A student from Maluafou College was among three students from the Pacific region who produced climate change media pieces about the issue in the Pacific.
During the process, Lousia Tovio, of Taufusi, gained insightful information on climate change issues.
And that’s not all. The young student also learned from New Caledonia when she attended the Pacific Media Summit that took place from 10 to 14 February. The other two students were Mariah Nasak from Vanuatu and Shivneel Narayan from Fiji.
The trio were part of the A2C2 team in Noumea to raise the profile of the issues and impacts of climate change with the Pacific media.
“I was invited by Adam Bumpus and Joelle Auffray from Apidae to represent my A2C2 group in New Caledonia at the Pacific Media Summit,” Ms. Tovio writes.
“My presentation was held at the SPC Conference Centre at 11:45pm on the 12th of February. I saw lots of different people from different countries who work in the media. I was so super nervous when I saw them.
“To get ready for my presentation, I did a warm up with my group, led by Adam. We did things like feeling the floor and working on my vocals so I could speak louder and people would hear me.
“I even took off my shoes for the presentation so I could feel the floor! The warm up really made me feel more comfortable.
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“Then, I did my presentation clearly in front of the audience. I acted like I’m the boss and they are the employees. By doing it like this, I felt more confortable like everyone would listen to me and I am in charge!”
The group also produced a photo-story on their observations and learning of climate change issues in New Caledonia to be presented to their schools when they returned.
Taking a tour to the Riviere Bleue the students were inspired by the botanical education.
However, they also realised New Caledonia, an island in the Pacific just like theirs, is living in two worlds.
In one, it is most likely to be affected by climate change in the near future; and in the other, it is one of the amateurs contributing to carbon emissions in the world.
Mariah Nasak says, “I think that New Caledonia is taking the easy way out, in terms of their economy. To keep their economy alive, it means pollution.”
The A2C2 Project is a PACMAS initiative implemented by Apidae Development Innovations bringing together youth from across the Pacific to produce innovative and targeted media content on climate change to increase awareness about the impacts and solutions of climate change, and to encourage positive action among key decision makers.
Ms. Tovi’o is a year 12 student from Maluafou.
She was mentored along with other high school students in the production of innovative and targeted media content on climate change awareness to encourage positive influence on policy around climate change nationally and regionally.
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