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Words of Wisdom5 May 2010
Over 250 people, including students from schools across London, went to the LSE's Humans and Habitats conference in April.
People in the poorest countries are always hit first when natural disasters happen. That's why climate change is a huge concern for both environmental and human rights groups.
'Word up' competition
The conference asked the students to write a response to climate change and its solutions. Hundreds of stories, essays, poems and songs were sent in from young people aged 11-17.
The three winners were Shuhena Bhanu from Tower Hamlets Sixth Form College, Holly Everest from Tolworth Girls School and Mehdi Ghassemizadeh from Mill Hill County High School.
Shuhena, aged 17, describes a politician's battle with his green conscience:
It's a rocky uphill road, it's time for someone to take a lead.
Holly, aged 12, also uses poetry to tackles the harsh realities of climate change with solutions:
People are dying from loss of sources that we waste,
Cut down on your wastefulness or pay the price.
Mehdi, aged 14, chose a short story to show a boy's personal battle to make a change:
...he realises, that he alone can make no difference. He knows that we all have to work together.
© Balthazar Serreau/Friends of the Earth
