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Also attached as a Word 97 Doc. April 1, 1999
Once again, on behalf of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development and the Global Environment & Technology Foundation, congratulations upon your selection as a Youth Delegate to the National Town Meeting for a Sustainable America. Your Journey to Detroit as a representative of the “Voice of American Youth” promises to be an experience you will never forget. At the National Town Meeting (NTM) for a Sustainable America activities and events, you will have the opportunity to meet Cabinet-level government officials, chief executive officers of major U.S. corporations, and educational leaders from America’s research institutes, colleges, and universities. These people are leading the charge to transform America into a sustainable society as we enter the 21st Century. You may even have the opportunity to meet Vice President Al Gore! Most importantly, as a Delegate to the NTM representing the Voice of American Youth, you will meet with young people from across America, in person and via the Internet. In your role as a Youth Delegate, you will have the responsibility to communicate their concerns, their visions, and their commitments to a Sustainable America to participants at the NTM. Over the four days of the NTM, you will prepare for the Youth Roundtable scheduled on the morning of May 5, 1999, from 8:30 to 10:00 Eastern Standard Time. You will also have responsibilities as a member of the I-NetNews Team, reporting on the people and events for publication on the SolarQuest web site. You will also be responsible for preparing a report to the President’s Council on Sustainable Development about youth issues. Events in Detroit start with a kickoff festival May 1, 1999. You are encouraged to plan for this event, but we can only pay for accommodations as early as Saturday night. Additionally, on the afternoon of Sunday, May 2, 1999 from 1 - 5 PM, you will participate in a “Shallow Footprints” workshop, sponsored in part by the Surdna Foundation, with ten other students from the Detroit area designed to help you prepare for the Youth Roundtable. The objective of the workshop is to consider and discuss what the term sustainable development means and how it can be applied to the current state of the world in order to improve America’s future. The idea is to illustrate the policies, strategies, and technologies used to promote proactive approaches to environmental, economic and social problems we face in America today. The outcome of the workshop will be a two-page report outlining the findings and recommendations to the Youth Roundtable on commitments to improve the way in which we develop as a sustainable America. Your Journey to Detroit has now begun. With the receipt of this packet, you now have specific tasks that must be completed with attention to detail. You must contact us immediately regarding travel arrangements. If you, your parents, or school officials have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Again, congratulations! Stuart Claggett Ken Patterson The Youth Roundtable Planning Committee: Allan Baer, Jim Pittman, Ron Swenson, EcoSage Corporation 1. Contact Information Page 4. 2. General Information Pages 5 - 8. 3. Instructions and Helpful Information Pages 9 - 10. 4. Parent / Guardian Permission Form Page 11. 5. School Permission Form Page 12. 6. Medical Authorization Form Page 13. 7. Press Release Page 14. 8. NTM Program Schedule (Draft) Pages 15 - 20. 9. Youth Roundtable Agenda Pages 21 – 22. 10. Shallow Footprint Workshop Pages 23 – 24. You must contact Karen Jones of GETF at 702.827.4040 immediately for travel arrangements PLEASE RETURN ALL ORIGINAL SIGNED DOCUMENTS TO: Allan E. Baer, President 802.685.3450 (TEL) ALL SIGNED DOCUMENTS MUST BE POSTMAKED BY APRIL 9, 1999
Or Email: support@solarquest.com
Tom Dietsche
Chuck Chaitovitz Stuart Claggett National 4-H Council David Carrier Mr. Carrier is your direct contact for youth delegate coordination. All questions about the youth delegate program should be directed to Mr. Carrier.
