by Shruti Chandrasekhar Some smile, a few wave, a couple greet with one kiss, others two, occasionally three -polite civility, grace and the critical eye configure the room. The scene: YES July 2003 35 young people from 24 countries A little village in the Swiss Alps One common goal - A Sustainable Future. The Youth [...]
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by Ai Hiramatsu At the Third Conference Of Parties (COP3) held in Kyoto in December 1997, the Kyoto protocol was adopted by parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It sets legally binding numerical targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on industrialized countries (Annex I parties). Each country [...]
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by Laurent Demarta With the help of amazing coincidences, I had the good fortune to take part in August’s Youth Encounter on Sustainability (YES) in Braunwald (Gl), Switzerland. It was not my first time taking part in a youth meeting about our planet, but this one will remain as a special one for many reasons. [...]
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by Chaitra Chandrasekhar Dr. Roger Baud, PhD. Social Psychology and Journalism, took on the job of AGS coordinator for Switzerland at ETH Zurich in 1998. He was the main person behind starting the Youth Encounter on Sustainability (YES). Chaitra Chandrasekhar (CC), chief editor of the E-journal, interviewed Dr. Baud (RB) for his views on YES [...]
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by Philip Michael Sheehy The Residential Energy Use (REU) project ” a partnership between MIT and the City of Cambridge ” will take its first active step on September 13th, 2003 when members of SfGS march out into Cambridge to conduct surveys and pass out information. The first stage of the REU project has SfGS [...]
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