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YEN-BC Weekly E-Newsletter
The Week of December 5th, 2005
Index
- HAPPENINGS
- FUNDING and OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
- JOBS/VOLUNTEERING
- RESOURCES
- YEN-OTC WEBSITES
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HAPPENINGS
En route towards sustainable transportation
A forum presented by the BC Sustainable Energy Association (BCSEA)
Date and Time: Thursday Dec 8th, 2005 (at) 6:30pm-8:15pm
Location: Strathcona Room, Vancouver City Hall -- 453 West 12th Ave.
The BC Sustainable Energy Association (BCSEA) is proud to present a panel forum
on sustainable transportation. Insight will be given on the latest Electric,
Plug-in hybrid and Fuel Cell vehicle and infrastructure developments.
EN ROUTE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION will feature three participants from
the 2005 Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) conference held in
Vancouver (speakers from CalCars, Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association, Fuel
Cells Canada) to discuss how the technologies will contribute to reducing green
house gas (GHG) emissions and can enable us to reach our Kyoto accord goals.
Come join us at City Hall on Thursday Dec 8, 6:30pm!
Free admission.
www.bcsea.org/vancouver
Gathering Our Voices 2006
Aboriginal Youth Conference in the Traditional Territory of the Secwepemc People
in Kamloops, BC.
March 12-15, 2006
We invite Aboriginal youth (13-24) to gather in Kamloops at Thompson Rivers
University and take part in a dynamic and educational conference over spring
break. Gathering our Voices 2006 will focus on Aboriginal Health and Justice
Issues. The gathering will feature interactive and informative workshops,
career and education fair, cultural teachings, group activities, and Youth
Talent
Showcase! Registration and workshop information will be posted soon at
www.bcaafc.com For further information, contact Dianne Biin, Youth
Conference Coordinator.
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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.
Columbia Basin 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/
OTHER
The Canadian Rural Partnership is seeking nominations of young rural
Canadians (18 - 29 years old) who have demonstrated outstanding achievements and
contributions to rural, remote and/or northern Canada, in 2004 or 2005, for the
third Young Leaders in Rural Canada Awards (YLRCA). A commemorative Award will
be presented in each of the following categories: INNOVATION, LEADERSHIP and
PARTNERSHIP. Deadline: To be considered, submissions must be
received/post-marked no later than Monday, January 30, 2006.
http://www.rural.gc.ca/dialogue/youth/callfornom3_e.phtml
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JOBS/VOLUNTEERING
Jobs
(1) Workshop Provider
Organization: EARTH MATTERS
Location: Nelson BC
Closing Date: December 09, 2005
Wage: The position will be part-time; 14 hours/wk (at) $14/hour.
Job Description:
Earth Matters EA youth driven Nelson environmental group is looking to hire a
motivated and passionate young adult to perform in-classroom workshops and
supermarket tours for junior high and high school students. The tours will
focus on the connections between climate change and our eating choices (ie.,
distance food travels, minimized packaging, organics etc.) Applicants must be
able to implement our two-stage program for high school classes at LVR and in
the Nelson region. Applicants must be knowledgeable of climate change theory
and process, along with the Canadian Governments One Tonne Challenge
initiative. Particularly, we are looking for applicants who understand and have
expertise in how food consumption and choice, and modern agriculture are related
to green house gas production: i.e. a knowledge of agricultural history, trade
issues, of organics vs. industrial, in season food, local food vs. importation,
packaging, food chains and trophic levels, etc.
Required Education:
· Independent and responsible self-starter
· comfortable at public speaking, articulate with strong communication skills
· Youth education experience
· Organized/multi-tasker
· Experience with Microsoft office tools EComputer basics necessary
(Experience with Powerpoint, excel, Photoshop an asset)
· Research skills
· Must be a youth (under the age of 29)
Contact:
E-mail: Please send resumes with cover letter to Earth Matters by email
Melanie (at) riseup.net and karina (at) riseup.net
Phone: N/A
Fax: N/A
(2) Compost Technician
Organization: EARTH MATTERS
Location: Nelson BC
Closing Date: Dec, 09 2005
Wage: This position is part-time; $11/ hr 5-10 hrs week
Job Description:
This position is physically demanding, involving cycling (and driving in winter)
to downtown Nelson to pick up compost from restaurants and delivering it to
lakeside composting facility (located at transfer station) and turning compost
piles with pitchfork and shovel. This position will involve interaction with
the public, restaurant owners and city and RDCK workers.
Required Experience:
-- Physically fit, able to cycle with heavy load and have strong back for
turning compost with shovel
-- Strong communication skills in both group environments and one-on-one
-- Strong interest in working for a youth driven non-profit environmental
organization¡¤ Independent worker and responsible self-starter
-- Organized/multi-tasker
-- Strong problem-solving skills
-- Must have a working knowledge of composting
-- Must be a youth (under the age of 29)
-- Valid BC drivers license an asset
Contact:
E-mail: Please send resumes to Earth Matters by email to andrea (at) cmaq.net,
acwmark (at) gmail.com, and karina (at) riseup.net
Phone: N/A
Fax: N/A
(2) B. Environmental Educators of British Columbia (EEBC)
Managerial/Administrative Support Director
Application Deadline: December 15, 2005
Environmental Educators of British Columbia (EEBC) is a non-profit
organization that supports and advocates for informal and formal
environmental educators in the province. In particular EEBCA's mandate
is to build linkages and capacity opportunities between these groups
of environmental educators. We are looking for an energetic,
enthusiastic individual with a proven passion for environmental
education and capacity building among grass roots organizations to be
responsible for managerial and administrative direction, as well as,
daily operational and clerical support for EEBC and its board of
directors.
More:
www.eebc.ca/services.cfm?page=showjobs.cfm&full=1& (at) &&Employment_ID=81
(3) Good Work: An excellent resource for finding jobs
www.planetfriendly.net/goodwork.html
(4) Great resources for jobs, experience and volunteers: www.Idealist.org
http://www.idealist.org/
(5) Another great resource for jobs, volunteering and info on NGOs:
www.charityvillage.com
Volunteering
(1) For those of you in and around UVic:
Naturescape BC Volunteer Opportunities
Naturescape BC is a program to restore, preserve, and enhance wildlife
habitat in urban and rural landscape. It is a program for people who
want to connect more closely with nature in their daily lives, to
quote their website. A little known fact is that the RNS Program at
the University of Victoria is currently the home of Naturescape BC and
it is an important part of our activities. Backyards are at one end of
the spectrum of habitats that benefit from restoration, with pristine
landscapes such as old growth forests and wetlands at the other end.
The RNS Program is putting together a team of naturescapers who would
conduct community workshops and put together newsletters. The
workshops would be geared to the general public, would be offered
free, and would include topics such as gardening with native
vegetation, theme gardens (e.g. ethnobotany, aromatherapy, bird
gardens) and animal houses (e.g. bird boxes, bat boxes, bee blocks).
Working on the newsletter involves writing articles, taking
photographs, editing, layout everything needed to produce a print
ready, 6-page copy.
This would be great experience to include on a resume. It would also
help to create much needed wildlife habitat in the city. If you are
interested, please contact me at schaefer (at) uvic.ca or call me at
472-4387. I would very much like to have a meeting of the group
sometime in mid-December so we can get started right away. Val
Schaefer
(2) 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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