Power Shift

The Canadian Youth Climate Coalition (CYCC) is in the early stages of organizing an event called Power Shift Canada. We need YOU!

The plan:
This October, we will bring together over one thousand young people from across Canada for two days of awesome workshops and strategy sessions that will build to a MAJOR lobby day on Parliament Hill on the third day. We will deliver our message of change to our elected officials and push the federal government to take bold steps in tackling climate change.

Youth of all backgrounds will come together to create a fresh, positive, and inspiring vision of the future, one focused on our potential to overcome the challenges of the 21st century, build a clean energy economy, create green jobs, increase global equity, and revitalize our economy. Now is the time for action. Now is the time for boldness.

Why now?

The timing of Power Shift is critical. It leads into the UN climate negotiations taking place in December in Copenhagen where the international community must pull together a post-Kyoto deal on emission reductions. Canada has been a well-known laggard on the international front, which makes this action doubly important - we need an international stance we can be proud of.

Young people in Canada have helped lead the charge for a brighter future that has gained national and international recognition. This moment is our chance to leverage that momentum into the largest youth climate action gathering Canada has ever seen!

Didn't this happen somewhere else before?

Powershift Canada will build on the success of similar events across the globe - in the UK, in Austrailia and in the US. To emphasize the success of Power Shift US, young people mobilized over 10,000 youth to attend a major demonstration and lobby day in Washington last year! (http://www.powershift09.org/About) It's time to bring that excitement to Canada and make our voices heard!

What is it going to take to make this happen?

To make it happen we need YOUR help! There is a lot of exciting stuff that needs to happen, and a lot of fun ways to get involved (and we are going to have awesome volunteer titles). This is your opportunity to make history. Visit ourclimate.ca to find out how!

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Comment by elle on October 18, 2009 at 2:37pm

POWER SHIIIFT!!! :D :D