Allan Baer Jim Pittman 2. GENERAL INFORMATION --- The President’s Council on Sustainable Development, the Global Environment &Technology Foundation, the National 4-H Council, and EcoSage Corporation have developed and organized the Youth Roundtable for the National Town Meeting for a Sustainable America. Travel, lodging, and meals for the Youth Delegates will be paid for by the Surdna Foundation and other event sponsors. You can learn more information about these organizations by visiting the youth section of the NTM website at: www.getf.org/ntmsustainableamerica “What will I be doing at the National Town Meeting?” As a Youth Delegate, your key role is to represent the perspective of America’s youth regarding sustainable development. Your selection as a youth delegate was based on your knowledge and experience with one or more of the key issues. To help you prepare for the Youth Roundtable, you can review the National Town Meeting for a Sustainable America: Goals, Themes, and Strategies at the NTM website with the help of your parents, classmates, and teachers. We encourage you to ask you teacher(s) to present the National Goals in class and hold a “Delegate Meeting” in your classroom as practice for the NTM. End the exercise with a statement from your class for each of the 10 National Goals of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, which are listed on the Internet. At the NTM, you will meet with youth from the Detroit area in this identical format at least once or twice a day for the first three days of the NTM. The issues discussed in these “Delegate Meetings” will be presented at the Youth Roundtable on the morning of May 5, 1999. For another opportunity for you to learn more about the NTM, the other youth delegates, and the Youth Roundtable, you can go to the NTM Youth website where information on activities including the SolarQuest Virtual Schoolhouse entitled: “Sustainable America: Meet the Youth Delegates.” The first Quest in this virtual school is the original application for youth delegates. The second Quest allows students from around the U.S. to post comments. The third Quest introduces the co-sponsors. Please feel free to explore the links in this section and learn about the co-sponsors. A fourth Quest will established for you to correspond directly with youth in schools throughout the U.S. In order for your teacher to set up your own virtual school on the SolarQuest Schoolhouse, they will need to register your school. This is accomplished by going to the prompt “Register New School” on the upper right yellow menu bar in the Virtual Schoolhouse and filling in the online forms. The SolarQuest web master will approve your school. To obtain additional help, email Alan Hanks (ahanks@solarquest.com) or Justin Zych (jzych@solarquest.com). Or call 802.695.3009. When you have completed these tasks, you will be ready to perform your duties as a Youth Delegate at the NTM. Please contact us if you have any difficulties.
Our NTM sponsor SolarQuest has created the SolarQuest I-NetNews Team activity, which will provide news stories on the people and events of the NTM. These news stories will be published on the Internet and web cast to schools throughout the U.S. To prepare for this task, you should write and publish on the SolarQuest web site at least two stories prior to arriving at the NTM. The stories may be about the participants in your classroom delegate meeting or about events in your community relating to sustainable development. With some help from your teacher, this will get you familiar with writing news stories and publishing your stories on the SolarQuest web site. It will also allow us to become familiar with your writing. We will forward additional information about publishing these stories on the SolarQuest web site and highlight select stories on the NTM site. While at the NTM, you will have several assigned articles and several “personal interest” stories. You are free to select your own personal interest news stories. One I-NetNews editorial staff person will be a member of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD) and will assign you to cover news stories at the request of PCSD members.
“What activities can I participate in at the NTM?” The formal NTM schedule in this Information Packet is still in draft form. The exact program schedule will be mailed to you at least one week prior to the opening of the NTM. The NTM web site will publish the schedule as soon as it is finalized: www.getf.org/ntmsustainableamerica You may want to watch for it there. Also at the NTM web site is an online registration form for concurrent and affiliated activities. Since your school will likely be following your participation in the NTM, encourage your school to sign up as a concurrent event. The process is simple: Fill out a description of your school’s proposed activity, and GETF will fax back a signature form within 48 hours.
Transportation schedules are now being arranged by logistics staff at the Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF) and the National 4-H Council. Our intention is to get you to Detroit by mid-day on May 1, 1999 and to get you back home on the evening of May 5, 1999. However, as the event will not end until the early afternoon on May 5th, it is likely that we may not be able to schedule your flight until May 6, 1999. This would give us time together on May 5th to bring this experience to a closure and discuss your proposed activities at home to share your experience with others in your community. Our goal is to finalize the schedule during the first week of April. We will keep you informed.
