Recently in recycling Category
Over the last two weeks I have worked with an incredible charity, Go-Givers, who as part of the Citizenship Foundation run days and workshops for 8-12 year olds on topics ranging from knife crime and gang culture to child soldiers. My workshops were about social enterprise, recycling, and how business can do good - they were great fun as we dug through all the waste streams I work with and came up with lots of new ideas about how to use them.
By the age of 8 I was definitely already very green - I remember making a short film with two friends about acid rain when I was 11 that used Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" as a soundtrack (not sure if we paid royalties). We used a balloon to depict the earth, very dramatically letting the air out to show what we felt environmental degradation would mean for the earth. It was empowering to do, and although it was naive in retrospect, when it comes to the planet, our shared home, I am still prepared to be as direct now as I was then. Wasting water is wrong, illegal logging is wrong, and as I gleaned from my first workshop in Birmingham, isn't landfill just a little bit like hiding a mess under the bed? A little embarrassing for a supposedly 'developed' society'?
These kids are very aware of what is wrong in the world today - it embarrasses me that the environment is worse now then it was when I was their age. I know that I am still at the beginning of my career, this is the exciting part; the impression I got from the workshops is that social enterprise is going to be a crucial part of leaving a better legacy - I just can't stand the idea of retiring in defeat!
By the age of 8 I was definitely already very green - I remember making a short film with two friends about acid rain when I was 11 that used Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" as a soundtrack (not sure if we paid royalties). We used a balloon to depict the earth, very dramatically letting the air out to show what we felt environmental degradation would mean for the earth. It was empowering to do, and although it was naive in retrospect, when it comes to the planet, our shared home, I am still prepared to be as direct now as I was then. Wasting water is wrong, illegal logging is wrong, and as I gleaned from my first workshop in Birmingham, isn't landfill just a little bit like hiding a mess under the bed? A little embarrassing for a supposedly 'developed' society'?
These kids are very aware of what is wrong in the world today - it embarrasses me that the environment is worse now then it was when I was their age. I know that I am still at the beginning of my career, this is the exciting part; the impression I got from the workshops is that social enterprise is going to be a crucial part of leaving a better legacy - I just can't stand the idea of retiring in defeat!
