Calling all Girl Guides!

Friends of the Earth have teamed up with Girlguiding UK to celebrate 100 years of guiding. We've created a special project to help girls and young women Change the World.

Our Be a Climate Champion challenge aims to give young members a voice on environmental issues.

We're asking Brownies, Guides and Senior Section members to trial a selection of green solutions and tell us what they find out:

o Do they work?
o Are they easy?
o Are they impossible?
o What problems did they come up against?

We want to know what's stopping people from being green so that we can put pressure on the Government to help people to live greener lives.

There's a great competition too. We're offering 4 girls the opportunity to join us at the 2009 Climate Convention in Denmark. Find out more.

Actress Emma Thompson has urged Guides and Brownies to take part:

‘Becoming a Climate Champion with Friends of the Earth will enable girls and young women to take effective action on climate change - the biggest challenge the planet faces. This is a fantastic opportunity for Girlguiding UK members all around the country to learn more about their carbon footprint, cut emissions and help make a real difference to their own lives and everyone else's lives now and in the future.'

This is a unique opportunity for girls and young women to take direct action on climate change and help to influence change across the UK.

‘Even young people are trying to do something about climate change - little things make a big difference. But if we could get the Government to do more, it would help us make an even bigger difference.'
Martha Bradbury, 10

The challenge closes on 1 May 2009.

Find out more about the project and how to register >

All photos (c) Friends of the Earth 2009

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