Several local hotels in Detroit offer discount rates to NTM participants. Logistics staff at GETF will be making final arrangements for lodging during the first week in April. We will likely have a block of rooms together at the Marriott hotel near Cobo Center, the convention center that is the site of the National Town Meeting. Youth Delegates will at all times be supervised by an adult at Cobo Center and at all lodging and meal facilities. Free time will be allowed for the purpose of attending educational workshops, events, or exhibits that are a part of the NTM program. Chaperones will be provided for the Youth Delegates. Adults may attend with the Youth Delegates but they are responsible for all of their expenses. Emergency contact information will be available to your parents or guardians, and school officials, 24 hours a day. The contact information will include Cobo Center, NTM site offices and administrative offices for the co-sponsors, the hotel where you will be staying, and 24 hour access to cell phones of supervising staff. This information will be available one-week prior to your departure for the NTM.
One of the unique opportunities (and responsibilities) you will have at the NTM will be to produce a report to the President’s Council on Sustainable Development. The report will be a summary of the Youth Roundtable, including information that you have obtained in the “Shallow Footprints” workshop, Delegate Meetings at the NTM in Detroit and in communications with youth participating in the NTM through the NTM web site. A preliminary draft of this report will be presented to the National Roundtable immediately following the Youth Roundtable on May5, 1999. A detailed report will be published and submitted to the President’s Council at a press conference in Washington D.C. prior to June 1, 1999. EcoSage Corporation staff will assist in the development and publication of the report. You will be asked for your continued input into the report after the NTM.
To get the word out that you have been selected as a Youth Delegate to the NTM, we ask that you hold at least one press conference in your community. A press release form is enclosed in this Information Packet. If you have never held a press conference before, identify a mentor in your community that can help you. You will want to invite your Congressman, State Senator, local representative to your state government, school officials, families, and friends to the press conference. Notify newspapers, television, and radio stations of the time and date of the press conference. You may wish to get the commitment of the local television station before you set the date. Weekends are usually best for press conferences of this nature, or during the day at your school. Please forward only articles and videotape television coverage for use by the NTM co-sponsors. Questions? If you have any additional Questions, please contact Mr. Carrier immediately. We will post the questions and answers to the SolarQuest Schoolhouse for all the benefit of all the Youth Delegates, their parents, and schools. A. THINGS TO DO IMMEDIATELY 1. Prepare a “Biographical Statement” with general information about yourself, specifically elaborating on the sustainable development activities you have been involved in. This is required for the moderator of the Youth Roundtable. (The moderator has not been selected to date. Information about the moderator will be forwarded to you as soon as the individual has been chosen.) 2. Call, fax, or email Mr. David Carrier upon your receipt of this Information Packet. The enclosed forms need to completed and returned to Mr. Carrier at the National 4-H offices as soon as possible. 3. Enroll in the SolarQuest Virtual Schoolhouse. Encourage your parents and teachers to enroll. This will facilitate communications between the Youth Delegate Co-Sponsors, you, your parents, and your school. If your parents or school do not have email, please forward other contact information. It is important for us to be in contact with your parents and school as soon as possible to understand any unique concerns that they may have concerning your participation in the NTM.
1. Mark luggage and other personal items with your name and home address. Do not bring electronic items, such as radios. 2. Computers and digital cameras will be available at the NTM for your use. You may wish to bring an inexpensive camera. A watch may also be very helpful to keep you on schedule to NTM program events. 3. A pen and paper will be required every day. We will provide these items, but you may wish to pack these items for personal use, such as keeping a diary of your experience. 4. Bring any special medication you require. Remember to indicate on your medical forms all specific medical requirements and medical contact information. 5. Pack personal items such as a comb, toothbrush/paste, shampoo, lotions, etc., or whatever you need to be presentable each day. Bring several changes of clothing. The dress code for the conference will be semi-formal. This means you cannot wear jeans, tee shirts or sweatshirts. Please bring at least one special outfit for the Youth Roundtable and other high profile activities. Overall, you should have a "cleaned-up" look, and your clothes must be neat in appearance. Try not to over pack.
