Hey World Changers! Do you have a cool opportunity or event happening near you that you think other youth across Canada should know about? Send us an e-mail at youthaction@green-street.ca with all of the details and we may feature it in an upcoming e-newsletter!
Green Street Funding Opportunities!!!
Calling all world-changing Canadians!!!! We have very exciting news for you! Green Street launched 340 small funding opportunities that can help with your school’s environmental and social justice action projects! For more information and how you and your teacher can apply to get your school to participate, check out Green Street’s new improved website: www.green-street.ca!
Redfish School of Change
May 18th - June 26th, 2009
Registration Date: February 15th, 2009
Slocan Valley and Vancouver, British Columbia
For more information about the field school program, visit: www.schoolofchange.ca
Otesha Project Bike Tours
May-October 2009 (various dates throughout the spring, summer and fall!)
A Green Street program provider - the Otesha Project - is now accepting applications for their 2009 Bike Tours, that will be taking place all across the country! Travel through different parts of Canada by bicycle, performing a play and offering workshops about sustainability and social justice issues to schools and community groups!
Visit www.otesha.ca for more information about the seven different bike route tours in all provinces across Canada.
We Take Action Summer Leadership Academies!
CALIFORNIA Academy
June 14-20, 2009
Menlo College, Atherton, California
TORONTO Academy
August 9-16, 2009
Humber College, Toronto, Ontario
MONTREAL Academy
August 2-8, 2009
College Brebeuf, Montreal, Quebec
EAST CANADA Academy
August 17-21, 2009
Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick
VANCOUVER Academy
August 3-7, 2009
Southridge School
Surrey, British Columbia
What are you doing this summer? Are you ready for an unforgettable, world-changing experience? The Take Action! Summer Leadership Academies are week-long experiences taking place all across North America. You will gain leadership skills, explore social issues and learn the real benefits of volunteerism and activism, create friendships and make memories to last a lifetime! More more information and to sign up, visit: www.metowe.com/leadership/academy.
Lanark Highlands’ Art of Being Green Festival
July 10-12th, 2009
Middleview Fairgrounds
Lanark, Ontario (near Ottawa)
Registration is now open. In its sixth year, the Art of Being Green Festival will remain an essential resource for information about renewable energy, sustainable building and green lifestyle choices. In 2008, more than 7,000 visitors came to the Art of Being Green Festival (representing a 56% increase from the previous year). The Art of Being
Green Festival provides an excellent opportunity to promote your business to the wider public.
Visit www.artofbeinggreen.ca for more information regarding the event!
The Co-operators Youth Conference for Sustainability Leadership
September 24-27, 2009
**Application Deadline: February 27, 2009**
Guelph, Ontario
Are you interested in exploring real solutions for sustainability with national businesses and leaders from across Canada? If you are between the ages of 19 and 25 and are attending a Canadian university or college in any discipline, you can apply to be a part of this amazing event! For more information and to download the application form, visit: www.impactyouthsustainability.ca/en
A Project of Free the Children: Me to We Day 2009!
Me to We Day is an initiative by the world renowned charitable organization, Free the Children, and is an annual celebration of the power of young people to change the world! The one-of-a-kind event features inspirational and motivational speeches and performances by leading activists, speakers and entertainers. After the event, all students are encouraged to take action locally and globally through Free the Children’s awareness and fundraising campaigns throughout the year - to raise funds to build schools and provide clean water or alternative income for impoverished communities worldwide. For more information, visit: www.freethechildren.com/weday/about
This year, it is taking place in three cities across Canada - Vancouver (on September 29th at GM Place), Toronto (October 5th at the Air Canada Centre) and Hamilton (November 5th at Hamilton Place)! Tell your teachers about this incredible event, and get them to sign your school up online!
Do you have an opinion about a pressing environmental or social issue?! Get your voice heard by contributing to our monthly e-newsletter and Youth Action Centre blog! Submit articles about current events or issues that matter to you - 300-350 words in length - and e-mail it to youthaction@green-street.ca!
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