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Representing Turkey...

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Here I am - representing TURKEY at the UN meeting...Just joking :)

I actually have friends who are the official youth delegates representing Turkey and they took this picture...

I am so impressed with how involved young people are in taking action locally, nationally and internationally...

it definately gives me hope for the future to see how involved young people are in trying to influence decision-making on all levels...

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Youth Caucus Meeting

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Every Day there is a Youth Caucus meeting here at the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Youth are seen as a "Major Group" in the process of Sustainable Development. The Youth Caucus meetings give youth delegates a chance to express their views and share perspectives on the issues of discussion at the summit. Each day, various youth from the caucus represent youth in the official UN discussions. The Youth Caucus meetings help provide input into the official UN process and also create an opportunity for people to network and devleop collaborative partnerships!

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Youth Caucus space

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Most of my time this week has been spent promoting EarthYouth.net...

We set up wireless internet access in the 'Major Group' space at the convention centre so that we can help people sign up to the site, add updates, stories and other content.

here is mike and I in the 'Youth Caucus' space :)

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wow...an "official" United Nations meeting.

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There are only a small number of people that actually get to attend the "OFFICIAL" United Nations meetings here at WSSD. I got a last-minute invitation to attend the discussion on 'health' to represent 'youth' from North America. Although I didn't speak or anything - it was quite an experience. During the break, I met Canada's Ambassador & Minister of the Environment...He was very proud to see a young Canadian 'influencing global decision-making here at WSSD:)

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BMW is a sponsor of WSSD

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BMW actually has a really impressive 'space' that is outside of an area where there are a group of restaurants at the Saindon convention centre. I met someone from Bahrain who was sponsored to come to WSSD as a youth. Not sure if they are a 'good' company or not - but they definately appear to express interest in sustainable development with their innovative 'fuel efficient' cars....

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Hats for Sale!!

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Here's a local merchant selling hats on the street. People are very entrepreneurial here in South Africa. While sitting in your car and approaching a stop light, people come up to you and try to sell newspapers, pop or other products...

or people are selling things on the streets - not sure if they have to have a permit - but there are some places with 'no merchant' signs...

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NO MERCHANT!

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While on the bus - I had a look out the window and saw this sign...There are a lot of merchants that sell things like fruit, hats, clothes, newspapers or furniture on the streets of south africa. i guess there are a few places that don't find this to be a very good idea...

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On the bus...ALL DAY!!

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Here we are on a bus - from one conference place to the next. We had actually spent 3 hours in the morning trying to make our way to the Youth Caucus Meeting at Nasrec (and paid $150 for registration) HOWEVER - once we got there, we found out that the location of the meeting had changed!! We took a quick look around the Nasrec, and then pleaded with the conference organizers to send the bus back early so that we would make it on time for the meeting!!

We ended up arriving almost an hour late for the Youth Caucus meeting in Saindon Convention Centre...

At least we had the opportunity to announce earthyouth.net to the delegates. We gave out stickers, brochures and a handout that nick and I created the night before at ubuntu village...ever since, we've been taking taxi's!

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African Music...

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I LOVE African Music!! I don't think that I have been doing enough dancing over the past few days here at WSSD. I leave for Ghana on Friday and hope to be able to take more time to dance to the African beat...

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Penguin is Melting - Because of President Bush

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On our way into a meeting at WSSD - we passed by someone creating ice sculptures with this sign in front of it saying "Penguin is Melting - Because of President Bush"

thought it was worth taking a picture of...

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July 2002 Progress Report

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Wednesday July 31
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~ spent a bit of time organizing additional office supplies
~ meeting with hugh & nick about fundraising & next steps
~ met with maria about workshop series (especially the final report) & wrote ref. letter for jesse ~ preapred TIG Youth Day packages (with hugh's help) wrote cover letter & printed flyers ~ worked with houshi on the 'Welcome to our Computer Lab' one-pager with tips / background / rules etc. ~ finalize details for TIG t-shirts, mugs & stickers with mike
~ had a long and important meeting with nick - talking about GYAN discussions, future goals & priorities, current ideas & reflections on the progress that we have been making over the past few months, discussion about upcoming things to do ~ missed the expressive arts workshop :( ~ stayed at the office until about 10:30pm cleaning things up further and putting everything that needed to be sorted through in a big pile for jessica to sort through, played great music to keep up a mood of excitement :) ~ stayed up until 3am doing e-mails

