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Feature Tool:
Green Meeting Guide 2009
Organised events that bring many people together can often be a valuable opportunity for awareness-raising, learning and creating a new culture of caring for natural, social and financial resources. But these same events pose significant problems for local natural resources, (e.g. energy, water), environment (e.g. caused by emissions, waste, soil degradation) and the community.
A green event is one designed, organised and implemented in a way that minimises negative environmental impacts and leaves a positive legacy for the host community.
Feature Publication:
Youth Mentoring Children and Youth – a CED Approach: Four innovative models from across Canada
Dec 2009
The Youth Mentorship initiative was a national project created to enhance current programs and services for children and families. The approach sought to strengthen engagement of youth through their voluntary involvement and mentorship with younger members of their communities. This initiative was developed in partnership with four primary partners from diverse communities across the country that were each supported in developing and documenting their Community Economic Development (CED) approaches to youth mentorship. Our four partners, representing different typologies of population and setting, were Futures in Newfoundland and Labrador's Youth (FINALY), St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador; the Learning Enrichment Foundation (LEF), Toronto, Ontario; Core Neighbourhood Youth Coop (CNYC), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and Multicultural Youth Leaders’ Group (MYLG), Edmonton, Alberta. The primary documentation of these youth peer mentorship models comprise the major part of this project report.