Activism

The following is a guest post by Patrick Lebedinski, an up-and-coming writer and social activist.

There are countless places where young people are working for social change. One spot in particular is near-and-dear to me because it's located in my hometown, Santee, CA. This past May, at West Hills High School, members of the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) organized a Day of Silence to spread a message – a demand even – that social equality must include people of all sexual orientations.

The Day of Silence was established after a student at another school was murdered because of his sexual orientation. This year at West Hills High, students gathered in the middle of the school during the lunch break. They stood in a circle and joined hands to signify the unity that is possible between peoples of different sexual orientations. Many students who were not members of the GSA took part in demonstration.

As someone who is fully in favor of such actions, this story gives me hope, but I recognize that there is a dilemma for some of the people reading this. Skeptics may question whether such unity possible on a larger scale. When I think of the issue in terms of rights, I believe the answer must be "yes." America was birthed upon the principle of personal liberty; that rights should be granted to all persons, regardless of orientation or belief.

I know this issue is about more than just gay rights because if people are being denied basic freedoms based on their innate constitutions, what does this say about the social well-being of humans in today's world?

We lacking true equality…that's obvious isn't it? All around the world, individuals and groups alike are suffering from a lack of social equality. Whether we're talking about issues as big as genocide in Sudan or others as personal as an idividual being assailed for his beliefs, these problems are all strikes against the wellbeing of humanity, and they must be addressed.

More campaigns like the Day of Silence are needed. The urgent necessity of equality demands that these campaigns happen soon, very soon. So make a decision and support something you believe in today. Just don't, and I mean don't, stay inactive! Inactivity is not an option.

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UN Climate Negotiations, COP14
The SustainUS Agents of Change program is now accepting applications for its delegation to the UN Climate Negotiations, the Conference of Parties 14, to be held in Poznan, Poland this December. COP14 will determine the future of international policy on climate change, and this is an opportunity for youth to make their voices heard. The SustainUS delegation, comprised of key leaders in the youth climate movement from various organizations and backgrounds, will have the unique opportunity to represent American youth at the COP. Delegates will work with each other and with international youth in advance of the conference to educate themselves, develop policy priorities, acquire skills in effective lobbying, and engage the broader youth population in a conversation about international climate policy.
Dates: December
Deadline: July 12

Community College Summit: Building Gateways to the Green Economy
The two-day event will feature general sessions with keynotes, speakers and more than 30 workshops and sessions addressing the full range of green workforce, education and building issues. Attendees will learn from educators, policy makers, business leaders and a range of experts about the curriculums that are being developed in conjunction with renewable energy and other green industries and coordinated among campuses; creating campuses that are models of sustainable practices to their communities; the savings available from building and running green campuses; community colleges that are living laboratories where students learn by applying their skills and training to green their campuses; and green job opportunities – what the “green collar” jobs are now, and what they will look like in the future.
Dates: October 8th and 9th
Deadline: August 1

Performing the World
Performing the World ’08 builds on the momentum of 2007’s PTW 4, which brought together 300 practitioners, scholars, educators, youth workers, researchers, psychologists and therapists, health and helping professionals, business people, artists, and community activists from 27 countries. Some conversational themes, panels, workshops and performances will include Performance as a Community Building Methodology; Postmodern Creativity and Performance; Knowing, Not Knowing and Performing; Performance and Politics; Performance in Daily Life; The Therapeutics of Performance; The Creativity of the Group; Ensemble and Community; Theatre and Community; The Creativity of Improvisation; Performing, Improvising and Learning; The Power of Play; and Conflict Resolution and Performance.
Deadline: October 2nd-5th
Deadline: August 1

