Green Festivals - Youth Unity Tent

Youth Unity Tent

Saturday
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11am Youth Rising, Youth Leading
Stories from Brower Youth Award Recipients and the Green Ambassadors
The voices of young people most likely to live with the disastrous consequences of growing environmental challenges are often ignored, but not with these youth. Hear stories ranging from student-powered campaigns to green curriculum in schools, how these teenagers are empowering their communities, and how you can support youth networks.

12pm Youth Climate Activism Workshop
Presented by RYSE – RAN Youth Sustaining the Earth
What kinds of actions actually count towards stopping climate change and how can we work towards them collectively? Learn about the current student movements to stop climate change and join in an interactive discussion to develop action plans.

1pm Fast Food Fools!
Youth from the Farm Fresh Choice Program in Berkeley, CA
This interactive presentation allows young people to critically examine the fast food industry and big business, and compare it to local and sustainable farming. Explore food justice issues in our community today.

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2pm Visionary Audacious Actions
The Ruckus Society
It’s time to aggressively advance the frontline of our desire for green jobs and green economies! Come scheme ideas for visionary, audacious and relevant actions. Join us for this interactive introduction to nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience.

3pm Home Energy Diet for a Healthy Planet
Rising Sun Energy Center
So what’s the deal with global warming, anyway? Want to learn what it is, and how you can help stop it? Discover how conserving energy in your own home and your daily life make a difference. We’ll play a round of Energy Bingo!

4pm Mental Health and Food from an Indigenous Perspective
Indigenous Permaculture Program
With positive mental health, we can find solutions in our personal daily life. By eating healthily and growing food in public and common spaces, we will grow both personally and collectively. Brainstorm solutions, find support and build solidarity in our communities for sustainable future.

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5pm Addressing the Urban Environment: Ending Violence in Our Communities
Turf Unity Youth, a joint project of Art in Action, Cov Records and Silence the Violence
Youth artists from the Turf Unity Project will discuss how they use music to bring together Bay Area neighborhoods in conflict and reduce violence in the urban environment as well as create business networks that bring resources to their communities.

6pm Five Things You Must Know to Jump-start Your Green Career
Carol McClelland, Ph. D., Solar Living Institute
Are you motivated to find a career in the green economy? In this talk, McClelland, founder and executive director of GreenCareerCentral.com and author of Your Dream Career for Dummies, will share insights, practical tips and insider tactics to jump-start your green career. You’ll walk away feeling inspired and ready to take action.

Sunday
12pm The Ecophyte and the Green Paradigm
Menhuam Ayele
Using nature as the teacher, the Green Paradigm instructs the ecophyte how to mimic her ingenuity while creating prosperity, abundance and no waste. As we pursue our lives, careers and purpose, the “Green Paradigm” serves to guide us in making eco-conscious decisions to be better stewards of each other and the planet.

1pm Green Jobs, Not Jails!
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
What stops us from creating an inclusive green economy that honors both people and the planet? Learn about the Green-Collar Jobs Campaign at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and discuss the problems, the solutions and what you can do.

2:30pm Place Matters! Where You Live Can Kill You
T.U.R.F. (Tobacco Use Reduction Force) Youth from the Youth Leadership Institute (YLI)
Did you know that just by living in a certain community you are more prone to obesity, cancer, malnutrition and even early death? Through activities such as community mapping and logic modeling, you will understand your community better and be able to analyze what needs improvement. Create a healthy and more hopeful community for all.

4pm Grind for the Green Summer Report Back
G4G is an annual summer music festival produced by youth for youth. Its mission lies in fusing sustainability awareness and music business industry training to prepare tomorrow’s leaders to continuously work for the equity of all. This will be a report back and performance from the summer experience of G4G youth.