Informing Myself and Others
A few years back I heard for the first time about climate change and its effects, at a local meeting at which our Regional Reference Person, Chioma Okonkwo, spoke passionately about it. That made me want to know more, so I went on to read and do some research. I started to get interested little by little.
In 2017, Janet Kabue [the Apprentice Commonality Reference Person for Care of the Environment] asked if I would join her weekly support group on care of the environment, and I accepted. It’s been almost four years now, and the more I discharge, the more I feel the need to play a role in changing the climate situation for the better.
What I lacked earlier was information and knowledge, so what I do now is inform people, because most people around here are ignorant of the situation. I meet a child, and I tell them about climate change. When an adult complains about how the weather is hotter than before, I relate it to climate change. Any opportunity I get, I just inform people. That is how I’ve been helping others get started, because information is key.
Bauchi City, Bauchi State, Nigeria
Reprinted from the RC e-mail discussion list for leaders in care of the environment
(Present Time 207, April 2022)