BACKGROUND:
In 2008 Millennium Kids interviewed hundreds of young people about what they liked and what the did not like about their community – Climate Change was a major concern in every community we worked in. So in 2009 hundreds of young people have come together to create THE BIG SWITCH EXPERIMENT – a research and action program run by young people.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Making Plans for 2010



The Big Switch Experiment started in 2008 when Millennium Kids asked young people what they liked and what they did not like about their community. Climate Change was the number one concern, and as a result Millennium Kids has been working with students to develop this program that addressed issues of a changing climate.

Students were keen to adopt local waterways and bushland to understand how flora and fauna within that eco-system could be impacted by a changing climate.
Young people have researched, designed and developed a Map of Change that aims to get people to ‘switch their thinking’ and live more sustainably. The Map of Change outlines all of the projects that students would like to undertake under the Millennium Kids 8 Sustainability Pillars of Air, Water, Trees, Native Animals, Energy, Waste, Peace and Lifestyle and Leadership.


For 2010 Millennium Kids is giving you the opportunity to continue the Big Switch Experiment and take part in a series of activities that have been planned by the young people involved in 2009.

The activities for term 1 correlate with the Map of Change developed by the students and the MK Sustainability Pillars of Water, Leadership, Waste and Energy.


Double click on the Map of Change or the Calender of Events to get a closer look. Alternatively email pr@millenniumkids.com.au for a copy!

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