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Year of Environmental Sustainability Regional Symposiums

One of the key goals for the Year of Environmental Sustainability (YES) is to encourage schools to showcase their environmental sustainability outcomes and actions to other schools in their region.

The YES regional symposiums will provide opportunities for students to share their sustainable schools stories through a process known as "kids teaching kids". Schools can use the YES Challenges as the basis for their presentations, however this is optional. Teachers will also be invited to participate in professional development workshops on environmental education for sustainability in the afternoon of the same day of most of the YES regional symposiums.

Through the YES Regional Symposiums, one school in each region will be selected to represent their region at the State YES Symposium as ClimateSmart Environmental Ambassadors. Five students and two teachers from the same school will be selected as the ClimateSmart Environmental Ambassador team. These ambassadors will attend the International Kids Teaching Kids Coastal Conference and give their presentations to over 450 students from across Queensland, Australia and around the world. All costs for travel, accommodation and teacher release for the accompanying teachers will be covered.

Region	Dates	Locations	Contacts
Far North Queensland	9 September	Cairns - Edge Hill State School	John Howarth ph 4046 5242 Greg Mather ph 4095 8382
North Queensland - as part of the Reef Guardian's Future Leaders Eco Challenge	20 August	Bowen - Bowen Front Beach	Ward Nicholas ph 47263141 Linda Venn ph 4772 9555
	31 August	Burdekin - Lilliesmere Lagoon (Behind Kalamia School)
	2 September	Townsville - Loam Island
	8 September	Whitsundays - Proserpine Showgrounds
Central Queensland	25 August	Mackay - Mackay North State High School Rockhampton - Frenchville State School Gladstone - Boyne Island EEC	Trish Collins ph 4938 4636 Colleen Cooling ph 4938 6745 Roger Searl ph 4939 2510
North Coast	3 September	Gympie - Show Grounds	Sue Gibson ph 4168 8190 Mark Cridland ph 4168 8190 Lee McGlynn ph 4121 1679
Darling Downs and South West	13 September	Toowoomba - Highfields State School	Erin Tonscheck ph 4631 8222 Ross Brown ph 4696 7140
Metropolitan as part of the Kids Initiating Sustainable Schools	7 October	Brisbane - Aspley State High School	Karen Sweedman ph 3280 1987 Mary-Ann Pattison ph 3267 7811
South East	12 August	Nerang - Bicentennial Hall	Kym Dowling ph 5562 4822 Jim Rebgetz ph 5533 4148

Year of Environmental Sustainability State Symposium

The State YES Symposium will be held in Caloundra from 17 to 19 October 2010 in partnership with the International Kids Teaching Kids Coastal Conference. This will be a culminating event for the Year of Environmental Sustainability and the ClimateSmart Environmental Ambassadors will be able to deliver their presentations at the workshop sessions at this conference.

State YES Symposium	Date	Location	Contact
To be held as part of the International Kids Teaching Kids Coastal Conference	Sunday 17 to Tuesday 19 October 2010	Events Centre, Caloundra, Sunshine Coast, Queensland	Cam Mackenzie, Principal Advisor (Environmental Sustainability), phone (07) 3237 0405

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