HMF International Film/Media Festival and Conference
HMF seeks to tap into the power of the media—film, both documentary and narrative; art and music; print, web, television, and photojournalism—and extend their influence more broadly, so that humanitarian issues are not just covered in brief articles, commercials, profiles, or soundbytes, but can be explored and given context, so that their importance is more widely known. With greater knowledge, more people in positions of authority and influence can then also be drawn in as part of the dialogue, so that such issues are not just lamented, but perhaps some constructive and creative answers can be illuminated among those with the greatest capacity to make a difference. The Conference will cover the media’s role in humanitarian histories, events, issues and crises; the role that the media has played and perhaps should play in the work of the UN, NGO’s and other agencies who help to support populations in need and are affected by certain issues or crises; the future role of the media with the advent of new technologies, the possibilities inherent in the web, and how these new possibilities can be utilized by those seeking to bring further attention to the public sphere regarding issues of humanitarian importance; the role of the artistic media in revealing the nuances of issues of humanitarian importance and the significance of “celebrity” involvement; the role of print, television, web, and photojournalism and its importance in the humanitarian sphere.
Dates: December 10th-14th
Deadline: August 1 for presenters; December 1 for attendees

The Annual Youth Assembly at the United Nations
This Assembly attracts hundreds of youth leaders to the United Nations Headquarters in New York from over 52 countries. During the assembly, attendees learn more about the Millennium Development Goals and find ways that young people can contribute to the MDGs in their own country. The Assembly has become a major gathering of young people over the past five years. Among our honored guest speakers each year is Dr. Arun Gandhi (Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi), UN officials, Olympic Medalists, Goodwill Ambassadors and other celebrities, who have made significant contributions to young people's lives and to the Millennium Development Goals themselves.
Dates: August 11th-14th
Deadline: August 5

AASHE 2008: Working Together for Sustainability--On Campus and Beyond
AASHE will host its second biannual conference, AASHE 2008: Working Together for Sustainability – On Campus and Beyond. AASHE 2008 will offer an opportunity for every sector of higher education in the United States & Canada to come together to demonstrate how colleges and universities can lead the way to a sustainable future. Goals of the conference include advancing sustainability on campus and beyond through partnerships and collaborations, increasing the integration of social responsibility and social justice into mainstream campus sustainability, promoting new pathways for elevating sustainability education and student leadership development, magnifying the role of campuses as responsible members of communities, both local and global, and to involve a wider range of participants in advancing sustainability in higher education. Students, administrators, faculty, staff, community members, and business are encouraged to attend. During the conference, AASHE will also host a two-day tradeshow, Sustainable Solutions Expo: Green Solutions for Campuses, Businesses and Institutions. Admission is included with conference registration. Discounts are available for students and AASHE members.
Dates: November 9th-11th
Deadline: August 29

Global Youth Enterprise
Making Cents International will convene practitioners, donors, educators, youth, members of the private sector, representatives of governments, and other partners in youth enterprise, entrepreneurship, and livelihood development for the Global Youth Enterprise Conference. These conference participants are part of a growing community committed to investing in young people, and the innovations necessary to ensure programs and policies achieve greater impact, sustainability, and scale. Making Cents supports this community regularly meeting to share lessons learned, promising practices, and new ideas that create economic opportunities for young people. This year's conference themes are Market-Driven Approaches and Effective Methodologies and Practices for Monitoring, Evaluating, and Conducting Impact Assessments.
Dates: September 15th and 16th
Deadline for late registration: September 1

2008 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo - Revolutionary Green: Innovations for Global Sustainability
The U.S. Green Building Council will host its Greenbuild 2008. USGBC’s Greenbuild conference and expo is an opportunity to connect with other green building peers, industry experts, and influential leaders as they share insights on the green building movement and its diverse specialties. Speakers include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, E.O. Wilson, and Janine Benyus. The conference will feature over 100 educational sessions, LEED workshops, off-site educational sessions. Students, universities, and professionals are invited to attend.
Dates: November 19th-21st
Deadline: September 8

CFP - Fifth World Environmental Education Congress
The Organizing Committee of the Congress invites submissions for abstract proposals. The presentations may be in the form of a poster, oral, or round table presentation, or a workshop or NGO forum. Themes include relationships between ecology and economy; the issue of sustainability; questions of fairness in socio-ecological issues; environmental health; urban challenges; greening colleges and universities; and school and community. Each participant is limited to a maximum of two proposals.
Dates: May 10th-14th
Deadline for presentation submission: September 30
Deadline for presenter registration: February 1

