Enviroschools : Youth Jam

Erana Walker

Student, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rawhiti Roa - Northland Region

"You can put everything into a whānau context with Enviroschools. The facilitators are there to awhi, support, and help by hooking you up with contacts in the regions and giving you a framework to work with. Enviroschools is a good way to connect with other rangatahi around the country. I might be in Whangarei, but from attending Enviroschools Youth Jams and other events I am able to connect with students from all over the country. Now I’ve got contacts in Auckland, Nelson, Tauranga and Dunedin, and we catch up and see what each other are up to. I am one of five students selected by UNICEF New Zealand to go to the Rangatahi Climate Forum in Copenhagen, in November. We are all a part of the Enviroschools whānau, which shows how Enviroschools has helped and supported many schools throughout NZ."

Tenei rā ka mihi ki a koutou e te hunga rangatahi e nohonoho ana i ngā tōpito whānui ō Aotearoa, ō Te Waipounamu hoki! Kei runga noa atu koutou i tae mai ki ngā huinga National Enviroschools Youth Jam i Rotorua i ngā tau kua pahure, otirā, ki a koutou kua tae mai ki ngā Jam ā rohe i tū i te tau nei! Kia kaha te kōkirikiri i ngā kaupapa maha, i ngā mahi maha ki ō koutou ake rohe, i ō koutou ake kura, i roto i ō koutou ake whānau hoki!

Youth Jam bringing people together to jam, sharing ideas, sharing energy that's the plan. From all around the nation we're gathering here, to raise up the energy, increase the sphere, sphere of influence, getting people into it, Enviroschools is the name of this movement. From the top of the north right to the bottom of the south, people coming together now and rockin it out yeah!

After 'Changing the Climate on Climate Change at the wiked inaugural National Enviroschools Youth Jam in 2007, Youth Jam 08 stepped it up by 'Designing Sustainablitiy' and this year the regions brought the Jam energy local and rocked Regional Youth Jam's and ReGeneration Workshops around the country!

Forward movement here we come...

Love ya Mates!

Contact

If you are interested in getting involved in future youth events you can contact Te Rawhitiroa Bosch at the Enviroschools office or on:

(0274) 219-046

rawhitiroa@enviroschools.org.nz