On the 11th of May the Abertal Youth Centre, which is the founding member of the Don Bosco Youth Centre Federation in Galicia, has organized a meeting of children’s leisure groups. The meeting took place in Chandebrito where they could contribute with the reforestation after the wave of fires and Read more…
What could be a better example of a Green Heartprint than the Don Bosco statue made out of old scrap and iron made by the Tyrolean artist Isidor Winkler. He has created a new, life-size statue for the 200th birthday of the youth saint Don Bosco, made of old pieces Read more…
Don Bosco Technical School, Gabutu students were live on air on the first Chat Room Session at NBC, Port Moresby on 13th March 2019. A very relevant topic, ‘Climate Change and its effect on our lives’, was discussed by 5 students of year 11 and ITC. They shared their views Read more…
As a Salesian school, Savio College instils in the students Don Bosco’s maxim to be good Christians and honest citizens. Following Pope Francis’ teachings in Laudato Si’, on the way Catholics need to be a positive change to save earth’s environment, the school started a three year project focused on Read more…
“I am also the planet!”250 young people from the Salesian Ecological Groups of the Dominican Republic walked a total of 14 kilometers on the ecological route. Every year the Salesian Ecological Groups of the Dominican Republic hold an event called “RUTA Ecológica”. This year’s theme has been “I am also Read more…
The First Tree Of 3999 Trees and A Recognition in The Advanced Level for Ciudad Don Bosco in Medellin Colombia. A good example of how a green campus can be implemented is Ciudad Don Bosco in Medellín, Colombia. By 2018 they have received recognition at the advanced level for contributing Read more…
Trees have fascinated human beings since time immemorial. They have provided us with food, shelter, clothing and countless other resources that have sustained humans since the dawn of human evolution. It is therefore, not surprising that trees are revered in many religions all across the world. Humans look at trees Read more…
The world’s leaders have promised to end poverty, reduce inequalities, & tackle climate change by 2030 as part of their agenda & the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One of the Priority Areas that the Don Bosco Green Alliance is focussing on is SDG 7 – Affordable & Clean energy. Let Read more…
The 1.5°C is a moral threshold. It would be the last chance to save many low-lying countries and the vulnerable populations living in coastal regions Last August, I was in Kerala, my home state in India. It is a long and narrow stretch of land tucked between the Western Ghats Read more…
Desertification is a process by which natural or human causes reduce the biological productivity of drylands (arid and semiarid lands). The productivity of land decreases mainly because of causes such as climate change, deforestation, over-grazing, poverty, political instability, unsustainable irrigation practises, etc. Desertification is a major problem that we are Read more…