YesBC Media & News
September 2012
- VIDEO: YesBC Youth Climate Action Summit/Off the Grid Festival 2012
September 20, 2012
Documentary of Year 2 of YesBC's signature youth-driven event "Off the Grid Festival" and Greater Victoria Youth Climate Action Summit.
June 2012
- Local Youth Send Climate Action Vision Statement "The Future We Want" to Rio de Janeiro Brazil for Earth Summit
June 21, 2012 - YesBC Media Release
Youth attending Climate Action Summit at Royal Roads University last month came up with a collective statement to declare "The Future We Want"
May 2012
- VIDEO: Elizabeth May YesBC Youth Climate Action Summit May 25 2012
May 29, 2012 - Royal Roads University
Green MP Elizabeth May's presentation to the students at the 2nd annual Greater Victoria Youth Climate Action Summit.
- Fort Rodd Music Fest Powered by Sun, People
May 24, 2012 - Times Colonist
Off the Grid Music Festival featuring performances by Mindil Beach Markets, The Archers, Fir Cone, AdHoc and Ironslide
- Off the Grid Festival Promises to be Off the Hook
May 22, 2012 - Goldstream News Gazette
Human and Solar to Power Up the Sound Stage at this Youth-Driven Event at Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site
- VIDEO: 2012 CC350 Event video
May 15, 2012 - Jordy Evans
A video documentary showcasing the cc350 Victoria event in 2012.
- VIDEO: cc350 in the News
May 4, 2012 - CTV Vancouver Island
A CTV news story on the cc350 Victoria bike relay.
April 2012
- VIDEO: cc350 is coming for 2012
April 16, 2012 - Jordy Evans
Save the environment and have a good time, what more could you want? Check out this fab video about the cc350 event for 2012.
December 2011
- VIDEO: Victoria Youth Connect with Youth in Durban, South African
December 20, 2011 - CTV Vancouver Island News
High school students in Victoria, BC had a rare opportunity to speak with students in Durban, South Africa via Skype. They talked about climate change and the UN climate conference taking place in Durban. They even managed to talk about rugby, beaches and other topics of interest to teenagers!
- Young Victoria Delegates at Climate Conference in Durban, South Africa
December 20, 2011 - Times Colonist, Victoria BC
- Victoria BC Kids' Art Makes Statement at Climate Talks in Durban, South Africa
December 9, 2011 - media release
- Local Non Profits FUN Society and YesBC Connect Youth in Victoria, BC with Delegates at COP 17 and Youth in Durban, South Africa
December 3, 2011 - YesBC Media Release
September 2011
- VIDEO: Tar Trek
September 27, 2011 - Huffington Post
Victoria, BC teenagers visit the Tarsands on their summer vacation to see for themselves what's going on up there.
- VIDEO: 24 Hours of Reality
September 19, 2011 - CTV VI
Victoria scientists and climate change activists took part in a world-wide phenomenon as part of Al Gore's latest project to draw attention to the climate crisis. It was part of a full day event called "24 Hours of Reality" in which experts in every time zone broadcast the reality of the climate crisis.
- Climate Reality Project Canada
September 6, 2011 - Media Release
AL GORE’S CLIMATE REALITY 24 HOURS OF REALITY EVENT COMES TO FIRST PEOPLES HOUSE AT UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA SEPTEMBER 14
August 2011
- VIDEO: Vic High Electric Truck Project Video
August 11, 2011 - YesBC videodocumentary/Todd Harris, Videographer
Story of the Vic High Electric Truck Project
May 2011
- VIDEO: YesBC Youth Climate Action Summit/Off the Grid Festival 2011
May 21, 2011 - Todd Harris
A video documentary of the Greater Victoria Youth Climate Action Summit and Off the Grid Music & Art Festival held April 21, 2011 at Eagle Ridge Community Centre at City Centre Park in Langford.
- Belmont Secondary School YesBC Community Champion Award
May 6, 2011
YesBC receives BC Hydro Community Champion award and $1,000 to further environmental and conservation programs in the schools
April 2011
- VIDEO: Celebrating Environmental Stewardship Among Youth
April 21, 2011 - /A\ News Vancouver Island
/A\ News Story covering YesBC's Off the Grid Festival and Youth Climate Action Summit
- EARTH DAY Off-the-Grid Festival aims to energize youth culture for climate action
April 21, 2011 - YesBC Media Release
The Greater Victoria Youth Climate Action Summit and Off-the-Grid Music & Art Festival celebrates Earth Day 2011 on April 21st at City Centre Park in Langford.
- Claremont High School cc350
April 18, 2011 - cc350 Team
A student activism group hold their 2nd Annual cc350 event
- Off the Grid Music & Art Festival Event
April 15, 2011 - Focus Magazine
YesBC has organized the first Greater Victoria Youth Climate Action Summit and Off the Grid Music and Art Festival by closely drawing on the insights and opinions of regional senior secondary school students.
- Emerging artists go Off-the-Grid for Youth Summit
April 4, 2011 - Media Release YesBC
Three young, emerging musical acts will join festival headliners Jon and Roy at the Greater Victoria Youth Climate Action Summit and Off-the-Grid Music & Art Festival on April 21st.
March 2011
- Green Party’s Elizabeth May endorses national food security program
March 16, 2011 - Saanich News
Students from the global studies class at Claremont have been learning to farm through Growing-Young-Farmers, a program launched by organic farming advocate Dave Friend and aimed at teaching school-aged kids how to produce their own food. They met with Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May on the mountain Wednesday, in an effort to make food security a priority for all levels of government.
- JON and ROY Go Off-the-Grid
March 7, 2011 - Media Release
Folk rockers Jon and Roy have been voted to headline the region's first ever Off-the-Grid Music & Art Festival at City Centre Park on Thursday, April 21, 2011
February 2011
- Festival Goes Off-the-Grid
February 28, 2011 - Goldstream News Gazette
Part youth summit and part environmental party, Greater Victoria students will flood into Langford for an “off the grid” sustainability conference and music festival in April.
January 2011
- EARTH DAY Off-the-Grid Festival aims to energize youth culture for climate action
January 31, 2011 - Media Release
YesBC (Youth For Environmental Stewardship), a Victoria-based non-profit organization empowering youth to lead the way to a sustainable future, in collaboration with the WestShore Chamber of Commerce, announce the Greater Victoria Youth Climate Action Summit and Off-the-Grid Music & Art Festival to celebrate Earth Day 2011 on April 21st at Langford's City Centre Park.
January 2010
- UBC Res Sustainability Conference
January 19, 2010 - UBYSSEY
"Refresh, Rethink, Renew" conference held at Marine Drive residences at UBC
December 2009
- Claremont High School Tree Planting project
December 17, 2009
Global Studies students planted trees at Claremont High School with support from the Steve Nash Foundation.
- VIDEO: Climate Change Issues Resonate with Youth
December 17, 2009 - /A\ News Vancouver Island
Claremont High School students plant trees and stand in solidarity with Youth in Copenhagen at United Nations Climate Change Conference.
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