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Tuesday July 30
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~ meeting with Elizabeth Verway (Home Office Mentors) (missed meeting with Evan - sorry mike) ~ work with Jessica to begin organizing all our filing cabinets and storage space in order to make room for the new office supplies!! ~ spent much of the afternoon cleaning & organizing various aspects of the office...CLEARING CLUTTER...windexing, dusting, recycling papers and old documents, throwing away boxes that are not being used, putting labels on boxes of supplies..etc. ~ kung fu class (polished up the dragon form!) ~ go see Austin Powers movie with cousins (chiara & vanessa) ~ sent an e-mail to members of family to organize our first ever family newsletter (to be distributed on my grandmother's 80th birthday!!) :) :)

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Monday July 29
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~ respond to a bunch of e-mails
~ The Canadian Unity Council and Senior Vice President, Environics Research Group together with The Centre for Research and Information on Canada held a luncheon to discuss The Canadian federal/provincial relations with the Honourable Stephan Dion President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs To be held at: The University Club -- (Ashley, Jessica, Houshi and I attended!) ~ mega staff meeting (3pm - 4:30pm) -- hear presentations from karam, nick, karis & hugh!! ~ sing happy birthday to maria! ~ get quotes for t-shirts ~ go shopping for Office & Art Supplies (using Trillium budget!!!) approx. $2000 spent on amazing materials that I believe will last us the year...if we take good care of everything! ~ shared pictures with my mom from Sunday night birthday party for my aunt (at midnight)...

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Sunday July 28
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~ World Youth Day - papal mass...which was quite beautiful. The morning was pouring rain...i arrived just a few minutes after the start of the mass - which was wonderful because we missed traffic!! Left just a few minutes before it ended...which was also wonderful!! Part way through the mass, the sun came out, and the rest of the day was clear skies! ~ drop off nicole at home after mass ~ work on school postings & important e-mails ~ go to aunt mary's for 50th birthday party...have fun with family & celebrate life!

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Saturday July 27
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~ slept in, relaxed, watched people play monopoly & cleaned up the cottage! ~ enjoyed time on the boat (and went out on the tube) ~ took a bunch of group pictures ~ had a wonderful dinner prepared by derek & breslin's mom (rebecca martin) ~ dropped people off on the drive back...& listened to great music ~ arrive home at about 1am from TIG retreat

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Friday July 26
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~ early morning wake-up & drive to finch station to pick TIG peeps up for trip to the cottage! ~ houshi is LATE!! Jessica & martin search far and wide...finally found! ~ meet at mike's - hook up the boat - get gas - help pack - go to tim hortons - another stop-off at wendy's...the weather is a bit grey..fInAlLY arrive at the COTTAGE!!! Wooo hooo!! ~ sun comes out...martin, breslin & jarra help mike take out the boat ~ fun in the sun...relaxation... ~ relax time in the cottage... ~ worked on about 40 e-mails for 1 hour on the picnic table ~ I practiced my kata's as the sun set (jarra took some pics) ~ put away groceries and get everything ready for dinner ~ evening dinner prepared by dhurv
~ had some drinks and laughed a lot with everyone
~ as the night went on, we went outside and sat by the fire (prepared by brez & houshi) ~ we sang songs, ate smores and another treat prepared by jarra, laughed & danced by the fire

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Thursday July 25
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~ early morning breakfast meeting with martin (discuss performance review) ~ meeting with joanne & martin about sunnybrook project ~ respond to a variety of e-mails ~ spent time checking voicemail messages and calling people back ~ typed up notes from sunnybrook meeting & sent out follow-up e-mail ~ sent ideal list of t-shirts, sizes, quantity to companies for quotes ~ brief chat with amanda about creating earth youth logo ~ prepare e-mail to be sent out to TIG members about expressive arts workshop ~ breif chat with jarra (as I was driving to WYD I saw him on king street!) ~ attend Youth Festival (at world youth day), sing, dance & connect with spiritual youth

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Wednesday July 24
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~ arrived in office early and spent an hour cleaning things up ~ e-mail to staff about office appreciation & talk to people about organizing their personal work space ~ call dumi to wish him a happy birthday ~ spend time with maria on performance review ~ brief meeting with dan - go to world youth day university café (no one was there) ~ meet with greg dobson from energize your enterprise ~ Experience Entrepreneurship workshop!! (6 amazing panelists attended, interactive activities conducted, excellent handouts prepared, overall superb workshop with positive feedback and great turnout - approx.30 people) ~ missed a lot of the panelists presentations because I was working with sush to prepare the pictures...

