OUR GREEN PRIDE
Educationalist Ella Bella Constantinides is leaving her Green Legacy behind once again. This time at the International United Nations Youth Conference in Korea.

Ella has been invited to partake in the United Nations TUNZA Youth Conference currently taking place. Ella will be addressing the International delegation in the extensive environmental educational work done under the Miss Earth South Africa in association with Consol. Her role in these educational programmes nation wide have been a key element to the educational component of the work done by the organization. The United Nations Environmental Programme,  has adopted a programme for children and youth named “Tunza”, which in the Kiswahili language of Eastern Africa means to treat with care and affection. The Tunza Programme is a six-year strategy aimed at promoting the participation of children and youth in environmental activities. It consolidates all UNEP’s activities for young people into a unified global programme implemented through the Children and Youth Unit of UNEP’s Division of Communications and Public Information.
The Tunza strategy focuses on four thematic areas: awareness creation and information exchange, capacity-building, and youth participation in decision-making. All Tunza activities have an emphasis on the involvement and participation of girls and young women and concerted efforts are made to mainstream gender issues and concerns into the Tunza programme. Her involvement has seen her tackle issue of Energy efficiency, recycling, working with the penguins at SANCCOB, sustainability, food security to name but a few. Ella is certainly leaving her mark and flying the South African flag with Green Pride.