NZ to Send Youth Delegation to Rio+20 Conference

New Zealand to Send Youth Delegation to Global Sustainability Conference Rio+20
 
New Zealand will send four youth ambassadors to the global sustainability conference Rio+20, to be held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in June.
 
The New Zealand youth delegation will participate in the official youth conference at Rio+20. At the conference they will contribute a distinctly New Zealand perspective on key sustainability issues such as climate change, including ideas and solutions they have developed and implemented in their own schools and communities.
 
The chairman of the Enviro Challenge New Zealand Charitable Trust, Calum Revfem, says “Our goal is to enable young New Zealanders to become world-class sustainability leaders.  The Rio+20 conference presents a unique opportunity for our young people to participate, contribute, learn and develop to lead sustainability initiatives in their schools and communities.”
 
The four youth ambassadors in the New Zealand delegation to Rio+20 are:
 
Andre Morrison, Rotorua
Erin Hickey, Whakatane
Ben Dowdle, Auckland
Injy Johnstone, Dunedin     
 
The youth ambassadors were trained and selected through their active involvement in the Enviro Challenge high school sustainability programme and the Sir Peter Blake Youth EnviroLeaders’ Forum, which is run in conjunction with the Ministry for the Environment.  The delegates are actively engaged in a range of other local and national sustainability programmes .

Each youth ambassador is currently fundraising for their travel costs and they are looking to sustainability-focussed businesses and organisations for funding. 
 
The New Zealand youth delegation to Rio+20 is being coordinated by Enviro Challenge New Zealand with support from the Sir Peter Blake Trust.
 
The official Rio+20 youth conference takes place in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on June 10-12.
 
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