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Tuesday July 23
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~ meeting with martin about needs for sunnybrook project
~ worked on a range of e-mails (sent details to national congress of italian canadians, sent e-mail to muthu about resume) ~ meeting with hugh about his involvement as a volunteer for TIG ~ meeting with adam dexter & others interested in TIGvibe - we discussed progress to date and next steps - created a draft 1 year timeline - went through website and gave feedback to adam on what needs to be improved...(progress is exciting!) ~ evening workshop run by Shalini on 'how to conduct a great workshop' - realized that we need to spend a lot more time with facilitators going through the details of what activities they plan to conduct and the overall framework for their workshop to ensure that they are prepared ~ came up with a general 'model' for TIG workshops in the future... EVERY TIG WORKSHOP MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS: Inspiration -> an opportunity / experience for people to be excited / motivated / have an eye-opener Information -> handouts with info / links / connection to resources etc. -> be sure to have a resource table (brochures etc.) Involvement -> must have an interactive element where the workshop participants are sharing their perspectives & knowledge ~ attended kung fu class in the evening

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Monday July 22
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~ work from home on assignment for school - felt a bit stressed because I didn't spend enough time on the readings ~ missed the World Youth Day Media event :( ~ registerred for WYD late in the evening ~ finalized assignment in the late evening and sent it in

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Sunday July 21
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~ A Stroke of Art - Creativity Retreat with TIGgers - created monoprints and still life paintings ~ postings for weekly homework assignment complete ~ readings for essay assignment

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Saturday July 20
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~ spent a few hours in the morning creating a painting with my little cousin (rocco) and grandmother ~ missed karate class ~ took out boat with mike & had a picnic! ~ worked on homework assignment for school

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Friday July 19
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~ worked from home & spent time getting organized
~ worked on a huge range of e-mails
~ sent out e-mail to promote upcoming experience entrepreneurship workshop ~ sent e-mail to famous 5 foundation about upcoming conference ~ had 1.5 hr conference call with Dumi from YES about current project status & teambuilding/management (gave advice) ~ sent framework for upcoming newsletters (general idea of what they should include) ~ wrote e-mail for panelists to be prepared ~ making it work for volunteers application due

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Thursday July 18
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~ morning meeting at D-Code about civic engagement project
~ meeting with vicki @ a coffee shop
~ meeting with andy
~ meeting with elizabeth verway
~ workshop preparation
~ Develop Your Leadership Potential workshop

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Wednesday July 17
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~ get panelists for Experience Entrepreneurship Workshop!! call every possible mentor in toronto
~ prepare e-mail to send to members about upcoming workshop (in order to promote it!) ~ meet with Jessica about preparing handouts (get bio's for panelists, create list of resources) ~ discussion with amanda, sush & martin about t-shirts, mugs, mousepads & other promo materials for workshops ~ meeting with Jarra about future involvement with TIG (upcoming priorities) ~ World Youth Day - University Café training on using digital camera ~ speaking engagement at Youth Vision leadership event


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Tuesday July 16
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~ work from home in the morning on e-mails
~ go to library and work on assignment for school
~ go to private lesson (kung fu), attend kickboxing class then kung fu class ~ swimming in the evening ~ enjoy a good night sleep

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Monday July 15
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~ work on TIG newsletter (create framework for ben!)
~ Staff meeting
~ give martin & maria performance reviews for them to fill out ~ conference call with Nick ~ preparation for upcoming workshops ~ attend evening karate class

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Sunday July 14
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~ went to Canada's Wonderland with family!!
~ spent the evening doing readings for school (read a few chapters!) ~


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Saturday July 13
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~ went to karate class
~ went out on on the boat with family
~ dinner party with patty chilton (from pollution probe), ron (from HP), virginia (professional coach)

