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• Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 12:00 AM through November 14, 2018

  Bellingen Riverwatch - November Testing

  View the full 2018 Testing Schedule.

• Friday, November 23, 2018 at 09:00 AM through November 30, 2018 · 10 rsvps

  Global - multiple interconnected locations

  Global Youth Leading the World (YLTW) 2018

  Interconnected Congresses in multiple locations 23-30 November 2018

  Imagine thousands of young people coming together across the planet, to tackle global sustainability challenges such as energy, food, climate change, biodiversity and water and plan together how they can LEAD POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE. YOUth LEADing the World (YLTW) is an OzGREEN initiative, that begins with an energising annual 3-day youth leadership congress conducted simultaneously in multiple interconnected locations.

  Through YLTW young people become:

  • INFORMED: about global challenges, SDGs and sustainable living.
  • INNOVATORS: develop action plans for positive social change.
  • INTERCONNECTED: with change-makers locally and globally.

  We are now preparing for multiple interconnected YLTW Congresses to run simultaneously around the world 23-30 November 2018.

  OzGREEN trains local people to run YLTW in their own region. To date we have trained 970 Facilitators globally. In the lead up to November, we are conducting YLTW Facilitator Trainings in 4 different time zones. The first is for Africa-MiddleEast-Europe 6-7-8 July.

  Through YLTW, OzGREEN is openly sharing the skills and experience OzGREEN has gained over 25 years of delivering recognized excellence in transformative sustainability leadership and social innovation for community driven change.

  

  TRAINING LOCAL YLTW FACILITATORS (2-DAYS)

  OzGREEN trains people to run YLTW in their own region, strengthening capacity, sustainability, resilience and vibrancy of regional communities. Real-time live online training makes YLTW more accessible to international and remote communities. YLTW gives people solution-focused tools to tackle sustainability challenges, generate a vision and innovate action plans. Key focal areas in the training include global sustainability challenges, eco-footprint, participatory leadership, Strategic Questioning and deep listening, visioning, VIBRANT goals and action planning.

  The training is highly participatory, giving new facilitators the tools and confidence to run YLTW in their own region.  To date we have trained over 970 Facilitators to run YLTW in their own region.

  YLTW YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONGRESS PROGRAM

  The YLTW Congress is a highly participatory program.

  Day 1: Global Challenges: Eco footprint; Pulse of the Planet (local and global sustainability challenges - climate change, water, energy, food, biodiversity); youth prioritising their concerns (local and global); creating a vision for sustainable future;

  Day 2: Be the Change: Creating change brainstorm; one planet living plan; social innovation for sustainability; sharing ideas with other YLTW locations; inspiring change stories; what can you see yourself doing? - action planning to achieve sustainability vision;

  Day 3: Begin it Now: Youth-led Community Forum for government and local businesses, parents, teachers, principals and the public - designed and run by youth to seek opportunities for collaboration and support for their action plans.

  Ongoing mentoring - Local YLTW Facilitators provide regular support as youth implement their action plans.

  YLTW IMPACT

  OzGREEN, YLTW Partners and Facilitators have gained significant recognition, including Victorian LGPro Award for Excellence in Sustainability, Victorian Young Achiever, ACT/NSW Young Achiever, Green Globe and UNESCO Wenhui Award Finalists. Participants say the most significant outcomes are greatly increased:

  • understanding of climate change and sustainability (from 4/10 before to 9/10 after).
  • motivation, personal confidence and leadership capacity to tackle sustainability challenges locally and globally (from 3/10 before to 8/10 after)
  • interconnected - sense of being part of an active community of youth change-makers locally and globally (from 2/10 before to 9/10 after).

  Timetable

  Building global partnerships	February– November
  YLTW Facilitator Trainings in 4 time zones globally	June-October
  Simultaneous Interconnected YLTW Congresses (3 days in this period)	23-30 November 2018
  Follow up local support for youth inspired change	December – November 2019
  Repeat as needed!	2019 and beyond

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• Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 12:00 AM through December 12, 2018

  Bellingen Riverwatch - December Testing

  View the full 2018 Testing Schedule.