Good and Green
This conference gives you the opportunity to catch up on the very latest green marketing info and know how. It is the only event focused on green marketing solutions and insights for Fortune 100-1,000 companies and their agencies! Attendees will receive invaluable research, case studies, strategies and techniques. They can also expect some new marketing ideas and insights, as well as surprise entertainment value from Planet Green. Presenters include The Daily Green.com, The Natural Marketing Institute, Ketchum Public Relations, Denise Waggoner from Getty Images, and Earthsense. There will also be a Partnership Panel, from which attendees will learn to correctly identify and develop great partnerships successfully. Good And Green is the place for senior brand marketers to touch base, connect, learn and share insights from their green marketing journey.
Dates: December 3rd and 4th
Deadline: register online now

Green Community College Conference
The National Council for Workforce Education Board of Directors will host the Green Community Colleges Conference: Sustainable Campuses and Programs. Presentations will be given on sustainability initiatives, energy programs and opportunities, and workforce curriculum and faculty development.
Dates: October 18th-21st
Deadline: register online now

National Youth Venture Summit
The First-Ever National Youth Venture Summit will be an exciting leadership experience, gathering young changemakers from across the nation. Attendees will participate in skill-building and Venture-strengthening workshops, engage in meaningful dialogue to share experiences, network and find ways to collaborate. Free time will also be available to explore our nation's capital. For additional information and questions regarding financial support, contact Kristin at 703.600.8347 or kfurio@youthventure.org.
Dates: July 17th-20th
Deadline: register online now

Pop!Tech 2008: Scarcity and Abundance
For the twelfth year, the Pop!Tech Conference will again convene a network of 600 remarkable thinkers, doers, leaders and global change agents in science, technology, social innovation, business, environmentalism, globalization, media, education, and many other fields for a four-day exploration of ideas shaping the future. This year, we will pay particular attention to the 21st century dynamics between systems based on scarcity and those based on abundance, in areas ranging from digital social networks to environmentalism, from biology to business, from peacemaking to politics. We’ll chart the core scarcities that humanity will face in this century, and how a wealth of new innovations, new bottom-up approaches to collaboration, and new insights into collective wisdom might hold the key to addressing them. As always, there will be incredible performances, jaw-dropping technology demonstrations, spirited discussions, formal debates and surprises throughout. We will leave each other with an inspired sense of our challenges, our potential, and the dynamics of positive change.
Dates: October 23rd-25th
Deadline: register online now

Slow Food Nation 2008 This event is the first-ever American collaborative gathering to unite the growing sustainable food movement and introduce thousands of people to food that is good, clean and fair. The first annual event of Slow Food Nation takes place on Labor Day 2008 in San Francisco with enjoyable, accessible and educational activities for all Americans. Slow Food Nation is dedicated to creating a framework for deeper environmental connection to our food and aims to inspire and empower Americans to build a food system that is sustainable, healthy and delicious.
Dates: August 29th-September 1st
Deadline: register online now

UCB, U Washington Summer Institute in Sustainability
The University of British Columbia and the University of Washington Extension are pleased to invite participants to the Summer Institute in Sustainability, a 5-day intensive program that will provide intellectual perspectives and practical skills to integrate sustainability as a core value within an organization, and develop programs that represent best practices in sustainability planning. The program provides participants with a combination of lectures by sustainability experts and practitioners, on-site excursions to UBC’s sustainability initiatives, case studies featuring five of UBC’s signature sustainability programs, and applied work sessions focusing on sustainability planning.
Dates: July 20th-25th
Deadline: register online now

United Students Against Sweatshops Summer Conference
This summer, hundreds of students from throughout the US and Canada will be gathering in Boulder, Colorado for this conference. Attendees will be participating in skill building workshops, strategizing around winning our campaigns, hearing from workers, participating in anti-oppression trainings, and meeting up with students from hundreds of other schools.
Dates: August 8th-10th
Deadline: register online now

