Proposal example
Youth Unemployment and the Environment: A Proposal
- Subject
- Environmental Studies, Business & Management
- Type
- Proposal
- Citation style
- APA 6
- Length
- 5 pages
About this sample
The paper argues that individuals can meaningfully address environmental degradation, poverty and youth unemployment in developing countries. It describes the author's community sustainability work, such as promoting solar energy to local businesses, and their involvement in a youth entrepreneurship training program. It then proposes that the World Bank improve grassroots oversight of funds, support young people's enterprise, and increase climate change research funding.
- Environmental degradation in developing countries
- Youth unemployment and entrepreneurship training
- Community solar energy and climate action
- World Bank funding oversight
- Individual responsibility for social change
How it opens
It can be estranging and tough to handle so much personal accountability in the overwhelming and confusing challenges that the world is facing. Increased environmental degradation is threatening the lives of people inhabiting developing countries while exacerbating the risk of political tension associated with the shortage of natural resources. 85% of the world’s population consists of young people living in developing countries, and they lack access to livelihood opportunities thereby turning to crime (International Pediatric Association, 2014). Moreover, humanitarian agencies are experiencing significant obstacles to their endeavors due to inaccessibility of regions and the threat of brutal militia. The World Bank has a potential role in resolving these issues by empowering change and financing different initiatives aimed at improving the situation. Still, in the face of all these matters, it is vital that one takes whatever actions possible. I have the firm belief that small efforts can escalate into big ones and there is no underestimating the power of an individual
One step I have taken in contributing to the betterment of the current scenario is actively participating in sustainability projects. College based or community based, these initiatives have not only helped me to acquire the knowledge required but to gain the necessary practical skills in combatting climate change. On the weekends and after classes, accompanied by a team of fellow change activists, I approach local enterprises and urge them to embrace green business. We do this by encouraging the owners of these ventures to utilize the power of clean energy by adopting solar energy and using light sources that do not consume much electricity. More than 25 business owners agreed with our explanation that using solar panels could significantly reduce their power bills and decided to embrace the initiative.
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