What an amazing day!! Here is the link to go and vote: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NT9R75B
The survey will be open until 11:30 Mountain/1:30 Eastern on Friday.
Congratulations on your great work!!
Terry
Hello students from coast to coast!
Today has really been a remarkable day. I hope you have all thoroughly enoyed coming together to hear from our brilliant speakers as well to craft your inputs on the policy paper to be presented before the senate.
Surely many of you have been inspired and empowered by this process. What you are doing matters, and what you think matters, regardless of what anybody might tell you. Youth have the energy, the passion, and the critical insight to make a difference in their communities, in this country and in this world.
I hope you have come away from this process truly believing this. I also hope this process has inspired you to continue to be more engaged with the world around you.
TakingITGlobal (tigweb.org), one of the partners that helped make this process possible, envisions a Canada and a world where youth are constantly and energetically engaged with local and global issues. TIG provides a whole variety of resources and networks that you can use to continue be informed, inspired and learn how to get involved.
Below are some ideas. Check them out!!
- Learn about organizations around the world that are doing amazing things in the area of sustainable energy! http://www.tigweb.org/resources/orgs/index.htm
- Connect with local volunteer opportunities in your area! http://www.tigweb.org/resources/opps/
- Take the LOW Carbon Lunch Challenge! -- committ to eating locally, organically and waste-free! http://commit.tigweb.org/take-the-low-carbon-lunch-challenge
- Sign up to be a part of the DeforestAction project: http://dfa.tigweb.org/action/
- Get inspired and make friends with other activists from around the world! http://www.tigweb.org/community/stories/
Posted by Terry Godwaldt on 21 Mar 2012
The day has finally arrived! After over 300 hours of student planning, training, sharing and researching the conference is now a reality.
Important Technology for the day:
- Speaker Powerpoints - will be share at http://www.tigurl.org/encounters
- Twitter - to share your ideas, thoughts and questions throughout the day - #sustainablecan
- Virtual Classrom Discussion Board - For ongoing, more in depth discussion
- Cell Phone Voting - Going on through the day - Keep your cell phone handy!
Complete Agenda: See Link
Google Doc LInks:
Question #1:
Question #2:
Question #3:
Voting Links:
Dear All,
So the week has finally arrived! You all have done a great deal of amazing work and now the time has come to make the monumental event a reality.
To that effect, here are the key questions and tasks you have created and would like to bring forward on behalf of the youth of Canada: (On the day of the event, enter your responses on the appropriate Google Doc. In the meantime, each Questions also has a discussion board to get the specific ideas flowing.)
1) What is your definition of Sustainable Energy?
2) What is the role of government in promoting a sustainable balance between the environment and the economy? What would this look like practically?
Each province should come up with at least 4 Policy Initiative recommendations.
3) What is your vision for the future of sustainable energy in Canada? What would this look like practically?
Each province should come up with 5 regional and national energy goals.
Dear All,
It is hard to believe that one week from now we will all be getting together and leading our schools through this essential national debate.
For today's agenda, there are basically two items:
- Selecting Critical Questions/Categories - Before we meet, please go to the survey and vote https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KJK7NF3
- Going through the March 21st conference. We will start at the beginning and work our way through the entire day. (Please be ready with cell phones, Twitter, Youtube, TIG Virtual Classroom, Google Docs.)
Here is the links to the required sites:
- Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E33P1501eYf5K0nH_hMH3o25QxYPdR18tSWeZPWljm8/edit
- Twitter: #sustainablecan
- Cellphone voting: http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MTc4ODcyMjE2MQ
- Youtube: your account
See you all soon,
Terry
Hello everyone,
This is an important reminder that everyone should be reflecting on what they have learned thus far in the various activities and meetings that have been held and contributing to the development of the four key questions that will be brought to the table during the March 21st video conference event. Please add your input as to what questions should be considered and reflect upon and reply to the posts of others in the discussion section, under the thread entitled "four key questions for conference."
