Sustainability in the City: Young Leaders of Today and Tomorrow (Ottawa 2016)

It is our pleasure to invite you to join us for this exclusive networking reception, an evening to connect with sustainability leaders, social entrepreneurs, young leaders in training, and other groups working on sustainability and social enterprises in the region.

Sustainability in the City: Leaders of Today and Tomorrow

• Friday, February 5, 2016, 5:30-7:30pm, with brief presentations at 6:00pm
• Finger food will be served, and refreshments will be available
  
• Welcome remarks:
• John Fraser, MPP for Ottawa South
• Casey Shore, Sustainability, Citizenship, and Government Relations Coordinator, The Co-operators
• Josh Snider, Manager, Youth Sustainability Leadership, The Natural Step Canada
• Youth stories of success:
• Kim Kirton, IMPACT! alumnus & Founder, The B A L A N C E Project
• Andrew Hicks, IMPACT! alumnus & Founder, Lakewood Designs
• Network with representatives of existing and upcoming social enterprises and sustainability projects!

Join us for the opportunity to:

• Attract support for your projects from eager emerging leaders who are seeking to create, lead, or contribute to a local sustainability project or social enterprise.

• Connect with other groups and projects working in this space.

• Hear local success stories of youth-led sustainability projects and social enterprises.

• Learn more about the IMPACT! Sustainability Champions Training program and opportunities for your organization to collaborate with us further.

This reception is open to all activators and leaders, of all ages, in sustainability-related fields in the area. The event is a part of the IMPACT! Sustainability Champions Training, activating upcoming leaders aged 19-30.

IMPACT! is an initiative of The Co-operators and The Natural Step Canada. This session is generously funded in part by the Ontario Trillium Foundation and Ontario Government, and is being delivered in partnership with Social Delta, Futurpreneur Canada, HUB Ottawa, the Youth Entrepreneurship Networking Group of Ottawa, and many other community partners.

Feel free to invite colleagues, friends, and other groups who may be interested, and kindly ask them to RSVP. Space is limited.

We hope to see you there!

The Co-operators and The Natural Step Canada

About the program: Empowering young sustainability leaders

This is an opportunity for students and recent grads aged 19-30, who care about sustainability and want to make a difference in their community. Participants will deepen their sustainability understanding, enhance their confidence as leaders, and be empowered to develop meaningful sustainability projects and social enterprises or scale-up existing opportunities in the region.

The program is anchored by a series of 3-day in-person workshops taking place across Canada. Following each training, participants are empowered to develop and implement a local sustainability project or social enterprise that will help transform and better their community (or take on a leadership role to scale-up an existing opportunity). Participants receive top-notch training, project development tools, as well as mentorship and other helpful supports for 4 months following the workshop to ensure their initiatives have the highest chance of success.

For more information: www.naturalstep.ca/impact.