Greetings colleagues, I am pleased to share this piece of interview from a Switzerland based blogger on my involvement with environment sustainability and Stockholm +50 using sports like American Football ?.

https://swissfootballtelex.mozello.ch/blog/params/post/4008005/400---da…

So honored and glad to share this space with everyone of you here

As a youth am honoured to be part of this, it’s a great opportunity to equip me with more knowledge necessary to apply even in future because the youths are future global leaders

hi. it's honour to join this wonderful community

The deadline for accredited NGOs to register for the preparatory meeting has just been extended to 11 March (5:00pm ET)!

All relevant stakeholders that have an interest in the field of the environment, including civil society representatives, non-governmental organizations, indigenous peoples’ organizations, academic institutions, the scientific community, the private sector and philanthropic organizations and are either:

- the non-governmental organizations and major groups as identified in Agenda 21[1];
- OR non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council;
- OR a UNEP-accredited entity;
- OR received special accreditation for Stockholm+50 and its preparatory meeting, pursuant to General Assembly decision 76/554

can request registration to participate as observers at Stockholm+50 and its preparatory meeting.

Why is engaging with indigenous youth essential for environmental protection? Bhavna Choudhury shares her thought piece on how we can create a policy environment that takes indigenous peoples’ voices into account.

Africa Unite*...

Africa is sometimes nicknamed the "Mother Continent" due to its being the oldest inhabited continent on Earth. Humans and human ancestors have lived in Africa for more than 5 million years (National Geographic, 2020).

Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. John Henrik Clarke

We are all children of Africa, and none of us is better or more important than the other. This is what Africa could say to the world: it could remind it what it is to be human. Alexander Mccall Smith

Unite we must. Without necessarily sacrificing our sovereignty, we can forge a political union based on defense, foreign affairs and diplomacy, and a common citizenship, an African currency, a monetary zone and a central bank. We must unite in order to achieve the full liberation of our continent.....Africa is one continent, one people and one nation. Kwame Nkrumah

Africa unite
'Cause we're moving right out of Babylon
And we're going to our Father's land

How good and how pleasant it would be
Before God and man, yeah
To see the unification of all Africans, yeah
As it's been said already
Let it be done, yeah
We are the children of the Rastaman
We are the children of the Iyaman

So, Africa unite
'Cause the children wanna come home, yeah
Africa unite
'Cause we're moving right out of Babylon
And we're grooving to our Father's land
How good and how pleasant it would be
Before God and man...

Unite for the benefit of your people!
Unite for it's later than you think!
Unite for the benefit of my children!...Bob Marley

If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African Proverb

African Unity Day, also known as Africa Day (formerly African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day) is the annual commemoration and celebration of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). On May 25th 1963, leaders from 30 of then 32 independent African states signed a founding charter and the OAU was created to help bring about change, freedom and independence to many African countries. In 1991, the OAU established the African Economic Community, and in 2002 they established their successor, the African Union (AU). An expressed goal of AU is promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states (AU, 2022).
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*Words and music to Africa Unite by Bob Marley & the Wailers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiOKQa8vP70
https://au.int/
https://africa.panda.org/
https://nasagrace.unl.edu/
https://www.afro.who.int/
https://www.unicef.org/wca/
https://www.unicef.org/esa/
http://www.fao.org/3/y1997e/y1997e0h.htm
https://www.africa.upenn.edu/health/ngos_org.htm
http://ngos.org/ngos-in-africa/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/africa/
https://www.usaid.gov/where-we-work/africa
https://www.fas.usda.gov/regions/africa-and-middle-east
http://www.fao.org/africa/en/
https://www.usgs.gov/about/organization/science-support/international-p…
https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/Library/Maps/Africa_Atlas/Index.html
https://www.grida.no/resources/5176
https://www.africaschildrensfund.org/
https://www.worldbank.org/en/results/2013/03/28/protecting-west-african…
https://www.nasa.gov/subject/9534/africa/
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/international/
https://whc.unesco.org/en/africa/
https://research.un.org/en/africaresources
https://en.unesco.org/general-history-africa
https://www.africanparks.org/national-geographic-article-2019
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/africa-physical-geograp…
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nj-water/science/africa-groundwater-explor…
https://www.un.org/africarenewal/news

Let us celebrate International Women’s Day 2022: “Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow”...

International Women's Day (IWD) is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 to commemorate the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women. It is also a celebration and focal point in the women's rights movement bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women (UN Women, 2022).

The theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March, 2022 (IWD 2022) is, “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, recognizing the contribution of women and girls around the world, who are leading the charge on climate change adaptation, mitigation, and response, to build a more sustainable future for all (UN Women, 2022).

Advancing gender equality in the context of the climate crisis and disaster risk reduction is one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century. The issues of climate change and sustainability have had and will continue to have, severe and lasting impacts on our environment, economic and social development (UN Women, 2022).

Women are increasingly being recognized as more vulnerable to climate change impacts than men, as they constitute the majority of the world’s poor and are more dependent on the natural resources which climate change threatens the most. At the same time, women and girls are effective and powerful leaders and change-makers for climate adaptation and mitigation. They are involved in sustainability initiatives around the world, and their participation and leadership results in more effective climate action. Without gender equality today, a sustainable future, and an equal future, remains beyond our reach (UN Women, 2022).

The official UN Observance of International Women’s Day under this year's theme will be marked by a virtual event on Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 10–11.30 a.m. EST. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, the President of the General Assembly, the Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women, the Executive Director of UN Women, as well as gender equality and climate change activists and celebrities will be participating. The event will be followed by a panel discussion and musical performances.

Let us on this day and forevermore celebrate women together as one!
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https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/announcement/2021/12/internatio…
https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day
https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/events/2022/02/international…
https://sdg.iisd.org/events/international-womens-day-2022/
https://www.internationalwomensday.com/