Wild bee hotels, eco-friendly café guide, vertical greening and more innovative projects are
already being implemented by Climate Uturn program alumni in Armenia.
«Ayb» school hosted the Climate Uturn alumni project presentation. Throughout three months 13
«Ayb» students, supported by Krisp and 10Web companies, participated in the Climate Uturn
sustainability program. During the program teenagers studied actual ecological issues,
international positive cases, after that developed and implemented 7 sustainable projects with
Climate Uturn trainers resolving ecological issues in Armenia.
As a result, those projects suggest solutions on waste management, biodiversity, sustainable
production, awareness raising, agriculture and natural resource use.
The projects are sustainable restaurant guide, seven-layered greening, wild bee hotels, sustainable
design in Agarakadzor village, awareness raising video clip and posters on bicycle riding safety
rules, sustainable textile production and textile waste reuse.
The pilot project was launched in 2020 with «Ayb» students. During last 2 years youngsters from
Yerevan, Armavir, Tavush and Syunik regions as well as from Russian Moscow, Kolomna and
Nizhniy Novgorod cities took part in the program. The program now has more than 160 alumni.
Climate Uturn helps teenagers make their cities sustainable.
The program trainers join meetings from Cambridge, London, Moscow, Tel Aviv, and Yerevan.
Among them are University College London and Cambridge University alumni.
Climate Uturn implements its program with the support of The Future Armenian initiative. The
program director is Diana Badeian. Partners are «Ayb» school, GIZ Armenia environmental
program, HeadHunter (Russia), 10Web, Krisp and EasyPay (Armenia) technological companies.
«Ayb» High School is the first educational social initiative in Armenia. More than 75% of students
receive financial support. This means that any student who is admitted to «Ayb» High School is
not deprived of the opportunity to study here because of the family's solvency.
Climate Uturn
May 16, 2022 at 10:23