youth-leader - an illustrated introduction
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YOU KNOW US FROMPBS CNN BBC NY TIMES THE GUARDIAN TIMES OF INDIA CBCABC AL JAZEERA ACTION FOR NATURE BROWER YOUTH AWARDWORLD'S CHILDREN'S PRIZE BIONEERS ARISE UPLIFT WE DAYOFFICIAL PROJECT OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECADE OF EDUCATION
FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DESD 2005-2014. UNESCO
Official Project of the United Nations Decadeof Education for Sustainable Development
DESD 2005-2014. UNESCO
Youth-LeadeR has been honoredwith prestigious international awards.
Author
Eric Nicolas SchneiderYL Founding Director
Images and Voices of Hope Award 2012National Round Table for the Implementation
of the UN Decade of ESD 2005-2014
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photos : featured initiatives or copyleft
www.youth-leader.org
HQ : Berlin. Germany. EarthChapters : on six continents
ABOUT YOUTH-LEADER
YL MEDIA AND METHODS make youth leadership, change-making andsustainability omni-present in our classrooms and schools. The student-powered non-formal „youth leadership curriculum“ naturally develops richbenefits for learning culture, inspired students, the greater community andthe world.
EVERYTHING IN YL IS AUTHENTIC, designed by the most highly recognizedyoung and adult changemakers of our time, with a focus on teen-and people-powered model solutions, replicable by young people around the globe.
OUR SERVICES provide a year-round, rich interlinked stream of activities,aligned with United Nations Days of the month, in a unique and interactiveglobal community of learners, experts, and social entrepreneurs; they includeYL Speakers, Student Club Community, youth-powered Curriculum, UN DayWebcasts, Field Partners, our Reality Game „Change Generation Rising“.
OUR OFFERS EMPOWER ordinary youth and citizens to explore and unfoldtheir inborn changemaker skills following their own time, passion, favoritecauses and activities. Sometimes, it only takes minutes to pass on the theright information to the right stakeholder, or replicate a successful modelsolution.
PEOPLE FROM 70 COUNTRIES call these the most inspirational videosthey have ever seen. Teachers experience the most energized lessons ever,even the most quiet students having something to say, and asking to getinvolved. People from Egypt and Syria say that YL gives them hope andcarries them through darkest times. Across age groups and cultures, peopleagree: "YL should be in all schools." We agree.
Did we mention that it is available for free?
DOWNLOADS are available in up to 19 languages. Surplus from printedcard games and books serves to spread youth leadership and supportingyoung changemakers in the field.
FIND OUR MORE about our abundance of offers in our website's Welcomesection and menues. And join the Tribe.
CONTENTS
ABOUT YOUTH-LEADER
WHY WE DO THIS
THE TEAM
PARTNERS
THE SCIENCE BEHIND YL
WHO IS IN THERE?
SOLUTIONS STORIES : VIDEOS . PRINT MEDIA . DIGITAL MEDIA .
MUSIC/AL . WEBSITES
ALIGNMENT WITH UNITED NATIONS DAYS
THE YL CURRICULUM
ACTIVITIES : FUNDRAISERS . LIFESTYLE CHALLENGES . PROJECTS
WITH YOUTH LEADERS . FIELD PARTNERS . CHANGEMAKERS
SPEAKERS AND WEBCASTS
STUDENT CLUBS
CHANGE GENERATION RISING
FEEDBACK
GET STARTED
FURTHER READING
WHY YOU SHOULD GET INVOLVED
SUPPORT
GET IN TOUCH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvKGrgqlEiY
WHY WE DO THIS
THE SOLUTIONS for a global, peaceful, just, thriving and sustainablecivilization with inner and outer abundance for all EXIST. And the bestnews is that they are implemented by ordinary citizens, not governments,and by youth! There is no reason to wait, but to act and celebrate!
YOUNG PEOPLE AT SCHOOL today are leading extraordinary modelsolutions for local and global issues of our time. They achieve thingsconsidered 'impossible', and unattained by adult-led movements! Weunite hundreds of these young superhero/ines on our platform. Youwill meet some of them in this brochure.
USING the Super Powers of Young People at School *, many of themoperate as student clubs. Their wildly successful and inspirationalexamples are making headlines, winning awards, and inspiring youth,teachers and citizens around the planet. If ordinary 12-year-old kidscan achieve in a hundred places, then kids in a million places can.
SELF-ORGANIZED student-club powered service learning has becomeintegral part of learning culture. Child activists mobilize 250,000 activeteens from 9,000 schools across North America to unite at We Days,sparking a year-round stream of action in support of their local andglobal communities. If teachers observe measurable positive changesat 9,000 schools, we can experience them everywhere!