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Friday July 12
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~ meeting with Perry about 'youth media centre'
~ discuss maria's transition with ashley, maria and jessica
~ rollerblading with mike on the lakeshore

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Thursday July 11
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~ meeting with rose from National Congress for Italian Canadians (about being the 2002 youth achievement award winner) ~ meeting with mandy & sush about Youth Employment Summit Global Knowledge Resource (objectives) ~ meeting with tsipora (good friend who I haven't seen in a while...gained new personal insights) ~ follow-up from meeting with jeni (provide quote for web development project) ~ attend first 1/2 of learn how to paint workshop (excellent job!) ~ go to kung fu class & dinner afterwards ~ meeting with Taylor about Kids Voting Project ~ prepare for & attend 'Get Involved and Take Action' Workshop!! (amazing turnout :) ~ go out with Jarra and Petra (along with mike, martin & sonya)...greek food, bubble tea & pool!)

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Wednesday July 10
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~ pampering in the early morning (from b-day gifts) - peticure, manicure, waxing
~ meeting with jeni about fundraising for TIG, potential web development projects

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Tuesday July 9
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~ work on e-mails from home in the morning
~ afternoon meeting with joanne from sunnybrook (project planning session) ~ work on e-mails ~ kung fu in the evening

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Monday July 8
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~ slept IN!! We were supposed to be at the RCMP by 10am - we got there at noon!! ~ meetings at the RCMP with Deal.org ~ lunch meeting (italian food) at east side mario's ~ discussions about partnership ~ drive home in the evening ~ take video footage interviews in the car on the way back!

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Sunday July 7
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~ enjoyed our sleeP
~ work session at the hotel with everyone..captured great spirit and enthusiasm ~ brief workout ~ go to the market and buy some fruit, smoothies and necklaces! ~ an afternoon/evening at Pat's house (met his wife and 3 children)... ~ it was really amazing for me to meet with Chloe (Pat's daughter) who had to choose her 'hero/role model' for a school project and chose me...she showed me her assignment...she got an A+ :) :) ~ we went swimming and played with the beach ball ~ we ate a wonderful dinner, had popsicles and reviewed artwork on our global gallery, and art that the girls made! ~ we had a lot of fun and look forward to another visit :) ~ got back in time to finish off weekly homework assignment!! Yikes...yet another last-minute project... ~ work late on local.takingitglobal.org & tyd.takingitglobal.org

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Saturday July 6
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~ early morning wake-up, leave for Ottawa (with Mike, Sush and Martin!) ~ attend Sunst Ceremony and watch RCMP horses & dogs perform in front of a lively audience :) ~ tour the stables & catch a glimpse behind the scenes ~ relaxed and watched Saturday night live ~ worked on some e-mails and a bit of our 'home video' ;)

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Friday July 5
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~ finalize and send out press release (through the wire) for promoting local workshops ~ work on e-mails & meet with people to discuss upcoming goals & priorities ~ saw Mr. Deeds with martin, mike and sush

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Thursday July 4
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~ show up at mike's with a birthday cake & bday present
~ drive into the office
~ meeting with jacqueline at YMCA about upcmoing projects
~ meeting with maria about involvement with TIG beyond career edge ~ prepare overview of trillium budget ~ dinner & arcades with mike & family

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Wednesday July 3
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~ spent a lot of time in the airport and worked on a massive todo list ~ worked on a whole variety of e-mails (approx 40)... ~ sent e-mail to jessica & houshi about desiging a summer work plan ~ sent e-mail to nick about follow-up from discussions with lawyers (needs & priorities) ~ sent e-mail to peeps involved in TIG toronto about upcoming retreat at breslin's cottage
~ sent e-mail to staff about youth rep progress to get feedback ~ sent e-mail to staff about creativity workshop retreat @ A Stroke of Art ~ got to the office at about 5:30 pm and enjoyed a birthday cake (made by mandy!) ~ met petra and had a chat with her about school, TIG, youth engagement, art, community etc. ~ missed out on our 'draw the world around you' workshop ~ spent time ortanizing personal work space / files / and organized papers that I brought back ~ read the most beautiful birthday card every (thanks karis) ~ went home and began to implement items on todo list - started to get back into the swing of things

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