We Canada in Rio for the Earth Summit 2012

Greetings from Rio! In preparation for the Earth Summit 2012, We Canada is officially releasing its consultation report from the Tour and Earth Summit Dialogues. Our team was overwhelmed with the overall quality of the ideas shared by Canadian youth. Twenty key priorities were highlighted related to energy, water, green cities, sustainable consumption and production, environmental conservation and humanitarian issues and social justice. Here are are some noteworthy quotes:
“We need to use resources properly. We are one of the lucky countries that have an abundance of natural resources; let’s use them sustainably and to their greatest value.”

“We should implement a clear environmental policy, especially on the oil sands, to protect our planet.”

We invite you to read the report to discover the creativity and brilliance of Canadian youth! Most importantly, we ask that you share the report on your social networks. Please find below a sample Tweet and Facebook message. Lastly, we’d like to thank you for all your hard work in spreading our news. Without you, our messages would not have reached so many people. For that and for everything else, we thank you very much! Here is a link to full report (English only) and executive summary (in English and French): http://earthsummit.ca/about/campaigns/tour/.

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@wecanada toured the country & talked to 8,000 Cdn youth. They had great ideas for the #futurewewant: http://ow.ly/bx5Yx #RioPlus20 #cndtour
Find out how 8,000 Canadian youth want to be represented at #RioPlus20: http://ow.ly/bx5Yx #futurewewant

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We Canada gathered feedback from over 8,000 Canadians, primarily youth, about how they want to be represented at the Rio+20 Earth Summit. Read the We Canada report "What We Heard From Canadians" for 20 key priorities related to energy, water, green cities, sustainable consumption, environmental conservation and humanitarian issues and social justice: http://earthsummit.ca/about/campaigns/tour