WE CAN fix all our problems. Together with grown-up changemakers,we can achieve healthy food abundance for all, curb gang killings by80%, restore ecosystems, establish Earth Law, practice fluid democracy,create uplifting gender relations. Thousands of mega solutions exist.
OUR COMMON DESTINATION is a civilization of awesome in our life-time. Kids are demonstrating the learning culture of how to grow up asinhabitant and co-creator of that civilization and achieve on full scale.
WE PROVIDE the media, methods and services to spark, sustain andcultivate the pertaining culture of Youth Leadership at schools all overthe planet. Because we love this planet. And we can make it.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_pGP6mOmS8
THE TEAMERIC NICOLAS SCHNEIDERERIC FOCUSSES on upgrading our worldview to'The Solutions Exist', 'Youth We Can', and inspiringand equipping the Change Generation for creatinga world of abundance for all.
HE KNOWS a lot of changemakers, genius educators, TED Speakers, spiritual leaders and otherspecial beings. Initiation to sacred traditions hasblessed him with a big picture view into the pastand future, generalist knowledge, and deep understanding of the essence of cultures, visionariesand model solutions in many fields. He can sniffout angels, and rotten ego behind shiny facades.For Youth-LeadeR it means - only the best.
THE ABILITY to shapeshift and switch makes him a good teacher of complexmatters in simple language. He sees his role as translator and bridge-builderbetween cultures and sectors of sustainability + changemaking + youthleadership + education + media, for synergetic win-win-win benefits.
THE KNOWLEDGE that the solutions for a global, peaceful, just, thrivingand sustainable civilization already exist gives birth to his mission:
Making humanity's finest changemaking knowledge, and everything it takesto implement it, available to the people of the world, especially our younggeneration at school.
HIS DAILY CRAFT is to gather best practices, formulate and package themfor use in education and by citizens of all walks of life. Over the years, Erichas combined and upgraded many best practices. His favorite achievementsare ## adapting avantgarde approaches in Physical Education to changemaking: youth-powered "Informal Sustainability Learning Environments"(ISLEs) at school, which is also an adaptation of "Impact Hubs" (co-workingspaces for people with good ideas for the world / social entrepreneurs);## re-defining "meaningful communication" for a "positive change mediaculture" for positive change and fit for a sustainable civilization; ## rolemodels and myths for unfolding one's "(Inner) Hero/ine"; ## YL Media (esp.card games and poster sets) enabling daily and long-term presence ofhero/ines in our lives ## the global Student Club community growing upimplementing humanity's leading solutions; ## designed as a reality game(Change Generation Rising) with fun, changemaking benefits and a newseal and brand of youth leadership; ## upgrading speaker presentationsand conferences through simple prep and follow-up action with an impact;
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ERIC'S WORK has been honoredwith the Images and Voices of HopeAward 2012, also known as the alternative Nobel Prize for media withworld benefit; laureates include thefounders of TED and Frontline. Heis also a member of UNESCO's National Round Table for the Implementation of the UN Decade of Educationfor Sustainable Development in Germany.
ERIC HAS PRESENTED in KosmosJournal, at the Evolution of WorldOrder Conference (Toronto), theUnifying Aspects of Culture (Vienna),International Democratic EducationConf. (Sydney), UNESCO WorldConference on ESD (Bonn), NationalTeacher Conf. (Argentina), WorldSummit for Media with World Benefit(New York), NightScience Camp (Paris) and more.
FURTHER AREAS OF EXPERTISEinclude responsible nature and eco-cultural travel, holistic volunteering,traditional cultures, alternative education models, dialogue culture, co-creative group processes, action-oriented conference design, intentional communities, bodywork, personaldevelopment and healing.
YOUNG PEOPLE respect him forhis energy, vision, upliftment, depth,integrity and honesty.
HE IS A HIGHLY VALUED networker,consultant, campaign designer, workshop leader, inspirational speakerand mentor. People call Eric a hero,which makes him smile and point tothe young people featured in YL.
HE DRAWS HIS INSPIRATION fromthe magnificient Universe, and ispretty much living Lord of the Rings,Matrix and the D.A. for real. Whenhe's not in front of the screen, groupsof young elves, and teachers of wizardry, you may run into him on rockybeaches, doing art, acro yoga, keeping the fire at sweat lodges, drumming or dj'ing from 4 decks. He'd liketo join Ocean in the water with sharks.
