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This paper further develops the April 2011 white paper “Forest Community Schools: A Child-Centered Strategy for Leakage Mitigation in REDD+”1, prepared by Earth Child Institute, Planet2025 Network and partners to inform the Carbon War Room’s Biodiversity Report.

Download the pdf version here.

Cassandra Lin is a young environmental leader, who started her own program to turn gas into biofuel that provides heating for local families in her area. Check out her interview with ECI.

The Brookings Institution’s World Environment Day article, entitled “School-Based Reforestation to Combat Climate Change” features ECI’s work. You can read the full version on their website.

We’re growing! Meet the newest members of the ECI team:

ECI signs letter of agreement with UNICEF for development of the Climate Change Environmental Education Resource Pack for Child Friendly Schools, a rights-based, intersectoral policy and advocacy tool.

United Nations Department of Public Information (UN DPI) has accredited the EarthChild Institute as an NGO associate.

ECI partners with the U.S. Environmenal Protection Agency (USEPA) in their Climate Change and Children’s Health Campaign.

ECI has joined Planet2025, Greener Ethiopia and Ethiopian Airlines as a founding partner of ‘Power of One Schools‘ in cooperation with the Solar Electric Light Fund and Global Challenge Award.