The Children's Earth Summit has finished its deliberations and today presented its declaration at the Mountain of Hope in Soweto.

"Rio was about talking. Joburg must be about walking," delegates said, highlighting pollution, education, health, basic rights and poverty as the most important issues.

As well as demanding action from governments, delegates committed themselves to creating change in their own lives, by becoming role models and mentors in their own communities.

The Mountain of Hope is a project run by Sowetan social entrepreneur, Mandla Mentoor. "It is a vision initiated by pioneers in Soweto operating from a backyard and creating livelihoods by turning waste into creative and economic assets," he said earlier in the week.

Among the politicians at today's ceremony was Scotland's First Minister, Jack McConnell. In an interview with Daily Summit, the First Minister spoke of the work of Mr Mentoor.

"He is a strong community leader, working with young people, who has managed to create something special - that truly is a mountain of hope," he said.

Mr McConnell is focusing on environmental justice while at the summit. "If we are to turn round the quality of life of people born in the communities who have least," he argued, "then we need to tackle environmental issues as well as the economic issues. Environmental justice is about improving the local environment, but it's also about power and responsibility. It's about helping people take responsibility for their own lives, and giving them the power to do something about it."