{"id":2171317,"date":"2026-09-30T09:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2171317"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:36:10","slug":"young-minds-in-ipswich-develop-ideas-to-tackle-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2171317","title":{"rendered":"Young minds in Ipswich develop ideas to tackle climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Baveen and Shanice focused on ideas to combat light pollution at the hackathon<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A group of young people have developed ideas to tackle the effects of climate change as part of a free touring exhibition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On Tuesday 16 young people took part in a hackathon – a timed event where people work together to build creative solutions to problems – where they devised posters with ways to combat light pollution, wild fires, damage to oceans and poor water quality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The event was hosted by Seeds of Hope and Change, an organisation run by the Soka Gakkai International and the UN Earth Charter, at the Jerwood Dancehouse in Ipswich.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Maryanne, 16, took part in the project and said: “We just want people to be aware of what’s going on, especially with major issues such as ocean pollution.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Maryanne and Hannah discussed the challenge of pollution in seas and oceans<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Climate change is the long-term shift in the Earth’s average temperatures and weather conditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This year’s summer was the UK’s hottest on record, according to provisional data from the Met Office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Met Office said the heat experienced this summer was made about 130 times more likely by human-induced climate change. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Baveen, 17, said “We wanted to talk about the cities and the sky and how it affects people and also wildlife.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The poster her group produced included ideas for using low-intensity bulbs and motion sensors in street lights so that they were not continuously left on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Each group at the hackathon put their ideas on big posters<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The exhibition, which is free and runs until 4 October, includes 24 pop-up panels that share information and environmental case studies from around the world on the impact of climate change. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The hackathon for young people was run by ambassadors from the youth-led campaigning organisation #iWill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Alex Harrison, one of the #iWill ambassadors, said: “The main purpose is reminding young people that in the face of something really scary like climate change, there’s a lot that you can do personally to make a real change.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The exhibition of 24 pop-up panels share information and environmental case studies from around the world<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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