Our Nova Pioneer students made their voices heard when they joined their peers from around the globe in a protest for climate change as part of The School Strike for Climate Change. This is in response to scientists around the world warning that we only have 25 years left to slow global warming down. 

Students take a stand

The School Strike for Climate is an international movement of school students who decided to take part in demonstrations to demand action to prevent further global warming and climate change. During our Friday morning assembly, our Nova Pioneer students were given the opportunity to stage their strike on campus. Students committed to participate in the The School Strike for Climate to show world leaders that they mean business and that climate change is a real crisis that deserves real solutions.

A memorandum for change

We invited Ward Councillor Isa Dos Santos to accept their Memorandum which included requests from local government to implement stricter penalties for those who negatively impact our environment. Our students would like to see a great improvement in our public transport system with hopes that it will result in fewer cars on the road as people will be willing to use public transportation. We also think that it should be compulsory for all schools to have school buses. Councillor Dos Santos agreed to take the list of requests made by the students and to hand it over to the Mayor of Joburg, Herman Mashaba.

Real change is affected by active citizens

Nova Pioneer fully supports our students participating in activities that will either ignite or help bring about change. We established Nova Pioneer because we believe education should prepare young people to create their future, not just work in it. Nova Pioneer is a launchpad where ambitious young Africans can begin to shape a better future for the continent and the world. The School Strike for Climate was an opportunity for Novaneers to become active citizens.