Nico's Natural World
UN Child Ambassador for the SDGs
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- 1,000km Challenge for our Global Youth Council
- Futures 2025: Youth Stories on Climate and Sustainability
- VoFG Hosts Roundtable on International Day of Education
- Young Voices Rising for Biodiversity and Climate Action: CBD COP16
- New article on protecting our fenlands and showcasing new artwork—take a look!
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Category: SDGs
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Report II We had an excellent last 2 days of the debates and the conference! During the Secondary Debates day, we had field trips. As it was foggy, I went to the Royal BC Museum with the debaters from Australia, Serbia and the Philippines where there was an amazing exhibit on indigenous languages, and a…
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Report I We arrived safely in Victoria BC, after a very, very long flight on Sunday. The TSL International Schools Debates and Children’s Conference on Sustainability started really well. We had some inspiring speeches at Government House Bandshell Lawn outside in the sun. The Leader of Canada’s Green Party Elizabeth May told us that we…
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#FridaysforFuture “Even the smallest child can make a BIG difference!” Nico (10 years-old) Hello! and thank you for reading my blog. If you are not familiar with the Youth Strike 4 Climate or my blog please read this and check my other posts. I’m Nico Roman, but everybody calls me Nico. I’m in year 5…
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Thousands of children across the Anglia region join school strike for climate – by ITV News Schoolchildren across the Anglia region have joined others across the world in leaving classes to protest against climate change. Schoolchildren in Cambridge have set up an eco-council to work together to learn about, and find solutions to, the climate…
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First UK school eco-council set up in Cambridge by Cambridge Independent I’ve co-chaired a meeting for the first-ever schools eco-council!! this is our (children) response to the threat of climate change on future generations. The Cambridge School Eco-Council held its inaugural meeting in the chapel at Michaelhouse Cafe on Saturday (March 9). The establishment of…
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In September 2018, I was invited to give a presentation on my role as UN Child Ambassador for the SDGs, in Honolulu, Hawaii. I was the only child there, but I think it went quite good.
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The Seychelles hosted the TSL 2018 International Schools Debates with more than 90 international delegates (students and teachers) from all over the world. The competition theme was Oceans (SDG #14), and the debates were hosted by the Seychelles government on Mahe Island in July 2018. We (students) were welcomed by the Seychelles’ ministers of education,…
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TSL Essay By Nico Roman, 9 A turquoise sea-turtle hatches beside her siblings in their golden sandy nest. She blinks her jewel eyes. She is just a baby – small, vulnerable and endangered. She has only one chance in 2,500 to survive, a symbol for all life below water if we cannot change our…
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