In order to promote regional and student awareness of climate change, Vancouver Island University (VIU) professors are participating in a 12 day long teach-in, reports the Nanaimo Bulletin. The theme of the teach-in is 'Climate Justice." The theme aims to promote discussion on how the people that stand to be affected most by climate change are also largely the people that have done the least to contribute to the problem in the first place. From March 1-12, teachers are dedicating at least 15 minutes of class time to discussion on climate change and environmental solutions. The aim of the initiative is to educate and engage students on global climate issues, and introduce environmental sustainability education into the curriculum...
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The Sierra Youth Coalition is an organization run by youth for youth, serving as the youth arm of the Sierra Club of Canada. Our mission is to empower young people to become active community leaders who contribute to making Canada a better society. To this end, we educate young people about ecological and social sustainability; we challenge unjust and environmentally destructive systems by using a hope-based approach; and we advocate for the new generation of youths in Canada who want to inherit a world worth inheriting: one where social justice and the environment are at the center of everyone's priorities.
Over ten years the Sierra Youth Coalition has grown into a pretty big network, with hundreds of registered members and thousands of determined volunteers, operating in over 80 colleges and universities and in 50 high schools. The Sierra Youth Coalition is present and active in every major urban center and in many rural regions as well. Our projects affect the health and well-being of over 500 000 people across Canada.
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03/17/2010 - 15:17
traceygup
03/03/2010 - 14:20
Anonymous
A group of activists are getting ready to cycle 1,000 kilometres from the Fort McMurray area in northern Alberta to Calgary to draw attention to their environmental concerns about the province's oilsands. The trek, which begins later this week, is organized by the Sierra Youth Coalition and is the second in what the group hopes will be an annual event. Last year, cyclists travelled from southern Alberta to the oilsands area.Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2008/08/12/edm-oilsands-trek.html#ixzz0h8gIdkfu
03/03/2010 - 14:17
traceygup
EDMONTON - Dr. John O'Connor will be returning to Fort Chipewyan to a hero's welcome Friday to deliver the keynote speech at a "Water is Boss" conference.O'Connor, the doctor who drew attention to health problems in the community downstream from the oilsands, is held in high esteem, said Athabasca Chipewyan Chief Allan Adam."He is perceived as a good man," Adam said Tuesday on the eve of the five-day conference that kicks off with an elders and youth gathering. "His name will be legend."Mikisew Cree spokesman George Poitras said O'Connor, who now runs a medical clinic in Nova Scotia, has paid a high price for raising concerns about what he called disproportionate rates of rare cancers in the community, and local people are grateful for his sacrifice.
03/03/2010 - 12:53
Anonymous
Over 11 sweltering August days, Marya Folinsbee and six other environmental activists will challenge the biggest energy names in Alberta—think Syncrude, Suncor and Stelmach—with nothing more than their bicycles.Folinsbee is the trip coordinator for “Return to the Tar Sands,” a Sierra Youth Coalition (SYC) project now in its second year that might be described as halfway between a Tour de l’Alberta and a regular, boring old protest rally. This year, the group chose to start their ride in Fort Chipewyan, which is the northernmost Albertan settlement on that pillar of bitumen extraction, the Athabasca watershed.
03/03/2010 - 12:47
Anonymous
I've got to hand it to the Sierra Youth Coalition for coming up with an innovative way to draw the public's attention to the issue of tar sands development spoiling Alberta rivers. The coalition, which calls itself the largest youth environmental organization in Canada, was until recently trying to sell a bottle of Athabasca River water on eBay. Proceeds from the sale were to go towards a nation-wide campaign to raise awareness of the ecological and social impacts of tar sands development in high schools and universities.
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