Thursday, March 3, 2011

MINUTES OF THE YOUTH MEETING FROM FEBRUARY 26, 2011

MINUTES:
Due to the failure of the server at the ASLA school we had to quickly relocate the meeting to the home of Michael and Chloe Leveille.  Fortunately we were still able to reach Lemuel, Chafic, and Eric

DISCUSSIONS:
1- THIRD INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SYMPOSIUM in Auroville, India:
Hoping to connect with Belgium team (GYBO- Willem Laermans) and Japan team (Rieko Kusama). Both wish to run youth events in 2012)

2. NEW PARTNERS- Jim Ries (onemoregeneration.org), Youth for conservation in Kenya

3. YOUTH SUMMIT ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
A wonderful conference on Community Engagement in Montreal, Quebechttp://youthactionmontreal.org/

4. DEVELOPING THE BIODIVERSITY BLOG
    Youth will take on the responsibility to contact some of our partners to place their updates on our blog.  We will focus on their international work first- then national, then local. 
    Here are the following organizations we will distribute between the youth
Jane Goodall’s roots and shoots
POWER Halton
The Otesha Project
Little Rays Reptile Zoo
International Forestry Students Association (Indonesia)- Gillian
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Canadian Museum of Nature
David Suzuki Foundation
Teens for Planet Earth
USC Canada
Earth Rangers
Tapir Preservation Fund
Robert Bateman’s Get to Know your wild neighbours’
Ashoka’s youth venture
Its one humanity.org
Onemoregeneration.org,
Youth for conservation in Kenya- Luke Goldsmith


5. LOCAL ISSUES
LOCAL YOUTH CONFERENCE ON SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2012 (International Biodiversity Day)
Proposed location: Asbury College, Ottawa- has been confirmed

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