World Youth Congress
The 4th World Youth Congress will bring 600 of the world's most dynamic young activists in the field of sustainable development to Québec from 120 different countries. The congress offers a unique opportunity to meet and work alongside young people who are really doing things and going places. This event sets a new standard for international youth events, and will be the largest and most inspirational gathering of its kind for young people taking place anywhere in the world in 2008. There is a strong role at the Congress for young journalists, cultural performers (e.g. dancers / actors / film makers / musicians), as well as for those with an interest in sustainable development, but less personal experience in this area. Delegates will join forces with young Canadians to undertake hands-on community action projects across Québec, and will help shape international policy by documenting and showing governments what young people are doing to achieve the MDGs.
Dates: August 10th-21st
Deadline: register online now

State of the World Forum
The Forum, in partnership with Wisdom University and Olmstead Productions, is convening a new State of the World Forum in 2009 designed to draw attention to the emerging power of the cultural creatives and the enabling technologies required to shape constructive change in the face of the growing crisis of global warming. The application will be posted soon.
Dates: November 9th-15th
Deadline: registration materials will be available online soon

“Creating Global Change: How Youth are answering the question, 'What can I do?'”
Interested to know how you can make a career out of social change? How you can continue to work for poverty reduction and social justice after your time at college? This summer, AID and the Student Movement for Real Change will be hosting a conference to address these questions. Attendees will get an opportunity to speak with young social entrepreneurs, national organizers, and new media activists—learning from them about how to create global change as youth. For details, contact kristen@aidemocracy.org.

Global Health Conference in DC: "Mobilizing and Engaging Communities in Global Health"
This conference promises to be informative and filled with take-home actions you can do. For more details, contact christine.g@aidemocracy.org.

Are you an avid bottled water drinker? Do your H2O drinking habits have you go to the grocery store or put change into a vending machine? If so, you should stop and rethink the way you are getting your source of water. Bottled water takes a tremendous toll on the environment – the manufacturing and transporting of plastic bottles burn up oil, create pollution, and emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Not to mention, all the plastic waste they will end up becoming!

Many people may feel the need to choose bottled water over regular tap water because they think it is tastier and healthier. However, it is the bottled water corporations that have made you believe in this false notion. In fact, 40% of bottled water in the U.S. and Canada comes straight from the faucet! Bottled water is essentially the same as tap water! That’s right, the math is clear: municipal tap water + hefty price + environmental damage = bottled water.

So, save yourself some money and do the planet a favor. Take the Think Outside the Bottle Pledge: “[I opt] for public tap water over bottled water; and [support] the efforts of local officials who prioritize strong public water systems over bottled water profits.”

• As an activist, direct your local officials to cut city spending on bottled water and invest in strong public water systems.
• As a restaurant owner, serve tap instead of bottled water to encourage more sustainable eating habits.
• As a student, raise public awareness by organizing events, such as the Tap Water Challenge and the World Water Challenge. You can get support from Conscious Lifestyle for it.

Do your part to challenge the corporate control of water, for the environment, for your health.

Photo courtesy of Corporate Accountability International.

The War in Darfur began five years ago in western Sudan, and today, there is still no end in sight. Hundreds of thousands of people have died from violence and disease, with millions more being displaced from their homes. McCain and Obama have both pledged to pursue peace in Darfur once elected as President.

While on the subject, the two U.S. presidential candidates praised “young people” for their dedication toward curbing the Darfur Genocide. Here is what they have to say:

John McCain
“I am gratified by organizations all over America, young people all over America who have acted to go to our government and other governments to act to stop this genocide. I want to thank all of those people and organizations who have dedicated so much of their time, their effort, their energy, and their funds on behalf of people that they’ve never known and never will know that is suffering the most horrific situation today. I believe that over time, with this kind of support and this kind of effort, that we will end the genocide in Darfur.”

Barack Obama
“When you see a genocide, whether it is in Rwanda, or Bosnia, or in Darfur, that’s a stain on all of us, that’s a stain on our souls … It is very encouraging to see activism based not on self-interest, but on a moral imperative, and it is especially heartening to see young people engage and expressing their idealism through this movement. We can’t say never again and allow it to happen again, and as President of the United States I don’t intend to abandon people or turn a blind eye to slaughter.”

I applaud the many young people who have valiantly committed themselves to the Darfur cause, and the next President of the United States is certainly gratified by some of America's most selfless students. Teenagers and young adults have an influential presence on the Web, across high school and college campuses, and even on Capitol Hill. What role will you play in ending the Darfur Genocide?

