Climate Compliance Conference 2013 Jul. 2014 | Page 12

The Climate Compliance Conference has been raising public awareness about the Climatic Changes and how to adapt and prepare for the effects of Global Warming in St. Vincent through TV, Radio, Newspapers and Social Media. The Climate Compliance Conference is spreading awareness about its existence and its actions through public speaking in local and international Universities, Colleges and other public fora. The conference has produced eight TV Programs in co-operation with TV Focus North Leeward, reaching 10 000 to 20 000 people in St. Vincent weekly. TV Programs featured are: “Let’s Talk Green”, “One Day on Earth”, “RVA Climate Compliant”, “Head out of sand, Coastal Clean Up”, “The Dangers of Plastic”, “Trash Pick Up March”, “Trash Pick Up competition North Leeward”, “Earth Day 2013” . Other TV Coverage: SVG TV News February 2012, NCN TV ‘Close Up’ - Guyana (x2), TV Hatoscsatorna, Zold Zona Enviroment Program, Hungary Seven Radio Programs and Interviews about the Climate Compliance Conference have been on the air on NBC Radio, We FM, Star Radio, Hitz FM and Nice Radio. Newspaper articles, reports and interviews have been published in Searchlight, The News and The Vincentian, which are the 3 main newspapers of St Vincent. Abroad articles have been published in Lithuania, Norway and Hungary. The conference is reaching out to thousands of people around the world using Social Media and has over 4000 likes on Facebook and 1500 visitors on the Richmondvale.org website monthly. The conference has talked to more than 2100 people abroad in Universities, Colleges and other locations in Norway, Venezuela, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, USA, Guyana, England and Colombia. The conference has taught in St. Vincent at the University of the West Indies Open campus, SVG Community College, The Drummers Movement, The SVG Rotary Club as well as Jehovas Witness Group, Church of Christ in Kingstown. The Climate Conference was present at St.Joseph's Convent Marriaqua High School – Career Day – reaching another 170 people in St. Vincent directly.