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A letter from our guest editor
Including environmental passionate about pursuing a
education and sustainable living sustainable lifestyle? One way I
in the curriculum is important in believe would make a difference is
ensuring the next generation is allowing younger people to have
environmentally conscious. a voice in making a change. To
As a member of the Keep Wales do this, we need to include more
Tidy youth board, I work with 16- ‘green’ education in schools such
25 year olds to gain insight into the as sustainable eating, housing and
interpretation of the climate crisis transport.
from a younger perspective and how
the younger generation can be more
involved in creating change.
My education background is
in marine zoology (BSc) and
environmental practices in
agriculture (MScRes). During my
education, I researched extensively
about the effects of plastic pollution
on wildlife and the environment
including volunteering in Indonesia
to survey marine wildlife and plastic
litter.
My interest in helping the
environment, sustainability, and
littering, has stemmed from my
education about our world-leading
Welsh recycling system along with
supportive parental interest in
sustainability.
The question is, how do we
continue to engage and inspire
the younger generation to be
- Elin Thompson, Keep Wales Tidy
Youth Board Member
