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YEN-BC NEWSLETTER: The Week of November 28th, 2005
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YEN-BC NEWSLETTER
The Week of November 28th, 2005
Index
- HAPPENINGS
- NEWS
- FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
- JOBS/VOLUNTEERING
- RESOURCES
- YEN-OTC WEBSITES
- YEN-BC LISTSERV INFO
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HAPPENINGS
Habitat Jam
Imagine tens of thousands of people around the world just like you
connecting in real time over the internet to discuss and debate some of the
most urgent and controversial issues that face a rapidly urbanizing planet.
From December 1-3, 2005, the Habitat JAM will gather the input of citizens
from around the world to create actionable ideas for the United Nations
World Urban Forum agenda and influence the Forum's content.
For more information about the Habitat JAM, how to get involved, and
register, please visit: www.habitatjam.com
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NEWS
Check out the Reuters story Climate Change Fires Young Minds about the Beyond
Kyoto - It's us! International Youth Summit in Montreal:
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-11-25T011618Z_01_ARM504180_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-YOUTH.xml&archived=False
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Coast Capital Savings Foundation invites proposals from that focus on youth
leadership. Coast Capital Savings is dedicated to promoting its vision of
growing strong, confident, healthy young Canadians. The Foundation will focus
its support on initiatives, programs and partnerships that build or enhance
leadership skills for youth. The Foundation welcomes grant applications from
registered non-profit organizations who meet the Foundations funding criteria.
NEXT DEADLINE: Dec. 31, 2005
http://www.coastcapitalsavings.com/Community/CommunityPrograms/CoastCapitalSavingsFoundation
For more information on how to apply, please contact: Deborah Tucker at
604-517-7581 or Glenda Hill at 250-483-8776.
New CB Youth Grants Program Looking For Projects To
Fund! Columbia Basin Youth Grants is a new funding program for youth
projects. There is a small grants stream (for projects up to $2500) and a
large grants stream (for projects over $2500) and theres no deadline to
apply! Check it out at http://www.scratchonline.ca/programs.php
Volunteer Scholarships: The Toyota Earthday Scholarship program rewards
graduating high school students and Québec junior college students who have
achieved academic excellence and have distinguished themselves in
environmental community service. Fifteen scholarships of $5000 each will be
awarded across Canada this year. Applications due: 31 January 2006. For more
information: http://www.earthday.ca/scholarship/
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JOBS/VOLUNTEERING
Jobs
(1) Environmental Youth Alliance
5 Positions Available: Urban mobility Educator, Urban Agriculture Specialist,
Landscape Architect, Green Business Outreach and Workplace Assessor and
Biodiesel Feasibility Coordinator
If you are on EI, or have been in the past 3 years, you may qualify for this
program. Here are the formal requirements:
Any unemployed individual eligible to work in Canada who:
o has a current EI claim or
o has had an established EI claim within the past 36 months
o has been paid special EI benefits (ie: maternity/parental) in the past 60
months
These positions are funded by Service Canada (formerly HRSDC)
**TO APPLY, YOU MUST BE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 - 30.**
DEADLINE: Nov. 30th, 2005
Job descriptions and contact info: http://www.eya.ca/index.php?id=542
(2) Good Work: An excellent resource for finding jobs
www.planetfriendly.net/goodwork.html
(3) Great resources for jobs, experience and volunteers: www.Idealist.org
http://www.idealist.org/
(4) Another great resource for jobs, volunteering and info on NGOs:
www.charityvillage.com
Volunteering
The Capital Regional District Roundtable on the Environment
RTE is a community-based advisory body that provides input to the CRD on such
topics of regional interest as:
- elimination of non-essential pesticide use.
- healthy communities.
- sustainability (environmental) indicators to
measure environmental health of our region.
- energy and climate change.
Applications are invited from individuals representing sectors of the community
listed below. The selected candidates will serve without remuneration for a
period of two years. Meetings are held on the third Monday of every other month
at 524 Yates Street from noon-2 pm.
- Academic, Scientific & Research Institutions
- Citizen-at-large
- Conservation and Environmental Groups
Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee and appointments will be
approved by the CRD Board. If you are interested in applying for one of these
positions, please forward your resume by December 5, 2005 to:
Chair, CRD Roundtable on the Environment
c/o Tom Watkins
625 Fisgard Street, P.O. Box 1000
Victoria, B.C. V8W 2S6
Phone: 360-3197, Fax: 360-3079
E-mail: twatkins (at) crd.bc.ca
Visit our website www.crd.bc.ca/rte CRD ROUNDTABLE on the Environment
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RESOURCES
Energy Action has set up a website, where youth are postings blogs, video and
pictures from the Beyond Kyoto - It's us! International Youth Summit in
Montreal. Check it out: http://www.itsgettinghotinhere.org/
Hilarious Climate Change Video
http://www.climatemash.org/campusclimatechallenge/
Community Energy Planning. Natural Resources Canadas Sustainable Buildings and
Communities (http://www.sbc.nrcan.gc.ca/) branch has produced a three volume
Guide for Community Energy Planning Methodology, now available online and on
CD. For details, email Ken Church at kchurch (at) nrcan.gc.ca. Also see the Canadian
District Energy Associations website http://www.cdea.ca/.
The Sustainability Network AMAZING resource newsletter
The Sustainability Network is a support centre for environmental non-profit
organizations. Among its features is a monthly newsletter that highlights
electronic articles and print books that can be sent to you free of charge,
and great skill building workshops. To give you a taste, one of this
months feature articles is 10 Mistakes Nonprofits Organizations Make When
Creating Communications Materials. To sign up:
http://sustain.web.ca/signup.htm
The National Youth Anti-Racism Network (NYAN): A first version of NYAN's
website, nyan.ca, is almost ready and will feature lots of cool resources,
so be sure to keep checking to see if it's up...And of course the mailing
list is still there for you to post on and stay connected...if you're not
signed up, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nyangeneral.
The Canadian Environmental Networks E-bulletin
English: http://www.cen-rce.org/eng/bulletins/archive/cen_wk_current.htm
French: http://www.cen-rce.org/fre/bulletins/archive/cen_wk_current.htm
SYC-CJS Sustainable Campuses
See this fall's Sustainable Campuses newsletter - Notes from the Campus Grounds:
http://www.ams.ubc.ca/tuition/syc/newsletter.html
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YEN-OTC WEBSITES
Youth Environmental Network
http://www.yen-rej.org/
CO2zilla One Tonne Challenge for Youth
www.CO2zilla.ca
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