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Earth Day Hooray!
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Hello one and all,

April has been a fantastically busy month...so much so I will likely post twice, just to keep my blogs at a reasonable reading length.

For this entry, I want to talk a little bit about our Earth Day efforts and how thrilled I am at the number of youth we were able to get on board for the fight this month.

Towards the start of the month, I was able to organize a Climate Change: Youth Guide to Action Workshop with all 3 Katimavik groups in our area. 28 participants were on hand for this 3-hour event and, not only did we go through the workshop, but they have all planned environmental activities in their host communities that will take place for Katimavik's 30th Anniversay on May 24th! Events will include litterless BBQs, bake sales to support tree planting, purses made from reused materials that will be sold to support environmental causes, recyclables parade all with the goal of bringing awareness to the issue and contributing to the fight. Nice work Katimavik - you warm my heart!

We also held a public workshop here in Timmins on Earth Day itself and included a viewing of "The 11th Hour"...this documentary just came out on DVD and I thought it might provide some inspiration or at least a discussion departure for our workshop. Some amazing ideas came out of this workshop as well including starting a community garden, testing cheaper solar power methods with mirrors, community chalking and art to raise awareness and an increase in public transportation availability to 24 hrs a day in Timmins. It was our best turnout yet at around 30 youth and it was remarkable to see a group of young people get right down to business on a Tuesday night to try and make their world a better place...never ceases to inspire and ignite...

In my next entry I'll talk about the Youth Forum that was held in our community as well as the other TIG appearances for the month of April...

April 27, 2008 | 8:22 AM Comments  1 comments

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kirstenjordan Kirsten
April 27, 2008 | 5:39 PM

Wow- you have had a busy month! Congratulations on all the successful activities!
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