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Which way will we walk? A story from mother’s tales and imaginary hot air balloons Nimesh Ved, Tobias Dorr and Daniela Boos Third and final story on IYCN's Agent of Change project. Dur ing school days, of which I have endearing memories, my mother used to teach me mathematics during evenings. This primarily dealt with basics of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This ‘ rough-work’ as it was then referred to, used to take place, on most occasions, on envelopes. Reverse of envelopes that had brought in letters, news-papers and magazines; after scraping them open with foot-rulers. White and colourful, large and small, it used to be fun to tear and get them ready for use.  Mot her’s point was ( and still is ), to use a thing – big or small, expensive or otherwise – optimally and explore alternate use after the article was rendered unfit for its primary usage. Added to this was the dictum of only buying items that one needed. The se values I someho...

“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 w...

“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 - Wh...