1. Anyone less than 18 years of age should travel with medical authorization in case of an emergency. Keep a copy of the Medical Authorization Form with you at all times. 2. Everyone should carry personal identification at all times, including the name and telephone number of a contact person in case of an emergency. On your first travel day, Saturday, May 1, call our travel contact if you have an emergency or a change of travel plans. If there is no answer, please leave a message. We will be checking voice mail frequently. We will forward the travel contact name and telephone number one week prior to your departure with detailed travel instructions.
1. Each day of the NTM we will provide you with telephone services to communicate with your family for a minimum of three minutes. Any additional calls made by the youth delegates from their hotel room or other location will be billed to the youth and their families. Be sure to bring a schedule of the best time to contact your family. 2. We recommend that you purchase a phone calling card or arrange other communication resources with your parent(s) or guardian(s) prior to your departure.
___________________________(Youth Delegate) has my permission to attend the National Town Meeting for a Sustainable America as a Youth Roundtable Delegate from Saturday, May 1st, through Thursday, May 6, 1999, co-sponsored by the President’s Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD) and the Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF). The Youth Delegates are sponsored by the PCSD, GETF, the National 4-H Council, EcoSage Corporation To the best of my knowledge, he/she is in good health. I understand that he/she must take responsibility for his/her own personal health requirements while attending the National Town Meeting (i.e., special diet, medication, glasses, braces, etc.). Any required medications and/or special instructions have been listed on the Medical Authorization Form. I understand that participants of the National Town Meeting are expected to attend assigned NTM activities and to act in a manner appropriate to their responsibilities as a Youth Delegate. Failure to attend the full event and/or to abide by the established rules and regulations can result in a participant being dismissed from the event and returned home immediately. Should it be necessary for my child/ward to return home early because of illness, injury or misconduct, I understand that I am responsible for making all the arrangements and for assuming all additional travel expenses. PHOTO RELEASE: The Youth Delegate co-sponsors have my permission to photograph the above named Youth Delegate during his/her participation in the events of the NTM. Furthermore, such photographs taken of Youth Delegates by the co-sponsors may be used for public relations and/or promotional purposes. In the event of an emergency, I may be reached at the following telephone numbers: Daytime: (____)______________________ Evening: (____)______________________ Name (print): ___________________________ Signature: ___________________________Relationship: ________________________ If I cannot be reached, the following person is authorized to act in my behalf: Name (print): ________________________Relationship: ________________________ 5. SCHOOL PERMISSION FORM Dear School Administrator,
The co-sponsors of the National Town Meeting (NTM) are requesting that your school permit an excused absence for the above named Youth Delegate for the NTM meeting schedule (May 2-5, 1999) and for a one day travel allowance on May 6, 1999. The above named Youth Delegate, as a condition of acceptance of this unique opportunity, has agreed that all schoolwork will be made up in advance of the excused absence. If this is not possible, time to complete required schoolwork will be set aside during the event. We request that the student bring a signed statement from the school administration that all schoolwork is current. If make-up work is required during the event, we are requesting that your school provide us appropriate information to assist the Youth Delegate in completing his/her work, such as time requirements and/or support services. Please sign and fax this form to Mr. Carrier at the number provided below. Thank you.
6. MEDICAL AUTHORIZATION FORM ___________________________(Youth Delegate) Medical Authorization Statement.
The undersigned hereby grants permission to the Co-Sponsors of the National Town Meeting for a Sustainable America (the President’s Council for Sustainable Development and the Global Environment & Technology Foundation) and the Co-Sponsors of the Youth Delegates (the National 4-H Council and EcoSage Corporation) to seek medical services for the above named Youth Delegate in the event of an emergency.
