Inspiration Action Tools to Make a Difference !!!
An innovative environmental/social action and leadership training program designed to give young people the skills, motivation and opportunities to lead the way to a sustainable future in their own communities & beyond.
What is Youth LEAD?
Youth LEAD is an OzGREEN initiative, building a national network of young leaders who are working in their local community and beyond to build a life-sustaining society. Youth LEAD is achieving this through leadership training and mentoring for eco-social projects that forge pathways to sustainable futures. Youth LEAD begins where other leadership programs finish – with people learning to be leaders by designing and undertaking their own projects.
Why get involved?
Have you ever wanted to do something but aren’t sure how you can make a difference or where to start? Are you already doing lots but want to reflect, refocus or recharge? No matter what your concerns and where you’re at, we can help you strengthen skills and create a plan for action to really do something that you are interested in, even if you don’t know what that is!
We provide the space, support, nurturing and training to give you the confidence, motivation and skills to develop plans and put them into action, and to refocus on and invigorate your current plans. We work from the principle that the answers to problems lie within people and within communities, even though most of us don’t know what they are. Youth LEAD is a transformative processes that enables people to tap into these answers, to be themselves, do what makes their heart sing, AND make a real difference in the world!
The Program
Each program involves a 3 day residential environmental leadership training and action planning residential workshop for participants. It costs $250 which covers everything (food, accommodation & course costs) & there are subsidised places available if price is a barrier. Youth LEAD is for 15-25 year olds (we do have Leading with the Heart for older adults).
The workshop features skills training in:
ecological footprint assessment and lifestyle analysis
strategic questioning,
deep listening and critical thinking
rational and emotional intelligence
creative thinking
values and visioning
goal setting
and actionplanning for lifestyle changes and eco-social action
After the workshop there will be follow-up meetings and regular phone and email contact with all participants for mentoring and support. And opportunities to join our trainee facilitator, mentor and OzGREEN volunteer programs nationally & in East Timor, India, Pakistan & Papua New Guinea.
Youth LEAD is currently being documented as a case study in best practice education for sustainability by the Australian Association for Environmental Education (2006). Youth LEAD is also a previous winner of the Social Ventures Australia BIG BOOST! Award and winner of the coveted Eureka! Award for Education for Sustainability (2007).
Through our programs people:
Clarify what is important to them
Find inspiration and focus to make informed life choices
Develop confidence to live from their own values and integrity
Reflect on and re-energise the difference they already make in their lives
Develop and strengthen skills to understand, analyse, vision and plan
Be leaders of positive change
Understand local and global environmental challenges
Learn to live sustainably and reduce ecological footprint (average 29%)
Harness their passion, creativity and intelligence to build a better world
Join a supportive inspiring community of people
Become more themselves
About the Facilitators
OzGREEN co-founders Sue and Colin Lennox lead by example and are recognised as leading social entrepreneurs in Australia. They each bring over 30 years of experience and professional qualifications in environmental education, social enterprise and youth empowerment gained on the ground in city and rural settings in Australia and internationally. They are supported by a team of passionate young professionals, trainee facilitators and youth-to-youth mentors, each of whom has a track record of successfully implementing their own life changes and projects.
What YouthLEADers Say
”Youth LEAD has made me more confident and determined to speak out and act on the issues that concern me.”
”Youth LEAD has given me a chance to be more of a leader, make new friends and have heaps of fun.”
”I have gained and unleashed skills I never knew I had.”
“Before Youth LEAD I was overwhelmed by the issues of our time... Now I am inspired, happy and empowered with a clear plan of action!”
“It is so hard to articulate what a profound effect this program has had. On a personal level, for me, it gave my life new direction and was impetus in defining who I was and what I stood for and then doing something about those things!”
”Thank you so much for the inspiration. You have helped me become myself.”
OzGREEN
OzGREEN is an independent, not for profit organisation that was established in 1992. OzGREEN facilitates life changing learning and leadership programs for sustainability. OzGREEN enables people to harness their inner wisdom, creativity and intelligence to build pathways to an ecologically sustainable future. OzGREEN runs a range of programs, working nationally in Australia and internationally in India, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Pakistan.
Youth LEAD is proudly supported by the Vodafone Australia Foundation & Coca
Cola Foundation.
If you are interested please contact Kathryn to reserve your place
Kathryn Mc Cabe
Program Coordinator & Facilitator
OzGREEN
Po Box 1378
Dee Why
NSW 2099
Australia
P 02 9984 8917
F 02 9981 4956
E kmccabe@ozgreen.org.au
http://www.ozgreen.org.au
http://www.myriver.org.au
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