SAN ANTONIO – Mayor Ron Nirenberg’s Youth Engagement Council for Climate Initiatives is welcoming applicants for its fourth cohort for the 2023-2024 college 12 months.
The early life council began in 2020, in a while after the town followed its first Climate Action and Adaption Plan in October 2019.
The venture of the early life council is to, amongst different issues, contain highschool scholars in neighborhood problems round local weather trade and environmental coverage and justice.
“As members of the Youth Engagement Council, students will learn about sustainability, civic procedures, environmental justice, and how these topics relate to improving their community’s health and well-being,” Nirenberg mentioned.
The council will start its paintings within the fall and proceed throughout the 2023-2024 college 12 months.
“Members will work with frontline community organizations to tackle real-world challenges, inform local policy, and engage San Antonians in local sustainability initiatives,” Nirenberg mentioned
Since its inception, the sustainability training nonprofit, EcoRise, has led the early life council. The mayor’s workplace and the Office of Sustainability have additionally added their beef up.
Previous cohorts have labored on tasks together with putting in computer virus inns to extend biodiversity, creating methods for the town to support public transportation and EV adoption and advocating for native coverage adjustments.
“San Antonio youth are powerful allies in bringing equitable and sustainable changes to their communities,” mentioned Brittany Jayroe, EcoRise’s senior director of Youth Programs.
There are English and Spanish programs for this 12 months’s council. Students must whole their programs via Sept. 11.
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