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South Africa: For Sustainability, South African Youth Get Innovative
GE Africa, 11 August 2016
Sustainability may have started out as a nice-to-have, but it’s increasingly recognised as an imperative for both business and consumers. And for the next generation of… Read more »
GE Africa (Lagos)
Joburg Students Design Sustainable Solutions for Daily Challenges
Sustainability may have started out as a nice-to-have, but it's increasingly recognised as an imperative for both business and consumers. And for the next generation of leaders, sustainability will be even more important than it is now. Recently, GE and Junior Achievement South Africa hosted a one-day workshop which asked 80 high school students, from communities around Johannesburg, to design a solution that would help young people to lead more sustainable lives. Read more. More about GE in Africa in this BRIEFING.
A group of learners from Johannesburg participated in a Junior Achievement South Africa workshop recently. Image credit: Junior Achievement South Africa
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