Active is the magazine for National Trust volunteers. Each issue contains features and articles about our volunteers and what they get out of their diverse and substantial contributions to our work.
The magazine is issued three times a year and the taster article below gives a flavour of the current issue.
Turning the Tide
The You, Me & The Climate project brings together young people from around the country to find solutions to climate change at a community level. The young people, known as 'Climateers', recently spent the week in West Sussex honing their leadership skills and organising beach stunts to raise awareness of climate change.
In gloomy weather over the bank holiday weekend the young people created a giant ‘line in the sand’ which was decked out with miniature flags. Members of the public were then encouraged to write a pledge on a flag to reduce their carbon footprint. Accompanied by street theatre from young people in deckchairs and traditional seaside costumes, the event was a great opportunity for them to get their message across. Andre Campbell a Climateer from Hertfordshire said 'As well as collecting several hundred pledges, the beach stunts created a lot of buzz and were a really good opportunity to get people thinking about how they can do their bit to tackle climate change”
The week wrapped up with the young people making presentations on climate change to several community organisations in the local town of Arundel.
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