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…
Metta Garden Project Colombo
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…
Dhanushka’s Plant Nursery Sri Lanka
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…
Sri Lankan Plant Nurseries during COVID
The work two Sri Lankan youth leaders – Newton and Gayani – have done to support native plant nurseries during the pandemic is a true inspiration!
2020 Jaffna on Pedal
Nava, an ECO-V 2018 Yathra trainee, started running a weekend cycling project to get young people involved in nature in the highly biodiverse Jaffna peninsula in Sri Lanka’s north. Nava’s…
JCJ Supports a Documentary on Climate Justice
CJ is encouraging supporters to help fund a documentary on climate justice in Bangladesh and West Bengal. Filmmakers Samantha Hunter and Sarah Dodamead will depict the effects of climate change…
2016/17 Youth Climate Adaptation Photo-voice Workshops
JCJ supported a ‘Climate Photo-Voice’ project. This used visual storytelling to document, share, and showcase grassroots responses to climate impacts across urban communities in Bangladesh, China and Australia. Photo-voice workshops…
Can you support BGREEN too?
Michael Chew is one of JCJ’s supporters who travels to Asia to study and work among poorer communities. When Michael got around to reviewing the extent of his trips, he realised…
JCJ successful Asia partnership
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…
2015 Sri Lanka 100% Renewables Trip
In September 2015, JCJ sent technical expert Stephen Bygrave, CEO of Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE), to Sri Lanka to engage with environmentalists, NGOs, government officials, industry leaders, and youth activists,…