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Let’s Explore The Ocean
Created by: MastersDegree.net
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Go Green Infographic
Source: EasyFinance.com
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Are you Canada’s Next Green Journalist?
Original posted on environmentaldefence.com on March 23, 2012. Link to article here. Calling all 12-21 year olds! We're 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 second year in a row, we're sweetening the deal ...
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What’s In Your Trash Infographic
Via: Bolt Insurance
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Planting Seeds
A fundamental problem that is preventing us from moving towards an environmentally sustainable society is the way we are cultivating a generation of young people who have no connection with the environment. Young people can, and many do, go an entire day without looking away from a screen; there is no wonder we are having trouble raising youth who are passionate about the environment. We live in a world where there is an ...
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2011 Ecological Action Conference
The Ecological Action Conference - 2011
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2010 Ecological Action Conference
In November 2010 the YENYR Ecological Action Conference (EAC) was held at the Markham Civic Centre. The conference is anually held by the Youth Environmental Network of York Region (YENYR), this was the third year. YENYR was founded in 2007 by Vino Jeyapalan, it is a group of students working to raise awareness of environmental issues among young people in York Region through local initiatives. The EAC is a one of the YENYR initiatives used ...
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How to Host the Greenest Olympics Ever
Original posted on good.is on July 20, 2011. Link to article here. It’s possible to dream up thousands of small ways to make a gigantic event like the Olympics more sustainable. A London-based group, for instance, asked architects to design a solar-powered information booth that would highlight recycled materials. The winner, announced this week, took its design from the Olympics’ iconic ring logo and used recycled steel. The second-place design involved floating balloons that ...
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Living the Green Life
By Vino Jeyapalan on March 20, 2009 The Youth Environmental Network of York Region (YENYR) is a youth led non-profit organization working towards: 1.Raising awareness of environmental issues among young people in York Region; 2.Encouraging youth to contribute to the well being of the communities in which they live, through local initiatives and action plans; 3.And by facilitating and developing communications and expanding membership between youth and environmental groups throughout York Region. The YENYR was founded in 2007 by Vino ...
