The Green-Clean Youth Response Program is a clarion call to Zambia’s youth, inviting them to take a proactive role in safeguarding the environment and promoting sustainability. It seeks to mobilize youth to tackle climate change through climate advocacy, waste management, environmental awareness campaigns, community clean-ups, and sustainability initiatives.
What the Program Does
The Green–Clean Youth Response mobilizes and trains youth to lead and participate in environmental initiatives such as climate awareness campaigns, proper waste management, community clean-ups, plastic pollution advocacy, tree planting, and sustainable living education that contribute to a greener, cleaner Zambia.
Focus Area
- Environmental protection and sustainability
- Waste management and pollution control
- Climate change awareness and adaptation
- Community sanitation and behavioral change
- Youth-led environmental advocacy
Target Audience
- Youth community leaders
- Women and market traders
- Local community members and environmental activists
- Local authorities, environmental activists, and schools or school clubs
Core Activities
Climate Education and Awareness: Workshops, campaigns, and school engagements that educate young people on climate change, sustainability, SDGs, and environmental protection.
Community Clean-Up Initiatives: Organized clean-up activities in public spaces, markets, communities, and schools to promote hygiene and reduce pollution.
Plastic Pollution Advocacy: Youth-led advocacy campaigns urging the government and society to adopt sustainable waste management and support the global plastics treaty.
Tree Planting and Environmental Restoration: Tree planting drives, green campaigns, and reforestation activities to protect biodiversity and promote long-term sustainability.
Green Entrepreneurship Support: Empowering youth to develop climate-smart innovations, recycling enterprises, waste-to-product initiatives, and eco-friendly businesses.
Youth Climate Leadership Training: Building capacity in climate governance, environmental policy, civic participation, and international climate advocacy platforms.
Curent Projects
Ubusaka Green Ghetto Arts Campaign
Ubusaka Green Ghetto Arts is a six-month pilot art-based behavior change campaign under the Green-Clean Youth Response Program. The project uses digital creativity to transform how people think and act about plastic pollution in Lusaka’s drainages. Through youth-led music, poetry, and short videos shared on social media, online radio, and streaming platforms, the campaign delivers powerful and relatable messages that inspire residents—especially youth, women, and market traders, to keep their surroundings clean.
Tree4Tree Project
Tree4Tree is a community-led environmental restoration initiative under the Green-Clean Youth Response, implemented by Earth Care Foundation in partnership with the Youth Projects Development Platform (YPDP) in Muchinga Province. The project responds to deforestation and land degradation by promoting responsible land use and sustainable tree planting at both farm and community levels. Guided by the principle “one tree for every tree cut,” Tree4Tree works with farmers, youth, and local communities to restore degraded land, strengthen climate resilience, and foster long-term environmental stewardship through strong community ownership and participation.
Why It Matters
The program seek to addresses pressing environmental concerns by fostering a generation of youth who are well-informed, engaged, and committed to environmental stewardship. It creates a ripple effect, inspiring youth to influence their families, communities, and society at large, amplifying the program’s impact.