Call-out: Elections 2012-2013 for the Sierra Youth Coalition’s Executive Committee Attention all young Canadians! Are you an advocate for social change? Are you driven to protect our planet? Are you interested in fighting for a more just & sustainable Canada? Then here is your chance to make a real, meaningful impact on the Canadian political [...]
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Election! Élections!
Posted by sierrayouthcoalition on April 27, 2012
http://sustainabilitystream.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/election-elections/
Last chance to be a coordinator with the Campus Food Systems Project!
Deadline next Wednesday! Apply to be a coordinator with The Campus Food Systems Project, and help your campus join the national movement! Are you passionate about food? How about local and sustainably-produced food? Want to get more of it into your campus cafeterias? The Campus Food Systems Project is here to help you. We’re looking for [...]
Posted by sierrayouthcoalition on April 6, 2012
http://sustainabilitystream.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/last-chance-to-be-a-coordinator-with-the-campus-food-systems-project-22/
Got what it takes to be Canada’s Next Green Journalist?
Calling all 12-21 year olds! Environmental Defence is on a quest to find Canada’s top youth environmental journalists in film, photography and writing. Got what it takes to be Canada’s Next Green Journalist? Canada’s Next Green Journalist is more than about shining a spotlight on Canadian youth journalistic talent; it’s also about enhancing it. For the [...]
Posted by sierrayouthcoalition on April 2, 2012
http://sustainabilitystream.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/got-what-it-takes-to-be-canadas-next-green-journalist/
Backing the Tap: The Movement is growing and Flowing in 2012!
Momentum and movement for bottled water free campuses continues to grow this year, with the number of universities and colleges officially banning the bottle climbing to 23, joined by 86 municipalities and 8 school boards across the country! The 3rd Annual Bottled Water Free Day was celebrated on March 15th, with 29 campuses participating with [...]
Posted by sierrayouthcoalition on March 30, 2012
http://sustainabilitystream.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/back-the-tap-the-movement-grows-and-flows-in-2012/
Call out for 2012-13 Campus Food Systems Project Coordinators! – Appel pour les 2012-13 coordonnateurs pour le Campus Food Systems Project!
–Version fraçaise suit– The Campus Food Systems Project is looking for five new campuses to join the movement! Are you a student leader? Are you passionate about getting more local, sustainable food into your campus cafeterias? Don’t miss out on an amazing opportunity to reach this goal. Selected students will join a national network of students [...]
Posted by sierrayouthcoalition on March 29, 2012
http://sustainabilitystream.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/call-out-for-2012-13-campus-food-systems-project-coordinators-appel-pour-les-2012-13-coordonnateurs-pour-le-campus-food-systems-project/
Better late than never…
Hi everyone, We haven’t been doing the greatest job lately of updating our blog… And I think it’s high time to fill you in as to why! We’ve been going through some changes lately, mostly around staffing. If you follow us on Facebook or on Twitter you’ll know about one of them already. Tracey Guptill, National Sustainable [...]
Posted by sierrayouthcoalition on March 14, 2012
http://sustainabilitystream.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/better-late-than-never/
As activists and organizers, is our work accomplishing what we want it to?
It’s an important question for us all to be thinking about, and we’re happy to share that the Canadian Museum of Nature is helping to get some conversations started on the topic in Ottawa. On February 24th, the Museum’s monthly Café Scientifique event was organized around the question “When Does Ecological Activism Cross the Line [...]
Posted by sierrayouthcoalition on March 12, 2012
http://sustainabilitystream.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/as-activists-and-organizers-is-our-work-accomplishing-what-we-want-it-to-69/
Imagine That: The Power of Experimenting & The 2012 Western Sustainable Campuses Conference
Sustainability is in many ways at its deepest core an idea: the possibility of a civilization that lives in harmony with the world, that flourishes, restores, and sustains life. Learning how to experiment, to imagine some new idea, some possibility, and then testing out your idea, bringing it into being, is then essential to innovating [...]
Posted by sierrayouthcoalition on January 22, 2012
http://sustainabilitystream.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/imagine-that-the-power-of-experimenting-the-2012-western-sustainable-campuses-conference/
RCEN cuts: not just about jobs
Our Canada World Youth intern, Justin Chisholm, analyzes the recent cuts to the Canadian Environmental Network. Minister of Environment Hon. Peter Kent and the federal government have severed a thirty-four year relationship with the Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN), an institution structured around strong democracy, advocating for the interests of all Canadians and 640 environmental groups. Environment [...]
Posted by sierrayouthcoalition on October 24, 2011
http://sustainabilitystream.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/rcen-cuts-not-just-about-jobs/
Calling all campus-based public water advocates and anti-bottled water activists! ***FRANCAIS CI-DESSOUS*** The Coalition for Bottled Water Free Communities is holding a set of conference calls in late October to connect campus water advocates across the country to share information, update each other on initiatives, share resources and discuss strategy. If you are a water [...]
Posted by sierrayouthcoalition on October 24, 2011
http://sustainabilitystream.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/439/
