Kaycee backs campaign
for a greener Newham
17 February, 2010
Young Mayor Kaycee de Belen went along to Kingsford Community
School recently to promote recycling and energy-saving with the
Beckton Community Forum, where more than 600 people turned up for a
fun-filled, green-themed day out.
The family event was designed to help residents find
out how they can reduce their carbon footprint.
Local experts were on hand to answer questions about recycling,
reducing waste and using alternative energies.
It was also a chance for residents to meet their local Safer
Neighbourhood Team and get more road savvy with the Road Safety
Unit's computer bike simulator track.
There were lots of young people there sporting the
workshop-designed T-shirts, painted faces and hand made musical
instruments that they'd picked up on the day.
Kaycee said: "I really enjoy going to community events like this
so I can meet young people and find out more about what they'd like
to see happening in the borough. I think it's a really important
part of my role, because it's one of the ways I keep in touch with
what young people need and the issues that they care about.
"The environment is a big concern for lots of people my age - we
inherited climate change and it's consequences and there's nothing
we can do about that. But young people will play a vital role in
overcoming those challenges climate change has thrown at us.
"The young people I met in Beckton know what I'm talking about -
they know that the small individual actions, like using the orange
recycling bags, cycling or walking shorter distances and switching
to energy saving light bulbs, can collectively make a huge
difference."