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Environmental Youth Alliance (EYA) is a youth driven non-profit organization dedicated to the health of our urban environment, our planet & the wellbeing of its people. By providing young people with meaningful experiences, in projects that benefit our communities, we support our environment socially as well as ecologically.
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| Environment Canada funds EYA’s Pollinators Paradise project |
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The Environmental Youth Alliance has just received funding from the Eco-Action fund at Environment Canada to do a city-wide mason bee project in an effort to engage people on bee habitat and the importance of bees to our food system. We currently have 100 bee stewards all over the city, looking after the 'condos', reporting in on a monthly basis for a 2 year term.The volunteers received the condo, a reference book and DVD on how to maintain the condos, an apple tree, some native plants, and bee wildflower mix for participating.
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| EYA intern turns Green Roof installer & consultant |
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Erika Richmond began her internship along with 11 other interns with the Environmental Youth Alliance in September 2007. As she already had previous experience in urban agriculture (UA) in Toronto, Vancouver and Ecuador, when in came time for the UA interns to choose their independent projects it was clear that Erika was ready to take on new skills that would further her path in the environmental field.
For more information on the successful completion of this project go to...
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| EYA & Brazil Youth Build a Better World in 5 Metropolitan Zones Across Brazil |
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EYA has hosted 6 interns working in Brazil in 2007 and 2008. We are partnered with the Centre for Human Settlements at UBC, the International Development Research Centre, and CIDA. Please read more on the project....link to the Centre for Human Settlements website: www.chs.ubc.ca or follow this link to a project update on our international section...
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| EYA involved in World Urban Youth Forum |
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The EYA is working in partnership with UN HABITAT to facilitate the upcoming WUYF to be held in Nanjing, China from November 1-2. The WUYF is a pre-conference to the World Urban Forum, and is a follow-up to the highly successful youth forum held in Vancouver in 2006 which brought together over 500 youth from 52 different countries.
This years WUYF will focus on urban issues important to youth such as entrepreneurship, peacebuilding, and climate change. As well this forum will mark a successful milestone which was called for by the last conference, this being the official call for proposals for the Opportunities Fund for Youth Led Development. This fund has received $1,000,000s to support youth led initiatives globally,
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| EYA tackles climate change and urban forests |
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Spurred by the destruction of Stanley Park during the December 2005 windstorm, EYA has launched Winds of Change, an urban climate change project focused on protecting our urban forests. The project is done in partnership with the Audemars Piguet foundation, the Stanley Park Ecology Society and UN HABITAT Global Partnership Initiative. Winds was launched at the Future in our Hands: Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change, a high level Climate Change meeting held at the UN in late September. Representing EYA were Senior Manager Karun Koernig and intern Sean Mchugh.
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Ever wonder how big an impact EYA has had over the past 15 years? Look no further ...
Youth engaged in EYA projects: 13 000
Youth employed thru training programs: 500
Tonnes of GHG’s saved / year: 331
Trees saved / year*: 180
Litres of effluent prevented/ year: 429,622
# of plants distributed: 5000
# of employees engaged in sustainable practices: 1000
# of countries served: 20
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email: samantha@eya.ca
phone: 604.689.4446 fax: 604.689.4242
mail: po box 3601 STN terminal, vancouver bc, V6B 3Y6
office: 517 - 119 west pender street, vancouver, bc, V6B 1S5
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