Ladies and Gentlemen 🥳,

Welcome on board! switch on your flight mode...just kidding😂, and stay glued to your screen as we take you on the journey of our EcoHeroes team from Best Intellectual Schools, Aba, Abia State

Did you know that the aviation industry accounts for 2.5% of global carbon emissions, with 99% of flights releasing harmful pollutants into the atmosphere? To combat this, the industry is transitioning to sustainable aviation fuels, improving fuel efficiency, and exploring electric options.

Inspired by this need for change, a group of innovative students took matters into their own hands. They constructed an airplane from trash, powered by solar energy! Here's how they did it:

- Step 1: Collected TV plastic waste
- Step 2: Built a furnace to cut out airplane parts
- Step 3: Cut rectangular shapes from plastics using heated rods
- Step 4: Assembled the plastic parts to build a 5-foot airplane (45kg)
- Step 5: Smoothened and painted the airplane
- Step 6: Attached chain wheels and battery

This project aligns with several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

- SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
- SDG 13: Climate Action

Join us on this journey as we share their inspiring story through this video! @theglobalgoals

Fasten your seatbelt and ride on this journey with us. Watch this video as we share the journey with you.

Let's show you 5 top innovations from our Ecoheroes Initiative because why not 😅🤪

Since we started the EcoHeroes Initiative, Green Growth Africa has reached more than 1300 students and teachers from secondary schools across 15 African countries.

So far, from these secondary school students whom we now call the EcoHeroes, we have seen more than 50 green innovations and solutions developed to solve practical environmental and socio-economic problems in their communities.

Today, we have selected the top 5 that we love and we think you'll love too.

Each of these 5 innovations aligns with different goals in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) @theglobalgoals such as

SDG 3 on Good health and wellbeing
SDG 6 on Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 7 on Affordable and clean energy
SDG 10 on Reduced Inequality
SDG 13 on Climate Action and SDG 17 on Partnership for the goals.

Which of this innovation fascinates you the most? Share with us in the comments

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