ECO-V won the Green Community Commitment of the Year 2023 Award from the Green Building Council of Sri Lanka. Our sister organisation has been working towards environmental sustainability for 22 years, and we are thrilled they received this recognition. Like…
Category: Sri Lanka
JCJ provided support to our sister organisation ECO-V to set up and run another Metta Garden in one of the largest schools of Sri Lanka. Metta Gardens aim to remake the connection between nature and the younger generation who now…
Trained green leaders through Sri Lankan Yathras are always in action! This is Dhanushka who participated in many yathras conducted by ECO-V in Sri Lanka co-sponsored by JCJ. He now maintains his own plant nursery, which JCJ helped fund. He…
The work two Sri Lankan youth leaders – Newton and Gayani – have done to support native plant nurseries during the pandemic is a true inspiration!
Chapa led Vanni Yathra, the 2018 bicycle journey through the north of Sri Lanka. The final report has lots of great photos.
Stephen Bygrave’s visit to Sri Lanka in September was a great success. In his words, ” lots of goodwill, big hearts, open minds. Great relationships between NGOs. Government also open to input. Very few negative statements or feelings”. Stephen is CEO…
Join JCJ and BZE supporters over a drink to wish Stephen well on his trip 6pm Wednesday 2nd September Naked for Satan bar, 285 Brunswick St, Fitzroy Come to their top floor with views to the city What is…
Help us send a technical expert to Sri Lanka in September 2015 to link with environmentalists, experts, NGOs, government and industry leaders to empower them to bring about alternatives to coal. Our project aims to contribute to the wave of interest in…
In Sri Lanka, a long bicycle journey is being organised by United Nations Volunteers (UNV), starting in November. The group is inspired by the Kelani River and Paapedi Bike Journeys that JCJ supported. JCJ co-founder Kanchana is providing practical advice…