Project Save the Lagoon

Lagos, Nigeria

The Lagos Lagoon needs our help.

Fri 29 July

Location: University of Lagos*

Times: 9am – 5pm

Format: In-person & Virtual

Cost: FREE

Save the Lagoon Youth Summit will bring together young people from across Lagos, Nigeria to explore the importance of the Lagos Lagoon for our community and environment, and develop action plans for how we can play a role in saving it. Join us!

*The event will take place at the Procurement Center, opposite Faculty of Social Sciences

Summit Hosts

Post-Event Survey

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Before attending this event, my experience implementing campaigns for change includes:

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I have attended a Planeteer Alliance training

I have attended an Ocean Heroes or Tide Turners training

I have attended a training with another advocacy organization

This is my first step in learning how to develop and implement campaigns for change

I have participated on a team that was running a campaign for change

I have developed my own campaign for change but I didn’t make much progress

I have developed a campaign for change that is still in progress

I have developed my own campaign for change that was successful

I have developed several campaigns for change

Having participated in this Blue Climate Action Summit,

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I feel confident about developing and/ or contributing to a Blue Climate Action plan to address a problem affecting water in my community

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Schedule

All times in WAT (UTC+1)

Min Time Activity

05 09:00am Opening Session by Host

05 09:05am Welcome & Overview for Planeteer HQ

10 09:10am Ice Breaker Activity

10 09:20am Importance and History of the Lagos Lagoon

20 09:30am Local Keynote Speaker – Adesola

30 09:50am Problem Tree Activity

45 10:20am Panel Discussion – Seun, Adegeye, Jacob

20 11:05am Games – Kahoot Session

60 11:25am Skills and Strategies for Change Workshop

15 12:25pm Bio Break

90 12:40pm Breakout Session/Project

30 02:10pm Bio Break/ Lunch

30 02:40pm Project Presentations

10 03:10pm Social Media Take over with our Hashtags

05 03:20pm Closing Remarks

About Lagos Lagoon

Lagos lagoon is the largest of four lagoon systems off the Gulf of Guinea. Several rivers and waterways empty into it, and it plays an important role in the West African coastal ecosystem as well as the Nigerian economy. The lagoon is a major fishery, providing food and income for surrounding communities and beyond. Unfortunately, the lagoon receives enormous amounts of largely untreated industrial and other wastes. The Lagos Lagoon needs our help.

Partners

About Planeteer Alliance Blue Climate Action Summit Series

Oceans and freshwater lakes play a crucial role in slowing and reversing the effects of climate change. As part of our work in accelerating known climate solutions, the Planeteer Alliance is excited to be supporting the Blue Climate Action Summit Series to support Planeteers around the world in taking Blue Climate Action — work to protect and restore our oceans and lakes to help their communities and our planet.

The Blue Climate Action Summit Series is being built in collaboration with the NALYS organizers based on the principles they have identified for authentically engaging young people in communities around the world:

Uplifting young people’s voices and ideas
Empowering young people to connect with, protect, preserve and restore their water systems.
The importance of story and culture in creating connections
The importance of indigenous wisdom in restoring our waterways
The interconnectedness of problems facing our planet and the intersectional approach needed to solve them.

Planeteer Alliance is a program of the Captain Planet Foundation, a US-based NGO with the mission of engaging and empowering young people to be problem solvers for the planet.