We need to make sure that we are adequately prepared for the collaborative meeting on the 21st so that not only can we asked informed questions of our incredible speakers, but also so that we are ready to join together to create a youth position paper on sustainable energy, to be presented before the Senate in April.
Thanks,
Cameron
Hello everyone,
For those of you who missed the March 6 meeting, fear not, a recording of the session has been made. At the beginning of the meeting, the schools present discussed the "economy" side of the energy debate, though we lacked the "environment" side to fully invigorate the discussion. The last 20 minutes or so are particularly crucial to check out as they provide instructions about where we go from here in our prep.
You can find the recording at: http://livestre.am/1k4eo. Be sure to complete the tasks for weeks two and three found in the assignments section as well as take a look at the discussions section where a dialogue has begun about the four major questions we want to bring to the big event on the 21st.
Thanks for all your hard work everyone. We will see you next week!
-Cameron
Agenda:
1) Google Doc Postings and brief debate
2) Is your schoo/class going to hold a debate
3) Technology Briefing
-Youtube - Post link to your G doc of why you want to be involved in this project (60 seconds) (See link for explanation of how to do it: http://youtu.be/PqK1s3Flj0c)
Edson, Ottawa and Vancouver Island - Environment is Paramount https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hpUE3pgRWVrSixzXYq1u6ZfU5K1ruk8l-MCxYMkG5iQ/edit
Edmonton, Brampton and Montreal - Economy is Paramount https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H19Rp_v5aLyz2dIIeiOUcketefgK-8jKvQtAzUfJAj4/edit
-PollEverywhere
Dear All,
With only one day until our next meeting, I see we could really use a little more activity on the Google Docs. Please let me know if you need a hand. (The link are below on the announcements.)
Terry
Here are tasks for this week:
1) Finish your Blog and your Posting on another person's blog (last week's task)
2) Google Doc - at least one
- Edson, Ottawa and Vancouver Island - Environment is Paramount https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hpUE3pgRWVrSixzXYq1u6ZfU5K1ruk8l-MCxYMkG5iQ/edit
- Edmonton, Brampton and Montreal - Economy is Paramount https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H19Rp_v5aLyz2dIIeiOUcketefgK-8jKvQtAzUfJAj4/edit
3) Try to our Twitter hashtag to communicate and share ideas with the group - #sustainablecan
I'm totally excited to see all your great work!!
Mr.G
Agenda for today:
1) Each school will share the story behind their Local Energy Issues Blog (20 minutes, All schools)
2) Training on new technology (links to doc and Twitter Account)
a. Google Docs - NVTM Conference Planning Doc
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fNCp14QBHpmJytNODHcRzn3q8kSyS0EVmwVb5gu4sqk/edit
b. Twitter (#SustainableCan)
3) How our government works (Saskia)
Tasks:
Hello everyone,
It is great to have so many of you registered in the virtual classroom. As Terry mentioned, this project is really all about you the students, and your voice on Canada's energy strategy. It is your wholehearted participation that will make this national project a success and really promote the legitimacy of the youth voice to the government.
In the bookmarks section, I have put up two resources from the Canadian Centre for Energy that might prove very helpful when looking at your local energy reality. You should check them out!
Keep up the hard work, and we will see you all on Wednesday!
Cameron
Welcome to the first full week of the National Virtual Town Hall on Sustainable Energy!
Congratulations at being a chosen member of the national leadership team!! You were chosen by your school to be a part of something that has never been done before. All the work we will do over the next six weeks will be on behalf of the youth of Canada and will be presented before the Senate Standing Committee on Sustainable Energy.
Now in order for this to really work, we need 100% buy in from everyone right across the country. Having your reading done and tasks completed is going to be essential to us bringing forward a unified, thoughtful and representative work.
I'm looking forward to working with you all and seeing the gtreat work that you are going to do.
Your fellow collaborator,
Mr G. (The Centre for Global Education)