By Naomi Kabarungi
Until today, I always left such complex issues as Climate Change to ‘activists’. To me, they would be the guys that have a PHD in environment or global warming or whatever else climate is about.
The Converging World, represented by Shalin Jethi, delegate at the 
Commonwealth People’s Forum, conducted an interactive workshop ‘Your Climate-My Future’ at the Green Space in the People’s Space this afternoon. It was amazing to see people of all trades and professions gathered in what they called ‘clusters’ discussing what they each can do to tackle climate issues.
While such topics as climate have been left to what we call experts, it is a challenge for the experts to break it down for the rest of us, so that we can easier understand it. This is what The Converging World, with the help of the New Economics Foundation has done by making a fun-game called Climate Talks to tackle climate questions.
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Alice Namuli, a young advocate based in Kampala said what gives her the energy to tackle climate change:
“The desire to live a better life; and the need to preserve a safe environment on planet earth for the future generation. I plan on doing this by influencing people’s attitudes towards climate change.”
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Gertrude Ssekabira, a head teacher in a Kampala school also believes that the desire for a better life is the driving force.
“Why for instance should I pay for water when I can harvest it for free when it rains, while at the same time solving the problem of soil erosion?”
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Shalin challenged them thus: “If someone told you that in 10years time global warming will have gotten too bad you won’t be able to do anything about it, wouldn’t you start to act right away?”
Everybody nodded in the affirmative. They laid out plans of what they intend to do, and what they feel others should do to tackle the issues surrounding climate change.
So what can I/ we/ they do? Post your comments on climate change.