The above named Youth Delegate _____ does / ____ does not require regular medications to be administered for any medical conditions. If the Youth Delegate does require medications, please describe below: Medication Instructions: ___________________________________________________ Can the Youth Delegate administer his/her own medications: _____ Yes _____ No HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION Does the Delegate have medical insurance? _____ Yes _____ No Insurance Company: _______________________ Policy Number: _________________ PARENT AUTHORIZATION Name: _______________________ (Print) Signature: _______________________ Signed and Sworn before me this ______ day of April 1999. (Note: Seal Required.) Notary Public :_________________________ Expiration Date: ___________________
May 2-5, 1999 - Detroit, Michigan ________________________________ (name) from __________________________________ (school) has been selected as a Youth Roundtable Delegate and I-NetNews Team correspondent for the National Town Meeting for Sustainable America. On May 2-5, 1999, in Detroit, Michigan and points across America, the President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD) and the Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF) will be co-sponsoring the National Town Meeting for a Sustainable America. The National Town Meeting (NTM) is being held to engage all Americans in charting a course for a sustainable society as we enter the 21st Century. The event will focus on the Goals, Themes, and Strategies for America to make the transformation to sustainable development and will feature over 100 learning sessions, highlight best practices, and present case studies of communities throughout the nation working to achieve sustainability. Over 3,000 people are estimated to attend the NTM in Detroit, with thousands more throughout America participating in concurrent events via satellite and the Internet. As a National Youth Delegate, _____________________________ (name) is one of 20 students selected from a national competition to participate in a Youth Roundtable scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on May 5, 1999. Youth delegates will have a unique opportunity to represent the voice of American youth on key strategies to achieve the national goals toward sustainable development. During the event, Youth Delegates will be interacting with students, government officials, educators, and representatives from industry and non profit organizations in helping to develop a national agenda and plan for action. Youth delegates will culminate their participation in the NTM with a Youth Roundtable Report to be submitted to the National Roundtable and to the President’s Council on Sustainable Development. In addition to serving as youth representatives to the NTM, the 20 youth delegates will serve as SolarQuest I-NetNews Team correspondents, providing a youth perspective on the events, activities, and people working to achieve a sustainable America. Their daily news reports and feature stories will be published on the SolarQuest Virtual Schoolhouse, which will also feature a companion curriculum and interactive, distance-learning technology for students in schools across America to communicate with their Youth Delegates and to participate in the NTM. Local schools are encouraged to participate in the free curriculum and submit a report to the Youth Delegates to the NTM. For more information, visit the SolarQuest web site at http://www.solarquest.com. The Youth Roundtable was developed and organized by the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, the Global Environment & Technology Foundation, the National 4-H Council, and EcoSage Corporation. The Youth Delegates are sponsored in part by the Surdna Foundation and other event sponsors. The SolarQuest I-NetNews Team is a program of EcoSage Corporation. For additional information, please contact the Youth Roundtable Planning Committee c/o David Carrier, National 4-H Council, Chevy Chase, MD. Telephone: 301.961.2906. Email: carrier@fourhcouncil.edu. For more information on the National Town Meeting
Sunday, May 2 Crossing Boundaries 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration Open Community Service Legacy activities (continuing throughout event); Exhibit Hall Open Participants will have an opportunity to register, visit the Exhibit Hall or learn about sustainable practices at work in a real American city environment. Detroit and all its neighborhoods will highlight real-life examples of sustainability during the conference.
Visit the NTM Exhibit Hall for special poster session exhibits on leading sustainability initiatives from around the country. These poster sessions will feature a collection of education practices, sustainable agriculture and transportation initiatives that are improving America's quality of life.
Learn how American communities and businesses are building a sustainable America. Ten concurrent "how-to" sessions will be offered, primarily on education and training initiatives.
