Page 17 - GYCP Projects Booklet

During the COP 20 held in 2014, Colombia was identified, due to its geographical location, as

one of the most vulnerable countries in the planet to the impact and effects of climate

change. The State, and most importantly, the citizens have the responsibility to take action

in terms of the possible measures to adapt and mitigate climate change. The country's

youth possess great energy, passion, and creativity. All of these characteristics can be

focused on the development of a new environmental culture that may positively impact

the upcoming times.

ESS

Environmental Social Service

A group of students from Gimnasio To present the law is necessary

Los Caobos is developing a draft collet 5% of the citizens

law to be presented to the registered in the electoral

Colombian Congress, so the last census on signatures to pass

two years of all medium-level and the first filter. Example of ESS:

higher-level education programs at

both public and private institutions Having an Environmental Social Recovery of fauna and

may work on a social service Service may open mechanism flora in an ecosystem

initiative. Said initiative would have of incentives for the students

a duration of 80 hours aimed who made more hours than Environmental Education

towards ecological development, are required.

according to the needs of Treatment of organic and

mitigation and adaptation to We all are compromised with inorganic wastes

climate change. Students would climate change and we must

have to participate directly on take action on the matter. The

projects designed to develop mandatory Environmental

solutions for specific green issues. Social Work develops actions

Additionally, they may be given the on mitigating the climate

chance to participate in local change and students should

activities of ecologic and see the impact that are

environmental education. generating and its importance.