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 The UNEP Magazine for Youth
 for young people · by young people · about young people
Techno-geniusUnlocking thefutureLights outCountingcarbonLow-carbon chicMaking a stand
Kick the habit!
Every littlehelps
 
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TUNZA 
Vol 6 No 1
 
 
UNEP promotesenvironmentally sound practicesglobally and in its own activities. Thismagazine is printed on 100% recycled paper,using vegetable-based inks and other eco-friendly practices. Our distribution policy aimsto reduce UNEP’s carbon footprint.
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TUNZA 
Vol 6 No 1
TUNZA 
 
the UNEP magazinefor youth. To view currentand past issues of thispublication online,please visit www.unep.org
United Nations EnvironmentProgramme (UNEP)
PO Box 30552, Nairobi, KenyaTel (254 20) 7621 234Fax (254 20) 7623 927Telex 22068 UNEP KEE-mail uneppub@unep.orgwww.unep.orgISSN 1727-8902
Director of Publication
Naomi Poulton
Editor 
Geoffrey Lean
Special Contributor 
Wondwosen Asnake
Guest Editors
Karen Eng, Julie Kavanagh
Head, UNEP’s Children and Youth Unit
 Theodore Oben
Circulation Manager 
Manyahleshal Kebede
Design
Edward Cooper, Ecuador 
Production
Banson
 Youth Contributors
Carlos Bartesaghi Koc,Peru; Anne Bertucio, United States of America;Clare Easton, Australia; Richard Graves, UnitedStates of America; Claire Hastings, Canada;Rik Jacquemyn, Togo; Ruchi Jain, India; Jairus Josol, Philippines; Adam MacIsaac, Canada;Midori Kitahashi, Japan; Ben Mains, UnitedStates of America; Karthikeyan Natarajan,India; Sara Svensson, Sweden; Dmitri Tasmali,Turkey; Robert vanWaarden, Canada
Other Contributors
Catherine Candano,UNEP; Fred Pearce; Rosey Simonds and DavidWoollcombe, Peace Child InternationalPrinted in the United Kingdom
The contents of this magazine do not necessarilyreflect the views or policies of UNEP or the editors,nor are they an official record. The designationsemployed and the presentation do not imply theexpression of any opinion whatsoever on the partof UNEP concerning the legal status of any country,territory or city or its authority, or concerning thedelimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
CONTENTS
 Editorial 3Kicking the habit 4Unlocking the future 5Lights out 6Flicking the switch on standby 6TUNZA answers your questions 7Green cities 8How high is your carbon awareness? 9Good ideas 10Every little helps 10Counting carbon 12Titanic struggle 14Anatomy of a climate change campaign 15Low carbon chic 16Making a stand 18Techno-genius... 20Seven wonders 22
 UNEP and Bayer, the German-basedinternational enterprise involvedin health care, crop science andmaterials science, are working together to strengthen young people’senvironmental awareness and engagechildren and youth in environmentalissues worldwide.
The partnership agreement, renewedto run through 2010, lays down abasis for UNEP and Bayer to enlargetheir longstanding collaboration tobring successful initiatives to countriesaround the world and develop newyouth programmes. Projects include:TUNZA Magazine, the InternationalChildren’s Painting Competition onthe Environment, the Bayer YoungEnvironmental Envoy in Partnershipwith UNEP, the UNEP TunzaInternational Youth/Children’sConference, youth environmentalnetworks in Africa, Asia Pacific,Europe, Latin America, North Americaand West Asia, the Asia-Pacific Eco-Minds forum, and a photo competition,‘Ecology in Focus’, in Eastern Europe.
 
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Kick the CO2 habit
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Kick the CO2 habit
It’s
been quite a party. For the past couple of centuries – and particularly over the past 60years – we have been squandering the planet’svast treasury of ancient sunlight. Coal, oil and gas – fossilfuels made from life that flourished in the sun of prehistorictimes – took many millions of years to form, but we havebeen burning them up in one massive binge. They havebrought previously unimaginable prosperity and mobility toa minority of the Earth’s people, and changed the very face of the planet, covering it with settlements that shine with lightin the night sky. But now the party is ending.Concern is growing that production of oil, the mostimportant and versatile of the fossil fuels, may soon peak –turning what was for so long a cheap and abundant source of energy into an increasingly scarce and expensive one. If so,there will be widespread economic dislocation, for nothingelse is yet ready to take its place. Even more importantly, thecarbon dioxide released when the fossil fuels are burned iseven now irrevocably changing the climate. Global warmingis already occurring far faster than expected, and the world’sscientists have repeatedly warned that unless we rapidly startto kick the carbon habit, and reduce emissions, dangerousclimate change will be unavoidable.It is falling to our generation to undertake this task,the most fundamental transformation ever attempted in theway we use resources. By 2050 the world will have to beemitting no more than half as much carbon dioxide as now.And far greater cuts than that will have to be made by thosewho have benefited most from the fossil fuel bonanza – theindustrialized countries and the wealthy in developing ones– in order to leave room for the poor to develop. And we willneed to stop and reverse deforestation, the second biggestemitter of carbon dioxide.It’s a tall order, but it can be achieved, even usingtechnologies that we already have to hand. Clean, renewablesources of energy are rapidly developing, and can both tackleclimate change and lift the poor out of their poverty. Aboveall, there is tremendous scope for dramatically cutting thewaste of energy. Practical steps are spelled out in this issueof TUNZA, but – in the end – it begins with us. Let’s make astart this World Environment Day.
EDITORIAL
COOL:
Substituting your petrol-powered lawn-mower fora hand mower. A standard mower pollutes as much in onehour as a car driven anything from 200 to 500 kilometres,so switching to pushing power is a great way to trim youremissions, your waist and your grass all at once.
COOLER:
Organic power. If cutting the lawn makes you feelsheepish, take inspiration from the parks of Curitiba in Brazilor Fort Saskatchewan in Canada, and break new grazingground. In Canada, 50 sheep maintain 8 hectares of parkland– could some rabbits keep a small lawn in check?
COOL:
Sitting down and reading your favourite environmen-tal magazine, TUNZA, in a cosy café that serves coffee in aceramic mug.
COOLER:
Carrying your own mug to use for take-awaycoffees, cutting down on disposable paper or plastic cups.
COOLEST:
Enjoying a cuppa while seeing how our world willlook if the polar caps melt. The ‘Global Warming mug’ sportsa map of the world which diminishes as hot liquid is pouredinto it, simulating sea-level rise.
COOL:
Putting your computer to sleep rather than just turn-ing off the monitor.
COOLER:
Turning your computer all the way off when you’vefinished using it.
COOLEST:
Switching to a laptop, which uses about half theenergy of the equivalent desktop PC.
COOL:
Making your calls from a water-powered phone.Motorola have teamed up with Angstrom Power to manu-facture a mobile that runs on hydrogen fuel cell technology.
COOLER:
Reliving your childhood with Horizon Fuel Cell’sH2 racer – a mini model hydrogen car that runs on solar-generated hydrogen – while dreaming of driving off into thesunset when they develop the real thing.
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