New Zealand youth travel to the United Nations Environment Assembly to help the global effort to protect the environment. Meanwhile, major budget cuts back home show that the environment is not a priority for the New Zealand Government.
Stella Ivory: On feeling like the 'kid' in the candy store
"It was like being in a kid in an all-you-can eat candy shop...But, in this candy store situation, I equally also felt like a kid. Or, at least, under qualified and somehow unworthy."
Emily Rushton: Climate Change Unites Farmers and Youth
NAIROBI: Representatives from New Zealand and Pakistan have united in the need for UN programs to support changes to farm practices in response to rapidly changing climate conditions and the risk of drought.
Robin Singh: The ocean's reality
Having lived most of my life in New Zealand and hung around the pristine beaches of the North Island, I've kept a false blanket on my imagination thinking that such pristineness was the reality for most of the world.
Piet Ubels and Robin Singh: Updates from UNEA
Robin Singh and Piet Ubels reflect on the United Nations Environment Assembly - right after it finishes.
Sasha Rasmussen: Women as Rivals, Women as Allies
Sisters should be building sisters up, not shutting sisters down. In the words of Toyin Ojora Saraki: ‘Why can’t I be my sister’s keeper?'
Piet Ubels: “You know that one time, when I almost spoke on behalf of the future…?”
Now I will admit, the thought of stepping up to speak to the UN assembly as the sole representative of over half the world’s population did terrify me a little.
Eleanor Parkes: Will the Real Environmental Heroes Please Stand Up
Two people are killed every week defending the environment. This number is rising. Today at the United Nations Environment Assembly we urged world leaders to take immediate action to reverse this devastating trend. To open the discussion we asked them to stand and acknowledge the ultimate sacrifice of these environmental defenders.