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Start Date & Time July 23, 2009 All day event. End Date & Time July 27, 2009 All day event. Location Online. Event Cost $50 Event URL http://www.worldchangingcare... RSVP Info Name: Alysia Garmulewicz Phone: (250) 358-2150 E-mail: alysia@changingclimates.org Registration Deadline June 14, 2009 Categories Globalization Environment Education Tags jobs, green, lowcarbon, economy, future, environment, sustainability, career, intergenerational You must be logged in to add tags.

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Come join us to design a sustainable future through your career - whether you’re interested in science, governance, education, business, health, economics, media, cleantech and energy, or agriculture - and define the green jobs movement.

This is a rare opportunity to engage with the best minds, the brightest ideas, leaders of today, and visionaries of tomorrow. It’s your chance to learn skills and ideas to drive the world in an exciting new direction and give you the inside track on the jobs of the future.

Over the next 10 years, 500 million young people will seek employment in a rapidly changing world. Imagine…in 30 years, our professional working lives, we need to create homes, feed, communicate, create wealth, govern, and educate…for a low carbon, prosperous, healthy future.

In 30 years we can turn this world around

AND IT STARTS HERE RIGHT HERE

Join:

- David Orr, best known for his pioneering work on education for sustainability
- George Lakoff, linguist and political activist on how we think and communicate.
- Janine Benyus, writer, innovator, and consultant on the science of biomimicy.
- CEOs of Canada’s leading cleantech firms
- The best in business, governance, education, architecture, healthcare, food systems, industry, cleantech and energy, and communications

Due to our generous sponsors, youth can register for only $50! Book by June 7th to guarantee your place. Registration is now open for both youth and professionals.

Online participation available.