“Strike up a Tune” for climate change
Providence YUGA member Kirby Vasquez and her fellow musicians from Community Music Works are using their musical talents to help raise awareness about climate change.
April 1, 2008
As YUGA, Plan’s youth network, gets their Climate Change campaign underway, Providence YUGA member Kirby Vasquez and her fellow musicians from Community Music Works are using their musical talents to help raise awareness about this important issue.
Community Music Works, a non-profit organization that provides free after-school education and performance programs to teens in urban communities in Providence, encourages their students to use music for positive social change.
On April 11, at their annual Youth Salon event, YUGA members and musicians from Community Music Works will come together to perform skits, presentations, and original pieces.
Raising awareness about climate change
According to the Natural Resources Defense, the 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since 1990. Unless drastic changes are made, both in emissions legislation and in individual energy consumption, the earth’s temperature will keep rising at a dangerous rate. A hotter global climate can lead to dangerous weather such as wildfires, droughts and heat waves. Due to the hotter temperatures, the area of the Arctic's perennial polar ice cap is declining at the rate of nine percent per decade — leading to loss of habitat for many animals, as well as extreme flooding in many areas.
Alternative forms of energy and other forms of new technology exist that can help increase efficient energy consumption and lower harmful emissions from cars and power plants. The difficulty is in ensuring these resources are used. “Events like this concert help raise awareness about the serious consequences of climate change, and let people know how they can make a difference,” says YUGA coordinator, Stephanie Barney. “That’s what YUGA is all about — taking action and being agents of change in our world.”
How you can help
While admission to the concert is free, donations will be taken to support Plan’s water sanitation projects in Cameroon.
Inadequate water facilities in schools are a major problem throughout Africa, putting many children's rights to education and health at risk. Diarrhea, typhoid and other related diseases arise from the consumption of unsafe water and result in high child mortality, but also school absence and drop out.
Plan is implementing water and sanitation projects in villages throughout Cameroon. Money raised will help Plan Cameroon construct new wells with hand pumps, train community groups to properly maintain the wells, and educate community members about sanitation, hygiene and protecting the environment.
The concert will be held at the Providence City Arts for Youth, 891 Broad Street, Providence at 7 pm on April 11.
For more information, contact Stephanie Barney by email at Stephanie.Barney@planusa.org or by phone at 1-800-556-7918 (ext.1406)
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Community Music Works, a non-profit organization that provides free after-school education and performance programs to teens in urban communities in Providence, encourages their students to use music for positive social change.
On April 11, at their annual Youth Salon event, YUGA members and musicians from Community Music Works will come together to perform skits, presentations, and original pieces.
Raising awareness about climate change
According to the Natural Resources Defense, the 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since 1990. Unless drastic changes are made, both in emissions legislation and in individual energy consumption, the earth’s temperature will keep rising at a dangerous rate. A hotter global climate can lead to dangerous weather such as wildfires, droughts and heat waves. Due to the hotter temperatures, the area of the Arctic's perennial polar ice cap is declining at the rate of nine percent per decade — leading to loss of habitat for many animals, as well as extreme flooding in many areas.
Alternative forms of energy and other forms of new technology exist that can help increase efficient energy consumption and lower harmful emissions from cars and power plants. The difficulty is in ensuring these resources are used. “Events like this concert help raise awareness about the serious consequences of climate change, and let people know how they can make a difference,” says YUGA coordinator, Stephanie Barney. “That’s what YUGA is all about — taking action and being agents of change in our world.”
How you can help
While admission to the concert is free, donations will be taken to support Plan’s water sanitation projects in Cameroon.
Inadequate water facilities in schools are a major problem throughout Africa, putting many children's rights to education and health at risk. Diarrhea, typhoid and other related diseases arise from the consumption of unsafe water and result in high child mortality, but also school absence and drop out.
Plan is implementing water and sanitation projects in villages throughout Cameroon. Money raised will help Plan Cameroon construct new wells with hand pumps, train community groups to properly maintain the wells, and educate community members about sanitation, hygiene and protecting the environment.
The concert will be held at the Providence City Arts for Youth, 891 Broad Street, Providence at 7 pm on April 11.
For more information, contact Stephanie Barney by email at Stephanie.Barney@planusa.org or by phone at 1-800-556-7918 (ext.1406)
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