Go Green

Go Green aims to create awareness and public participation among youth in Tanzania about environmental management, renewable energies and green jobs. Through linking with partners and projects such as the Mama Misitu campaign focusing on forestry and illegal logging, Femina HIP is committed to developing its environmental agenda and bringing attention to areas ranging from climate change to recycling to solar energy.

In 2008, Femina welcomed reknown environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Wangari Maathai during a visit to Tanzania to help launch Mama Misitu. Her visit included a trip to Ruvu Forest to help advocate for responsible forest governance. She featured in both Fema TV Talk Show and Fema magazine as the cover story, providing a great boost to Femina HIP's Go Green initiative. Femina HIP has since continued to encourage its youth audience to set up environmental clubs and organise tree planting events and community clean-ups.

Femina HIP has also linked with Rework the World to create awareness about how entrepreneurship and environmentalism can be merged to grow a green economy. Read more about this initiative here.