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Unesco Green Citizens
UNESCO Green Citizens - In Brief

Innovative local citizen projects are thriving with ever greater and more positive impacts.
Over the years, we have seen these benefits for ourselves through our support for scientific research in biodiversity, hydrology, and the ocean, as well as education for sustainable development, at UNESCO sites across the globe – whether biosphere reserves, geoparks or natural heritage sites.
Given the environmental emergency facing us, we need to join forces to fuel collective action, reinforce commitments and drive the desire for change.
With UNESCO Green Citizens, by bringing to light selected initiatives yearly, the Organisation’s teams want to recognize, and thus support, local, innovative, duplicable citizen projects with an informed impact on their community, to help them and inspire the dissemination of these new ideas elsewhere.
Companies, media, volunteers, everyone can now help them through the platform and remind that it is together that we will make the necessary changes and decision-makers of the need to act, quickly.
Change is a collective endeavour!
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Meet UNESCO GREEN Citizens projects 2020-2021

Proyecto Regional Andino

Peru and Bolivia are united by a strong cultural link and a large biodiversity. Unfortunately, they are affected by the same threats: climate change, pollution…

S.Oleum Project

Felipe de Olviveira Morbi is convinced that the macaúba is part of the solution. He believes that this Brazilian tree can help meet the demands…

Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative

The Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative is the first project of its kind in the United States, creating a regional network of community science/participatory science monitoring programs…

The Yawanawá Life Plan

The Yawanawá communities have established governance and a plan to protect their well-being in the Gregorio River indigenous reserve in the Brazilian Amazon.

TAGMA

TAGMA is building the first network of sustainable public schools in Latin America. The aim of this association? To train change agents in all sectors…

Reforzando el conocimiento ancestral

In Panama, around the Darién National Park, local populations are disconnected from the world. A project has been devised by citizens to give the indigenous…

Red Campus Sustentable

Cooperating to educate for sustainability is the principle of the Red Campus Sustentable network. A pioneering citizen initiative that enables higher education institutions to adapt…

Training Youth in production and processing of agroecological vegetables and fruits

Getting young people back into farming and ensuring the production of healthy food in Chile are two key issues for Maryanne Muller and her team.…

Razdelny Sbor

There is a lack of separate waste collection infrastructure in Russia for individuals. The Razdelny Sbor movement helps citizens to set up selective collection systems.

Phool – A Story Of Change

In India, the fragrance of sacred flowers has inspired Ankit Agarwal. This scientist avoids the pollution of the Ganges by floral waste discarded by temples…
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Proyecto Regional Andino
S.Oleum Project
Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative
The Yawanawá Life Plan
TAGMA
Reforzando el conocimiento ancestral
Red Campus Sustentable
Training Youth in production and processing of agroecological vegetables and fruits
Razdelny Sbor
Phool – A Story Of Change
Tethys – an early lead detection tool
Fuji Kindergarten
Eco-patrol in the Far North of Russia
Vash green schools project
Rise for Nature
Instituto Juruá
Raf Sur Seine
MicroTERRA
Green Turtle
Community-Level Practical Conservation Education
Greenlandia
Climate Cardinals
10 at 10 For The Planet
Lisbran, a living lab for research and education
eevie
Recicla LATAM
Urban Roof Farm Services
Little Ecologists
Sustainable vegetable mushroom growing for Sustainable livelihood improvement
Bare Learning: Sustainability School of the Future
Banco del estudiante Bartselana
Unplastify
Soil4Life
Bee the Buzz of the Reserve
Energieke Scholen (Energizing Schools)
Sustainable Product Design
Proyecto Tití
The future is green
Smartfin
Terre d’école
Sustainable High School
Classroom Africa
Université des Colibris (Hummingbird University)
Saathi
ToT Workshops on Education for Sustainable Development
Green Office Movement
Holau Vaka Taumako
Monavale Vlei Biodiversity Project
Waru Fire Program
Amelëm: Tree Nursery
Carbone Scol’ERE
WaterWise Ways
Conservation of Sea Turtles of Côte d’Ivoire
Nana sac plastique
Sustainable management of natural resources and climate change
WESSA Eco-Schools programme
Acción Sostenible
Nature Academy
Garden my school
Future Farmers of Africa
Green School Bali’s BioBus
SERES, cultivating youth leaders
Nuh Dutty Up Jamaica
The Kaydara Agroecology School Farm
Youth Association for Environmental Protection (AJPE)
Ocean Creature Feature
Tiny Desk Adventures
BioSave App
Alliance for the Sierra Gorda
Coral Vita: Restoring Our World’s Dying Reefs
Water for Wildlife
Sustainability Course: A Powerful Tool in University Curriculum
GreenKayak
Vigie-Nature (Nature Watch)
The Widou Thiengoly multi-purpose gardens
Planeta Océano: protecting the Giant Manta
Sustainable Cupuaçu in the Amazon
Pristine Seas Protection Project
Jubilación Segura: social empowerment in Peru
Schools’ Environment Programme
Wadi Degla Virtual Museum
CityTaps: Running water in urban areas
Securing Community Livelihood and Nutrition
Solidarity for Water on Nokoué Project (PCSEN)
School Garden Initiative
Ancestral Technologies and Climate Change
Trees4Tunisia
Eden in Iraq WasteWater Garden Project
Coral Gardeners
Saving the Great Yellow Bumblebee
Keep it Clean
Clean Everest
The Great Bubble Barrier
Amis des Bonobos du Congo / Lola ya Bonobo
Agrobiodiversity in the lower Rio Negro
Zikra for Popular Learning
Ocean Guardians
Energy Observer Solutions
NaDEET
The Dulan’s project : protect the habitat of orangutans in Borneo
Snowchange Näätämö River Sámi Co-Management Project
Safeguarding Local Communities’ Heritage
Aqualuz – Safe Drinking Water For All
Punas-Agua: Promoting citizen innovations in Peru
Kids Against Plastic
CloudFisher Fog Collector
African Youth for the Sustainable Development Goals Training (AYSDGT)
Bye Bye Plastic Bags

