yet again ... getting lost ... then enjoying self-discovery ...

“Where does the trash go?” Encouraging youth to take actions for a better climate Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) organized a series of 2 day events at multiple locations to raise the awareness of the youth on climate change under its Agents of Change program with the objectives to:  A.    Raise voices of the Indian youth on climate policy leading up to and at COP 20. B.    Strengthen network to support the long term strategy of youth engagement in climate policy targeting COP 20 and 2015 climate agreement. C.    Strength local chapters in selected urban areas to influence climate policy at the local, state and national level. Placed below is second of the three stories on IYCNs Agent of Change project.  Mu sic, cricket ball sized globes tossed towards the audience and the frankness of his language and body language during his presentation had the audience wanting more. Such an original and interesting manner to talk of waste I thought as the resource person e

“Act if there is no tomorrow.” Indian Youth on the track of the climate dialogue After a basic introduction I was keen to know more of Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCNs) Agents of Change project.  This since: A.    Climate change as a topic, while not rocket science, is surely a challenge to engage people in. B.    Design of the workshops was interesting in the reach it offered. C.    This was a ‘different’ approach to environment education ( and awareness ) then the one I am familiar with. Placed below is first of the three stories on IYCNs Agent of Change project.   S upriya Singh, the president of the IYCN ( Indian Youth Climate Network ) was to lead a delegation to COP 20 at Lima in a few weeks. We sat on an early and endearing Shillong winter over cups of piping hot tea, during the workshop, and she talked of IYCNs remarkable journey - 2009 onwards. This was our first meeting and questions were easy to come by - Why so much focus on youth? What would be

Minal and Vikram ( thanks again! ) gave a pack of cards and we have since played with them enough to ensure that most of them ( other than the jokers ) are pale avatars of their original self. That was the evening cards and games kind of made a re-entry in life.  Games Cards I used to play in younger days and they had an association with summer holidays. This association was akin to one which today walking has with rains – both when independent are welcome but when together they, for some reason, increase the fun many fold. Games played alone, in teams and those like ‘ Judgement ’ where one played independently and kept track of the points.  "Jenga distorted" by Guma89 - Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jenga_distorted.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Jenga_distorted.jpg Jenga was fresh for me when I saw it at Minal and Vikram’s place, that very evening. What I recall