Sierra Club of BC: Nadine Lefort, Education Program ManagerSustainable High Schools: Youth Engagement for Ecological and Social JusticeSierra Club BC's Sustainable High Schools Project (SHS) is a youth-driven initiative that empowersstudents with the skills, tools, and resources to improve the ecological and social well-being of theirschool communities through engaging youth, staff, administrators and parents toward making their highschool communities models of sustainability. The presentation explains the SHS project, youth needs forecological and social well-being at their schools, youth-based sustainability assessment tools and thebenefits of youth engagement and empowerment.
