The Global Shapers Community Windhoek, in collaboration with the Climate Reality Project, has launched a Shaper Climate Project.

The project aims to implement sustainable climate projects such as recycling and building trees.

The project provides an opportunity for high school learners to come up with fresh ideas on renewable energy, waste reduction, and climate and gender justice.

Gerold Dreyer of the Curator Organisation of the Global Shapers Windhoek Hub says the project aims at capacitating learners on climate issues and how to protect the environment.

"We want to go a step further and involve young people, like high school students. We do not only want them to compete but also to create sustainable climate clubs in their schools, so we want them to compete in various areas. Our goal is to plant trees and be more innovative, and through this, we do not just want to strengthen their capacity but also to make sure that this project can live on long after they leave the schools."

The Senior Education Officer at the Ministry of Education, Abner Nangolo, says it is vital for learners to know how to protect the environment and bring positive change to the climate. 

Through the project, learners from different schools in Windhoek will have a competition where they are required to come up with sustainable climate projects.

The first-place winner from the competition will then walk away with N$15,000, N$10,000 for the second place winner, and the school coming in third will receive N$5,000.