Green Quote: From little things, BIG things grow

thegreens (76)in #quote • 5 years ago

#GreenQuote of the Week

At @thegreens, we believe in the power of little things because from little things, big things grow.
Some of the little things that we done which have grown to big things include;

The creation of @ecodesigns with just one sewing machine and a few trainees. But yesterday, we graduated two trainees who have studied textile recycling and fashion designing at @ecodesigns for over 24 months.

Two years ago, @mr-greens put up this posters to recruit young girls to learn textile recycling and fashion designing at @ecodesigns for FREE

Yesterday, @mr-greens proclaimed these two ladies graduates from @ecodesigns
Nine years ago, we started to teach a few young people in schools and communities about environmental protection but today, we reach out to thousands of young people through the Earth Rangers program,arts, music, poetry, drama and diverse means

@mr-greens handing over a few trees and flowers to pupils 9 years ago

Nowadays, we are doing a lot with young people to protect the environment.

From Little things, big things grow. Acts of Random kindness can change the world.

#Call2Action

The Greens is a grassroots environmental organization that strives to educate, inspire and engage young people to take action to combat climate change and be at the forefront of biodiversity conservation and waste management.

Founded in 2010, @thegreens have been able to use arts, sports, media and ICT to educate and engage more than 10,000 young people in Green Poetry, Green Music, Green Arts, Green Radio, and Conservation Champions League.

Her tree planting programs have seen the organization create 04 Community Tree Nurseries, planted more than 300,000 trees and together with @kedjom-keku we have acquired 1000 hectares of afromontane forest in Kedjom-Keku Village of the Bamenda Highlands of the North West Region of Cameroon for the creation and conservation of Kedjom-Keku Community Forest

@thegreens is currently engaged in Waste Management (Waste Business Hub); Plastic Waste Upcycling, Tire Upcycling and Textile Waste Recycling via @ecodesigns.
Her #EndPlasticPollution Campaign has seen the organization sensitize more than 100,000 people about plastic pollution, upcycled more than 10,000 plastic bottles to create UPB Vertical Gardens, UPB Tree Nursery Pots, etc.

Her Textile Recycling Project (@ecodesigns) is currently training 13 young girls for free in textile recycling and fashion designing and has recycled more than 5000 pounds of textile waste.

Her Tire Upcycling Project is educating and engaging young people in schools and communities to #StopBurningTires and upcycle them to create Mushroom Tire Seats, Tire Flower Pots, etc

Support us to continue to educate, inspire and engage young people to take action to combat climate change and be at the forefront of biodiversity conservation and waste management.