Photo courtesy of USA Today.

Last Christmas was Michelle Finholdt’s worst. Shortly before the 2007th anniversary of Christ’s birth, Minnesota’s Supreme Court ruled that Finholdt’s nonprofit agency was too much like a for-profit business, meaning that come April 15th, she would be expected to cough up $16,000 in property taxes for the first time since founding the Under the Rainbow Child Care Center in 1994. She probably prayed for a holiday miracle, but even St. Nick isn’t foolish enough to go flying around with that much cash on hand.

As the New York Times dutifully reported last week, nonprofits are becoming increasingly business-like across the country, and the questions are piling up like dorm room laundry. Are these agencies doing anything for the pubic good? For the ones who are not, should they really be given a considerable tax-exemption for doing so? And festering underneath the questions is growing pressure for some non-profits to start anteing up.

In two consecutive nights this past May I found myself at a pair of annual fundraisers hosted by nonprofits, one dedicated to family justice, the other to housing. Both causes were innocent enough, but the spacious SoHo office, the trendy Chelsea event center, the open bars, the caterers, the expensive suits, the models, the pricy gift bags and the unmistakable scent of cash made both agencies come off as more hypocritical than a god-fearing atheist. If these types of organizations want to contribute to the common good, so be it, but let’s stop bullshitting around. They are semi-businesses at best, certainly not pure charities, and I’m glad that at least one supremely wise court in Minnesota is beginning to make the distinction.

Most of the nation’s 1.6 million nonprofit organizations enjoy 501(c)3 certification, a rectangular piece paper allowing them to claim large tax exemptions each spring, something for which most American homeowners would likely sell the family pet, a nice heirloom, or perhaps a third or fourth-born child. In return, say the states, these same agencies are expected to perform utterly altruistic services in the name of public wellbeing.

Yet, as I witnessed first hand, the term “nonprofit” can be wildly deceiving, conveying an image of selflessness and goodwill, when in reality a whole host of largely undeserving organizations are blessed with the 501(c)3 holy water and then turning their backs on the priests.

Under the Rainbow could be the least nefarious example, a daycare that charges all families the same market-rate price regardless of their clients’ ability to pay. It may be not-for-profit, but what does it do for the public good that a for-profit daycare does not? Nothing. Certainly not $16,000 worth of good.

And on the other end of the rainbow are the large, private universities. Sure, their students occasionally volunteer in nearby communities, but the institutions themselves offer far less, preferring instead to ignore local residents and gobble up surrounding land like a bunch of Israeli settlers. Try explaining without sounding insane how Harvard, boasting an endowment bloated past the $30 billion mark and yearly returns of fifteen percent, is a “nonprofit” institution dedicated purely to public charity.

To the relief of Cambridge and Boston residents however, Massachusetts officials are tackling the issue by earnestly debating a bill that would levy a 2.5% tax on any university with endowments in excess of $1 billion, a sum deemed adequate for an organization supposedly devoid of profit. Should it move forward, the legislation will take nine separate ivory towers by the ankles, including Boston College, Boston University, MIT, Williams, and others, and shake them down for a fraction of the spare change they’ve been hoarding for years under the nonprofit moniker.

But in between the lowly daycares and the powerful universities are a slew of other non-profits where the line between pure charity and sinister deception isn’t so stark and the threat of government intervention far less severe.

Consider a private elementary school where New York’s richest pay $22,000 each year for me to teach their five-year-old kids. Or a mental-health advocacy agency that compensates its executives with six-figure salaries and throws wildly lavish parties each May. Are such organizations really deserving of their nonprofit status and a comfortable tax shelter when so obviously not in need? When does this perverse game end?

Indeed, not all non-profits are so questionable. Certainly groups like the NAACP and the ACLU contribute immensely to our collective wellbeing and ought to be rewarded for doing so. So too should the thousands of smaller organizations (ahem…Conscious Lifestyle) that sincerely struggle for the greater good.

As for the others, the essentially for-profit, sometimes ostentatiously so, businesses hiding under the fluffy 501(c)3 sheepskin? The Under the Rainbows and the Harvards? Well, if Minnesota and Massachusetts are any accurate barometer, soon they’ll all start dreading and loathing April 15th like the rest of us.

