The ICA Asia-Pacific Committee on Youth Cooperation (ICYC) Go Green campaign is now in its third year and builds on campaigns carried out in 2018 and 2019. In 2019, the campaign included youth from Africa. This year, Go Green 3.0 is being celebrated as World Goes Green, with the Youth Committees of ICA-Africa and ICA-Americas.
Due to the Covid-19 crisis, the network is encouraging participants to plant trees at home or their workplace. The Network will host an International webinar on International Youth Cooperatives for Climate Action on 7 July, 7pm Pakistan Standard Time. The webinar brings together youth speakers from Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, who will share their experiences and case studies to enhance awareness on climate action, and increase youth engagement with cooperatives and the SDGs. Ahsan Ali Thakur, who chairs the ICYC says, “the campaign is driven by a desire to show the contribution of cooperatives to meeting the SDGs. “The campaign is based on two values, self-help and solidarity,” he adds. Go Green 3.0 will run from 1-21 July, 2020 (Asia-Pacific, July 1-7; Africa, July Asia 8-14; Americas, July 15-21).
Cooperative Housing International is also partnering with the ICA Asia & Pacific Committee on Youth Cooperation on the Go Green Campaign. “This campaign connects youth with cooperative societies and how they can be a sustainable model for their community. We support this campaign to empower youth in this positive and concrete action!” said Julie LaPalme-Secretary-General, Cooperative Housing International.
Learn more about the campaign here.
The ICYC has launched a toolkit with instructions on how to use the Go Green Campaign 3.0 banner for social media purposes. For more information and to download the toolkit, please visit our website.