The welcoming reception will be open to all participants and feature
Plan to participate in the NTM opening ceremony, which will link sustainability to American tradition. Celebrate sustainability success stories and best practices from around the country. Featured speakers are scheduled to include: The Honorable Dennis Archer, Mayor of Detroit Monday, May 3 Crossing Boundaries/Building Partnerships
Monday's program will feature success strategies for improving America's quality of life. Join business, community and youth leaders for the NTM's kick-off plenary panel. The panel will address the importance of balancing economic, environmental and social equity goals. Panelists will address how sustainability is a change movement in the finest traditions of the American system and one that requires new partnerships to succeed. Featured plenary speakers are scheduled to include: Tom Ridge, Governor of Pennsylvania (invited)
Learn how American communities and businesses are building a sustainable America. Thirty-six concurrent "how-to" sessions will be offered on a wide range of topics including techniques for improving energy efficiency, smart growth and education and training initiatives.
Topic: Healthy Communities, Healthy Economies Join government and community leaders for a plenary lunch to address strategies for making communities more livable throughout America. The Honorable Carol Browner, Administrator,
Twenty small and medium-size workshops will feature progressive
This innovative learning session will highlight an innovative community/business partnership that is helping preserve the Rouge River. The session will be held in Lovett Hall at the Henry Ford Museum in nearby Dearborn, Michigan. (Capacity - 600 attendees. Space will be granted on a first come, first serve basis.) Featured speakers at the Rouge 2000 session include: The Honorable John Dingell, U.S. Congressman, 16th District (invited) 5:00 PM Buses begin departing from Cobo Center to transport
The evening Country Fair program will include entertainment, food and fun activities for all attendees at the historic Henry Ford Museum sponsored by Ford Motor Company.
Join Renew America and the PCSD for the National Awards for Sustainability to be presented in Lovett Hall at the Henry Ford Museum. The awards will honor over twenty successful sustainability projects from across the country. The event will feature numerous community leaders and dignitaries. (Capacity - 600 attendees)
Tuesday, May 4 Building Partnerships
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Mini-Plenary Sessions These sessions will feature leading experts and practitioners presenting various strategies for communities, businesses and government entities to approach sustainable development. 1. Investing in People - Eleanor Josaitis, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Focus: HOPE
Topic: Sustainable Development & Competitive Advantage: Meeting the Triple Bottom Line This forum will feature leading CEOs addressing the competitive advantages of sustainable development and strategies for business as the engine for a sustainable America.
Thirty-six small and medium-size workshops will feature progressive communities and companies teaching hands-on approaches and providing tools for sustainable action. Topics will include state and local "smart growth" strategies, providing affordable housing, energy efficiency and environmental management systems, and effective ecosystem/watershed management and others. Some sessions will be held outside Cobo Center.
Thirty-six small and medium-size workshops will feature progressive communities and companies teaching hands-on approaches and providing tools for sustainable action. Some sessions will be held outside Cobo Center.
Wednesday, May 5 Making Commitments
Young leaders from across America will address the importance of sustainability to America and the actions they are taking to achieve it.
Chaired by: Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute and David Buzzelli, Director, Dow Chemical Company The President's Council on Sustainable Development will convene business, NGO and government leaders to engage in a visionary dialogue about how sustainability can define our future and how leaders in all sectors can encourage and remove barriers to the new ideas and strategies presented at the NTM.