The following is a guest post written by Nick Fuller-Googins, a 25-year-old Brooklynite tasked with the well-being and edification of 17 six-year-olds in Manhattan. Nick will be hopping on the next train west. You can find all of his ramblings at his blog, thirteenam.

Although I don’t think the Girl Scouts are going to be selling boxes of CFL lightbulbs instead of cookies any time soon—why change a good and delicious thing?--groups of other stripes are always looking for creative ways to raise money for their organizations. Now your group can choose to sell recycled paper goods, green home cleaners, energy-efficient showerheads, and yes, low-energy lightbulbs through several Web-based green fundraising organizations. You register your group on the Web site, tell your prospective buyers to visit it and make their purchases, and your group gets a check in the mail.

LetsGoGreen.biz and Greenraising.comoffer groups the opportunity to earn between 25% and 40% of the price on each eco-conscious product their friends and relatives buy. This percentage is not as high as on traditional fundraising items—typically 50% to 75%--because traditional items are mass-produced, often overseas, thus cheaper to produce, making it easier to pass on a greater percentage of the profit. But green fundraising contains an educational and pro-environmental aspect—for both buyers and sellers--that can make up for the lower profit.

And if consumers like the products, they can keep on buying through the fundraising websites, generating additional income for the group after the initial drive is over. So if your group can operate with a steady stream of income instead of a one-time payment as in the traditional model, green fundraising may be something to think about.

Now if only there were a way to keep on buying Girl Scout cookies…

Focus The Nation is an educational initiative on global warming solutions for America occurring at more than 1,000 universities, colleges, high schools, middle schools, places of worship, civic organizations, and businesses, in all 50 states on Jan. 31, 2008.

The teach-in has two goals: to formulate policy solutions that can be implemented immediately; and to explore a new model of collaborative, interdisciplinary education on a national scale, needed to tackle the interconnected social, environmental, and political issues of climate change.

Attendees will participate in workshops and panels, brainstorming global warming solutions. Each Focus team will invite local, state, and federal political leaders and decision-makers to participate in a non-partisan, round-table discussion of global warming solutions. Every institution will also vote on its top five national priorities for global warming action, producing a campus- and citizen-endorsed policy agenda for 2008.

There’s still time to get involved – learn how at the Focus the Nation web site.

MonsterTRAK, an online career and recruitment Web site, wants to help you out with that major decision. It has developed GreenCareers, a site for college students and recent graduates listing environmentally responsible jobs and internships. GreenCareers includes entry-level, part-time, volunteer, and internship opportunities at organizations of all sizes that positively impact the environment. These are both "green jobs" and jobs at "green companies." The site also features career advice and articles on living green, green activism, and related news.

GreenCareers was developed in partnership with ecoAmerica, a consumer research and marketing environmental nonprofit, and is sponsored by Environmental Defense, a nonprofit organization linking science, economics, and law to find solutions to environmental problems.

For more information, visit
GreenCareers

Happy hunting!

March 7-9, 2008
Northeastern University, Boston, MA

We are pleased to inform you that registration for the IMPACT Conference is officially open!

Join college students, administrators, faculty, national nonprofit organizations, socially-responsible companies and many others this spring in Boston, MA for the historically largest national convening of campus community members involved in service, activism, politics, advocacy, and other socially responsible work across philosophical and ideological lines. This event builds on the legacy set forth by the C.O.O.L. Conference and the Idealist Campus Conference, spanning an incredible 23-year history.

You won’t want to miss this inspiring three-day conference, which will include a series of thought-provoking forums, plenary sessions, and student-led workshops as well as an Opportunities Fair, Oxfam America Hunger Banquet, powerful Opening Ceremony -- and even a few new surprises!

Register by January 7th, 2008 to receive the early-bird rate.

To learn more about the IMPACT Conference and to register, please visit
www.campusconference.org

As always, at Conscious Lifestyle we like to think about making change on the individual and institutional levels. How can we get students and schools involved with this initiative?

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To read more, sign the petition, and get involved, visit the Organic Consumers Association's website.

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