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Title: Tanzani Youth environmental Summit 2006
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Categories: Children’s Rights
Culture & Identity
Environment & Urbanization
Status:
In Planning
Timeline:
Ongoing
Description:
Welcome to the 1st Caretakers of the Environment Tanzania ,Youth Environmental Summit , May 31st to
Caretakers of the Environmental International Tanzania,(Is National Network of Secondary School Teachers and Students Active on Environmental Education and Sustainable Development),
This National Youth Environmental Summit on Environmental 2006, for the first time in the History of United Republic of Tanzania will be held In Mwanza City-Tanzania.
Students,Teachers and Intersted individuals, CBOs, NGOs,FBOs,Education Institutions,Government Organisation and Other various sectors are Cordially invited to participate
Background:
PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE
There is only one Earth. Even so we are not looking after it as we should. We exploit faster than we replenish. We use rather than reuse. The greatest challenge facing mankind, today and in future, is how to look after the Earth's resources and create an ecologically sustainable society. So that the next generation will really be the next generation. The only option is to find, explore and utilise preventive environmental strategies.
HISTORY
Caretakers of the Environment International Tanzania started in 2005, based on three key ideas:
* Young people had to understand that, no matter which career they followed or what lifestyle they choose, they were caretakers of the environment.
* Young people - who would become the world's future leaders - should be provided with knowledge and skills for environmental leadership.
* In order to find solutions to global environmental problems, students and teachers had to develop international friendships.
Constitution and Statutes of CEITA were written by students and teachers and in 2005 it was established as a no-profit corporation.
Every year CEITA sponsors an National conference on enviromental education in secondary schools. From 2005, yearly conferences have to take place in a Selected Regional and covered a variety of environmental topics.
ENVIRONMENTAL CARREERS
Many young people today are already aware of the pressing environmental issues people are facing all over the world. But to them awareness is not enough, they are looking for pathways towards sustainable living. Some look at ways to (re)shape their own personal lives and lifestyles, others also look for jobs and professional careers in having a positive impact on the environment. CEITA beliefs that raising environmental awareness without providing young people with the competencies and empowerment to make a difference in their everyday life, will lead to apathy and withdrawal. Therefore there is a strong focus on environmental careers as a viable and rewarding way to provide for a living and a sustainable world.
Objectives:
DEAR PARTICIPANTS
Justification for the Forum
Local involvement is a key component of Agenda 21; local communities and environments are the most significant action fields. Education for sustainable development is committed to changing values attitudes and actions. But it is the way in which these changes take place that is fundamental, especially for young people.
If actions are changed through the full participation of young people this is likely to empower them, to produce an appreciation of the value of democratic processes and to strengthen concepts of citizenship. Schools are also important focal points for local communities and the catalytic impact of participatory schools on the sustainable actions and values of local communities cannot be over estimated.
If Agenda 21 is essentially about the creation of a sustainable, ecological, economic and social future; it is for the young people of the planet that this sustainable future is most important.
The Suggested Topics for the Summit
1. * Poverty and agenda 21
2. * Sustainable cities
3. * Sustainable Industries
4. * Sustainable tourism
5. * Sustainable Nature Resource and energy management
6. * Sustainable agriculture
7. * Equal opportunities of access to nature, social, cultural. Economic resources for all people on the planet
8. * Sustainable transport
9. * Sustainable management of nature and cultural heritage
Needs:
Conference fees:
50 USD$ for the first 100 participants who will be accommodated in Mwanza Sec. premises 120 USD$ for the ones to be accommodated in Hotels ( Near Conference Hall) in twin bed or three bed rooms.You can also choose on http//:www.mwanza-guide.com, for your accomodation
Fees cover full accommodation for 4 days (4 nights bed) & breakfast and two meals and coffee brakes per day. It also includes the transport cost for one day excursion to a seaside resort , the site visits and transport from the hotel to and from the venue place.
Proposed Activities of the Conference
The conference would involve those interested in the practice theory and policy of education for sustainable development (ESD) through local Agenda 21. Delegates would include university lecturers, advisors, and education officers for NGOs and other agencies. Those involved in the implementation of ESD in schools, teachers, outdoor educators, community educators. Most importantly it would involve those for whom ESD is most important; pupils.
The conference would last 4 days It would consist of three main activities:
* 1. Keynote presentations from academics, policy makers, practitioners and pupils to all delegates. These would take place at the start of each of the sessions of the conference. These will refer to the principles of children's participation, participation in design, the involvement of local communities and evaluation.
* 2. seminars, poster sessions and workshops
* 3. The final session would be the only one organised on parallel lines.
Each of the three sectors would be divided into discussion groups of about 15 delegates to discuss the main recommendations they would make to increase and make more effective children's participation in local Agenda 21 through schooling.
The recommendations of each group would then be co-ordinated by sector and then presented at concluding plenary session. The organising committee would collate these presentations and forward the recommendations of the conference to the Government, the European Union, UNESCO, UNICEF,UNEP and other interested Organisation
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