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Biodiversity

UNESCO’s commitment to biodiversity: connecting people and nature for an inspiring future

Biodiversity is the living fabric of our planet. It underpins human wellbeing in the present and in the future, and its rapid decline threatens nature and people alike.

Many solutions exist for stopping and reversing the decline in biodiversity. UNESCO’s diverse networks, programmes and partners have observed positive and inspiring seeds of change around the world.

Get inspired by UNESCO Green Citizens projects that act for conserving and transmitting biodiversity and get involved!

Learn more about UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme: https://en.unesco.org/mab

Education for Sustainable Development

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) empowers people with the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to change the way they think and act towards a sustainable future.

UNESCO aims to transform society by changing what, where and how we learn in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and meet the global challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss. It seeks to improve access to quality education on sustainable development at all levels and in all social contexts. ESD reorientates education so that individuals of all ages are encouraged to be responsible actors and change-makers, who resolve challenges collaboratively and contribute to creating a more sustainable world.

Learn more about UNESCO’s work on Education for Sustainable Development : https://en.unesco.org/themes/education-sustainable-development

Hydrology

Water is the lifeline! Freshwater must be preserved and equitably distributed.

How we manage water, bond of life and fragile resource will define our success in achieving sustainable development. Access to water is critical to poverty reduction and human health, impacts gender equality, education, and all human activities. Ecosystems and biodiversity depend on water, and globally three-quarters of it is devoted to food production.

Citizens all over the world are inventing ingenious solutions to respond to increasing water challenges and to push governments to act for sustainable water management!

Learn about UNESCO’s work on water: https://en.unesco.org/themes/water-security/hydrology

Local and Indigenous Knowledge

Local and indigenous knowledge systems are a precious source of wisdom which people tap into for creating solutions inspired by their interactions with nature, their culture, languages, and spirituality.

It refers to the understandings, skills and philosophies developed by societies with long histories of interaction with their natural surroundings. These unique ways of knowing are important facets of the world’s cultural diversity and provide a foundation for locally-appropriate sustainable development.

Discover UNESCO’s Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems programme (LINKS), which promotes local and indigenous knowledge and its inclusion in global environmental sciences and policy processes: https://en.unesco.org/links

Get inspired by UNESCO Green Citizens projects which valorize indigenous and local knowledge for sustainable development!

Ocean

The ocean we want for the future we need!  The Ocean decade 2021-2030 was proclaimed by the United Nations as the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Ten years during which all key players in ocean science will be strongly mobilized to advance understanding of the ocean and its links to the climate.

People all over the world already do their part by creating amazing innovative solutions. Discover them now!

Learn more about UNESCO’s work on Oceans: https://en.unesco.org/themes/one-planet-one-ocean

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