Innovative actions for environment and climate
Have you ever asked yourself “What difference can one person make?” to stop climate change?
You might be surprised to learn how people around the world are finding innovative ways to make a difference.
Below are five ways World Vision is helping communities fight climate change.
- Fuel efficient cooking
Most of India’s community relies on wood stoves, contributing to 3.8 million excess deaths per year, deforestation and increasing climate impacts. It is an ongoing work to reduce the amount of materials used and harmful emissions by providing fuel efficient cooking stoves. To date, more than 1,200 families have been equipped with more fuel-efficient stoves, allowing them to use less wood and cook in a healthier environment.
- Water supply networks based on solar energy
In Afghanistan, drought is a major problem for communities, and an innovative solar-powered water supply network supported by World Vision is providing safe drinking water and crop irrigation for hundreds of families.
- Reforestation of underground forests and re-greening of depleted resources
In Kenya, climate change has led to crop losses and rivers drying up. With the introduction of the Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration project, a vast ‘underground forest’ with established roots has come back to life, growing a future that can sustain communities for generations to come.
- Equipping the next generation of climate change advocates
In Myanmar, World Vision works with “Climate Guardians”, a group of children who organize tree-planting events and remove trash from clogged canals, and educate community members about the effects of climate change and how to prevent it.
- Turning trash into resources
In 2018, the Philippines was named one of the top five countries that produce half of all the plastic that ends up in the oceans. Our team worked with Procter and Gamble to turn 3.2 million pieces of plastic bags and over 870,000 plastic bottles into over 1,000 plastic school chairs.