Cross-posted from thoughtPosition
The 2-day Hyderabad Summit on Climate Change (HySocc’09) on 20th & 21st June by IYCN was a unique affair: one that created impact, invoked inspiration and involved diverse actors from the society: students, IT professionals, Green analysts, activists and most importantly individuals and organizations which ‘did something about it’. It involved in-depth analysis of issues such as Urban Planning, Water, Waste and Energy & Transportation, from the perspective of the youth. One could sense the energy and the urgency of the messages, as the speakers talked of their experiences. It was a heady mixture: speakers from the AP Forest Dept., Sukuki Exnora, Prayas Pune, WWF-India, MV Foundation and even a farmer!! All of them had well-researched ideas, tried-out plans and personal experiences on the Environment to share.
The opinions of the youth present, made the discussions extremely interactive, and the Group Discussions were a treat in terms of the quality of ideas and suggestions. We ended up drafting a Youth Charter on Climate Change, which not only highlighted personal steps for action, but also our recommendations to the Government and Corporatations. The entire spirit was: there are precious environmental resources which we’re squandering thoughtlessly at present, simply because they are abundant now; but if we continue this way, it’s clear that we’ll start finding ourselves in dangerous territory few years down the line, and it’ll become very difficult to undo the damage. We can make tremendous difference by being conscious of these issues, and by taking simple, but crucial steps.
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June 29th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
whoa
thanks for putting it up already:)The charter is out, have you got a copy?
June 30th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Hi,
HySoCC was done wonderfully!! Thanks
Yes, I have a copy of it
July 4th, 2009 at 6:07 am
Thanks for a most inspiring report. It would be brilliant to see the charter online?!
July 4th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Hi,
I’ll put up the points of the Charter as a post. The entire charter can be downloaded from here:
http://tinyurl.com/ll9lac
July 6th, 2009 at 3:47 am
gr8 work guys…