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Environmental Conservation For People And Planet With SOMARELANG TIKOLOGO By Lorraine Kinnear
“A clean environment is a human right like any other. It is therefore part of our responsibility towards others to ensure that the world we pass on is as healthy, if not healthier than we found it.”
- COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS
– Dalai Lama.
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uman existence is practically impossible in the absence of a healthy ecosystem. A healthy ecosystem is composed of living and non-living things and their interactions within a natural habitat. Environmental conservation has emerged as a critical issue that should be addressed to combat climate change and global warming. Sustainable development is the only way to save our planet from the dire consequences of industrialization and other harmful human activities.
ABOUT SOMARELANG TIKOLOGO Somarelang Tikologo (ST), Environment Watch Botswana, is a member-based environmental Non-Governmental-Organisation (NGO) located in Gaborone. The organisation's principal aim is to promote sustainable environmental protection by educating, demonstrating, and encouraging best practices in environmental planning, resource conservation, and waste management. Somarelang Tikologo, like many NGOs in Botswana, works with a small team of staff and volunteer members that undertake numerous environmental conservation activities throughout Botswana. The name Somarelang Tikologo means to "Protect the Planet." In 1991 three lecturers at the University of Botswana founded Somarelang Tikologo (ST) out of concern for Gaborone's unkempt environment. During the first year the partners conducted Somarelang Tikologo activities from their offices. It was not until 1994 that Somarelang Tikologo became an official society. In March 1995, the first Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held, at which the first Executive Committee was elected, and membership fees were set. Somarelang Tikologo currently has THE RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN | BUSINESS • COMMUNITY • IMPACT
