Ecobreves – MEXICO: Environmental Training for Young People

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MEXICO CITY, Mar 7 2005 (IPS) - Dozens of youths from the Mexican capital will soon receive training to bring about environmental changes in their communities, all part of the Geo Youth project of the United Nations Environment Program. Young people ages 15 to 28 from the populous district of Iztapalapa, where more than 400,000 residents live without household potable water services, took part in workshops in February to promote leadership in environmental problem solving.

The program lasts until June, and aims to train 200 youths in Mexico, Luis Betanzos, regional head of the UNEP Geo Youth project, told Tierramérica.

From 1999 to date, under the Geo initiative, more than 3,600 young people in Latin American countries have participated in conducting environmental assessments.