YEP! Application 2022

YEP! solicitud en español

Thank you for your interest in participating in YEP! fall 2022!

Youth for the Environment and People provides an opportunity for students to share ideas and passions, learn about climate change solutions, engage in local stewardship projects, and work together with other youth in choosing, planning, and implementing a group action project. And, of course, have fun! 

NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IS NECESSARY, WE PROVIDE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

Together we create a brave space to:
  • Discover, empower, and refine personal skills and talents
  • Practice stepping into leadership roles
  • Meet and work with youth in the region to create and implement a student-led action project
  • Connect with local organizations working to solve local climate change & justice issues in our region
  • Understand climate change and its intersection with social justice while cultivating a solution-oriented sense of hope

We offer two concurrent cohorts — one in Whatcom and one in Skagit — coming together twice to participate in two Saturday stewardship projects. Using the climate solutions-based framework provided by Project Drawdown, cohorts will explore the ways our local food system contributes to the climate crisis. Each cohort will then choose and complete a project that connects climate solutions and food systems. Facilitators guide, support, and educate while students lead and work collaboratively on the project. 

YEP! program details:
*Applicants must attend high school in Whatcom or Skagit counties (applicants will form two cohorts consisting of 15 students each; one Whatcom, one Skagit.)

*Starting the week of October 3, both groups of YEP! run for 10 weeks including 2 Saturday stewardship field days, ending the week of December 12th (no meeting the week of November 21).

*Whatcom cohort will meet Mondays from 4-6 PM at Options High School in Bellingham and Skagit cohort with meet Mondays from 3-5 at Burlington Edison High School

*YEP! is co-facilitated by Cambry Baker (Whatcom cohort) Education Specialist at RE Sources & (Skagit cohort) Neal Smeltzer Youth Leadership Coordinator at North Cascades Institute.

*We provide a $150 stipend upon completion of the group project to compensate students for their time and efforts. Must attend 9 of the 12 sessions and participate in the group project to receive stipend.
 
*Meetings will be in person with COVID protocols in place. Students are asked to stay home if they have symptoms / test positive and wear a mask when they come back for 5 days.

LAST DAY TO APPLY IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH!

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Whatcom cohort will meet on Mondays from 4 - 6 at Options High School Bellingham. The Skagit cohort will meet on Monday from 3-5 at Burlington Edison High School. Do you have any concerns or potential conflicts with this time and place?

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Thank you for taking the time to complete this application! We will reply to you by email on or before September 23rd. Please feel free to email any questions, concerns, or thoughts to yep@re-sources.com.
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