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End Climate War - with Climate Schools

07 Apr 2016 at 18:28hrs | Views
Africa is known worldwide of conferencing, appointing ministers in already blotted cabinets and lack the principle in implementation of programs and issues at a stake.

Africa is popular of political bickering , rampant corruption and looting and usually forgets the plight of the people and the lives of the generations to come. Africa has lost billions in acquiring bombing artillery in warless countries while people wallow in epidemics, hunger and untold poverty.

It is almost 3 decades after the whole of the African region acquire self independence and the systems have failed to realise the plight of the masses , the protection of the flora and fauna , implementations of solutions and answers to the effects of climate change and devastating weather patterns.

African s have made it a culture to rise to the solving occasion when trapped in death and quandary by issues or problems that have been given answers long-time ago. A lot has been said about climate change , environmental protection but we are still under the spell of the results of climate change and the diminishing of the flora and fauna contributing to the fall of the tourism sector which is a major contributor to the National GDP and the biggest employer in Southern Africa and Zimbabwe mostly the young generation.

Water shortages and poor agricultural seasons have left villages and farming communities in quandary and hunger despite the fact that Africa can adopt cheap solutions for water harvesting and harnessing and as well understand the need to adapt to changing weather patterns, hence the need for climate education in Africa both rural and urban communities. Climate have a lot of unending challenges and effects that leave nations to bear the brunt of hard and extreme poor lives. Other problems include destruction of infrastructure like bridges , roads and buildings that reversing national development and disrupting commerce.

Death by heat waves and widespread diseases is another bigger challenge. We never thought as a continent that Climate change might to serious change in its patterns and effects of desertification. A lot of conferences had been held at global, international, interregional, national levels, consultations have been done. A lot of efforts have been exacted but what is important is the introduction of climate education. Climate education as technical and theoretical learning subject with proper learning tools and sound syllabi. Climate education has to be introduced from primary education to the highest level of learning in all African Countries.

Every country must think of having Climate schools, colleges and universities as well Research Institutes. It is not enough to have ministries and agencies ,Civic groups if people are not given both the basic and technical knowledge and education from one generation to another.

Conferences, summer Schools, seminars and Campaigns are good but are not what people need to equipped with. People require a culture of education, climate civilization through introduction of climate curricula and syllabi in schools, I say climate schools. It takes this generation of Africa leadership, climate change advocates, environmentalists, weather academics, writers and others to begin a journey and a dream that will serve the world from century to another. With this wild dream it will be a big legacy by this generation to start climate schools in both rural , farming and urban communities.

We need to be a civilized Africa , We can't be an Africa of Ebola , an Africa of HIV/AIDS , an Africa of Hunger and Africa suffering from the effects of Climate Change Africa Climate Schools to end Climate war please!



Source - Mbizo Chirasha
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