Grenada

Today Kendon James (on extreme right), President of CYEN in Grenada, participated in an in-person stakeholder consultation on the draft Policy on the development of the National Agricultural Land Bank. This initiative seeks to reduce the number of abandoned agricultural lands, increase agriculture outputs and address targets on SDG 2 & 15 through public-private partnerships.

The Youth for Climate Resilience and the Environment Symposium (YCRES) was conceptualized by the group in 2018 as a national youth consultative process leading up to the Twenty-Fourth United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP24). This annual session seeks to edify youth on state climate and environment policies and international diplomacy context while exploring entry points for youth engagement on local, regional, and international levels.

The Summer Essay Writing (SEW) Competition seeks to increase the education and awareness of, as well as to promote youth involvement in, issues related to the environment and sustainable development. This initiative gives young persons an opportunity to showcase their creative writing skills and passion for saving our planet, and how they can show leadership in Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique.

The Summer Essay Writing (SEW) Competition seeks to increase the education and awareness of, as well as to promote youth involvement in, issues related to the environment and sustainable development. This initiative gives young persons an opportunity to showcase their creative writing skills and passion for saving our planet, and how they can show leadership in Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique.

The Earth Hour event is an annual worldwide environmental drive that began in Sydney Australia in 2007. Since then, the event has grown over the years to engage more than 162 countries and territories worldwide, including Grenada. CYEN Grenada has been the official organizer for Earth Hour since 2012 and we have capitalized on this initiative to educate the public on environmental issues and to raise awareness on how our activities affect it.