Ten workshops will feature progressive communities and companies
Youth Delegates will have a closing dinner and debriefing at a location to be announced. Thursday, May 6, 1999 Youth Delegates return home. 9. YOUTH ROUNDTABLE AGENDA Program Component: Wednesday, May 5, 1999
Topic: New Ideas & Sustainable Development -- How Young People Drive the Process
Content: Communities will embrace sustainability when institutions within each community begin to drive the process from the bottom-up. A critical part of this transformation will be providing America’s new leaders with the tools to better understand how sustainable practices can improve economic efficiency, protect and restore ecological systems, and enhance the well- being of people. Education is an integral component in promoting such skills. Grassroots movements, like America’s current focus on sustainability, depend on well-educated and energized individuals. Young people should, therefore, be encouraged to be creative in their thinking. It is these kinds of innovative problem solving skills that will improve our communities and make our young leaders the incubators for a sustainable America. The Surdna Foundation is sponsoring a “Shallow Footprints” workshop on Sunday May 2nd. This workshop will encourage participants to consider what sustainable development means to them and promote policies, strategies, and technologies used to promote proactive approaches to environmental challenges facing our society. Participants may present a report outlining findings of the workshop to the Youth and National Roundtables regarding the commitments necessary to encourage sustainable practices. There will be a “Shallow Footprints” exhibit area, in which youth may have an opportunity to help calculate individual footprints and talk about the possibilities within the reach of each individual's future. This booth will be lead by the Population. There will be an area in the center of the Shallow Footprint exhibit space that will be set up with tables and chairs. The young people may be able help facilitate questions that will get people talking to each other. Ecosage is proposing that the Youth Roundtable participants serve as SolarQuest I-News Team correspondents throughout the NTM. First, the youth would be the primary voice for the concerns of America’s young people by engaging local youth attending the NTM to exchange information and provide a platform for ideas to the Youth Roundtable. Second, the Youth Roundtable Participants would report on NTM news stories based on program, exhibits, and other activities. Finally, PCSD would also like the correspondents to act as an incubator for ideas to foster discussion at the PCSD National Roundtable.
Youth Urban Agenda/Civic Literacy Project, Health Youth for a Healthy Future, Linking Families and Youth to Nature, Get Into A Food Mood: Youth as Partners in Creating a Sustainable Food System, and Let Kids Lead: Youth Promote Sustainable Transportation Choices. Questions derived from these sessions can serve to generate discussion. SHALLOW FOOTPRINTS WORKSHOP Sunday, May 2, 1999 from 1 - 5 PM Coordinator: Susan Herrmann, GETF Participants : Thirty youth (ages 13 - 17) will participate in the learning session: twenty students selected from around the country to act as representatives at the Youth Roundtable and ten students from the Detroit area to make up the balance. Objective: To prepare the participants to consider and discuss what the term sustainable development means to them and how it can be applied to the current state of the world in order to improve their future. The idea is to illustrate to them the policies, strategies, and technologies used to promote proactive approaches to environmental, economic and social problems we face in society. Deliverable: Two-page report outlining their findings from the learning session and recommendations to both the Youth and CEO Roundtables on commitments to take to improve the way in which we develop as a society. Schedule: The learning session will consist of four, 45 minute learning segments. The following schedule is subject to change; however this first draft provides an overview of the mix of opportunities identified for the participants. Hour 1: Susan Herrmann (GETF) and Mathis Wackernagel (co-author of Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth) will give a 15 minute presentation on the concepts of sustainable development, environmental stewardship and ecological footprints. The students will then receive a tour of Cobo Center to show them the methodology of the NTM’s Shallow Footprint Work Group (SFWG) Shallow Footprint Hours 2 and 3: The students will end their tour from Hour 1 at the Shallow Footprint exhibit space in the Exhibits Hall. Mattis Wackernagel, Marilyn and Lamont Hemple will help the youth define their own individual footprint. This will take about 5 - 10 minutes per student, so we will divide them up into five groups: 1/5 will calculate their footprint, 1/5 will go to the Box City exhibit, 1/5 will go to the automotive displays, 1/5 will go through the USPS recycling truck and the remaining 1/5 will go to the interactive Hour 4: The students will return to the original classroom to talk about their individual footprint and what they learned (i.e., challenges, things of interest). A facilitator will help the students write up a first draft of a short report that they will present at the Roundtables. The objective of this report is to highlight the youth’s findings during their tour and learning sessions, the challenges they see as potential barriers, and their recommendations.
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