Going Green

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Going Green

• Youth In Philanthropy
• Waterloo, Ontario

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The Blue Marble

• 6.7 billion people
• Up to 50 billion different species

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Climate Change
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If we dont change our direction, we are likely
to end up where we are headed.
Chinese Proverb
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Where ARE we headed?

• Hurricane Katrina
• California Wildfires
• Indonesian Tsunami
• Pine Beetle
• Cyclone in Myanmar
• BC/Alberta Wildfires

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Its getting hot in here

• The 10 hottest years ever are all after 1990
• Avg. Arctic winter temperature is up 11 F
• Arctic icecap is down 40 in the past 40 years,
  is expected to be gone in the next 50 years
• Melting ice will change our weather even more as
  sea levels continue to rise

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If you think youre too small to be effective,
youve never been in bed with a mosquito.

• Bette Reese

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The next step is to
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Within my school

• Garbage-free lunch program
• EcoKids
• Chatelechs
• Leadership Class
• Student Voice

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Conferences

• United Nation Childrens Conference on the
  Environment
• Youth Climate Change Conference (YC3)
• I was on the organizing committee to put together
  the Youth In Philanthropy (YIP) Going Green
  conference for YIP participants province-wide, I
  also co-facilitated the whole conference!
• U.S. National Council on Community Foundations
  conference in San Francisco in September. I was
  one of only three youth delegates (one from
  Mexico, one from the U.S., and myself).

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Antarctica
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In my Community

• Save Our Sunshine Coast (SOSC)
• Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden Society
• Youth Sunshine Coast Organization of Philanthropy
  (Youth SCOOP)
• Youth Advisory Group of the Canadian Commission
  for UNESCO

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Theres a lot we can do

• Turn down the thermostat
• Unplug
• Wash clothes the eco-way
• Write a letter
• Eat less meat
• Make small changes at home

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How can we stay motivated?

• Community
• Mentors
• Family
• Friends
• Projects
• Organizations
• Clubs

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What are we going to do?