organized a beach cleaning with school kids from its partner school and its staff. The programme involved training the kids and the inauguration of a new environmental corner.