Title: Australian Sustainable Consumption Trainer Network Location: Categories: Health & Wellness Environment & Urbanization Children’s Rights
Status:
In Progress
Timeline:
Ongoing
Description:
This is an online resource to accompany an e-network for people working within their organisations and communities with young people to facilitate and support young Australians to be agents of change for more sustainable consumption.
The e-network began with those involved in Train the Trainer sessions convened as part of a 2004 National Youth Affairs Research Scheme funded project looking at young people as agents of change for sustainable consumption.
Further members are joining the network as IYPF & RMIT work together to build the capacity of more Australian communities to facilitate youth leadership on sustainability starting in 2006.
Background:
See the link for more details on the background to this project:
http://www.iypf.org/IYPF-projects.htm#YouthSC
Also see the Otesha Project, operating in Canada, for a great example of a sustainability education project
http://www.otesha.ca/
Objectives:
Support young Australians to be effective change agents for more sustainable consumption in their communities.
Milestones:
Pilot community capacity building program developed & trialled as part of NYARS research and report on youth & sustainable consumption in Australia in 2004.
Release of NYARS report in early 2005
Formation of Australian Working Group to advance the recommendations in the NYARS report in 2005
Receipt of Australian Research Grant for 3 yrs further research to follow up the NYARS study in late 2005 to commence in 2006
ACT Coalition of individuals & organisations receives funding & initiates first round of Train the Trainer and Youth Workshops in late 2006 following a year of community dialogue & planning
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