Eric is father of a wonderful son,operates from his home base in Berlin, enjoys a non-killing lifestyle, andfeels most happy when helping people awaken, liberate and empowerthemselves to live their dreams forthe good of all. This includes theglobal YL volunteer team, which isthe myriads of hands manifesting YLin 19 languages.
FUN FACTS: Eric has many has many politically incorrect and blissfulstories to tell around the campfire.He threw his last tv set from a 2ndfloor window in 1999, and has beenfree from the time thief ever since.
## the student-powered YL Curriculum making Youth Leadership omni-present at school, in conventional units, subjects and learning culture;## alignment with UN Days to nurture awareness of the UN, and enhanceUN Days from boring commemoration to relevant days of action.
ONLINE VOLUNTEERSBuilding YL in ways replicable anywhere(zero finance, free softwares), harnessingthe power of volunteering, drawing 11,000volunteers (10% of the total flow of theUnited Nations's online volunteering program) from 70 countries in 20 languages,coordinating, writing, translating, and YLTeams India and Youth Rising for Peacewinning the prestigious United NationsOnline Volunteering Awards 2010 and 2012.Inspired, many members have changedcareer paths to activism and solutionsjournalism.
HERO/INESEssential part of Youth-LeadeR are ofcourse the youth leaders, donating theirstories, media, and actively collaboratingin the community in webcasts, media andproject development, campaigns and outreach. They are a special breed whose listof awards would fill this brochure.
MAGICIANSYL collaborates with grand visionary changemakers of our time, bringing their solutions to young people, and involving themin taking them to scale. In Change Generation Rising, we call them Magicians sincethey wield grand magic transforming society. A magic that YL Clubs and Warriorslearn to wield as well.
YES! Youth forEnvironmental SanityEarth GuardiansFree The ChildrenMe To WeLemonaid WarriorsConserve it ForwardDonate Don't DumpBooks With No BoundsEmpower OrphansVolunteen NationProject OrangsKids Right To KnowProject T.G.I.F.Veg YouthOne More GenerationG.I.V.E.CoralganicsOpen DoorsLiteracy Project
Pacha's PajamasTEDN+ Noticias PositivasArgentinaEco Walk The TalkChangemakers, AshokaBlue Economy
PARTNERSWe have friendly alliances with networks in media, education and changemaking. We may have good friends in common.
The United NationsDecade of ESDThe United NationsDecade of BiodiversityCharter for CompassionThe Eco-TippingPoints Projectasa The AmphibiansSurvival Alliance, IUCNEnvironmental Education Media ProjectCure ViolenceSea ShepherdWater InspiredSurdham's Kitchen
Divest HarvardStop StreetHarassment CampaignGlobal Campaign forMaking Ecocide a Crimeagainst PeaceLINGO Leave It InThe Ground CoalitionDirty IndustryNot for ProfitVictory Humanity Law
AND MANY MORE
THE SCIENCE BEHIND YL
THE SOLUTIONS for a global, peaceful, just , thriving and sustainablecivilization exist. Even the support networks are available. What's needednow is that people go beyond admiring hero/ines, and start learning,replicating, and taking these solutions to scale. As they are implementedby ordinary people, it can be simple.
POSITIVE CHANGE MEDIA CULTURE conveys genuine changemakingspirit and knowledge of how to replicate solutions, and offers direct links toget support. We pioneer this media culture.
ROLE MODELS shape 80% of human behavior, much of it subconsciously.Copy-paste. Role models are also our greatest asset in transformationallearning processes, such as changemaking. To overcome the dark age ofunsustainability, we need to fill our days with inhabitants and co-creatorsof a global, peaceful, just, thriving and sustainable civilization. In one word:hero/ines.
EDUCATION SYSTEMS & SOCIETY, contrary to earlier youth movementsin history, wholeheartedly embrace youth leadership. In fact, it is the epitomeand manifestation of guiding principles of schooling, education for sustainabledevelopment, life skills, global citizenship education, social entrepreneurshipand more. What teachers, principals, parents and students need are themedia, methods, activities and partners for sparking and cultivating thislearning culture, with 'our new highly gifted', empathic young people withpriorities for organized as student clubs at its core.
YOUTH LEADERSHIP is the movement of our time. Despite their celebrationin media and awards, people are yet not fully aware of the Super Powersof Young People at School: Daily community of hundreds. Free infrastructure.Genuine spirit. Media presence. Good public status. Donor support. Winwin benefits. TIME!
YOUTH-LEADER UNITES the high end powers of these domains in every-thing we do, and makes these 'magic wands' applicable by teachers, youthand citizens caring for positive change.
WHO IS IN THERE ?
Well, it's truly the most highly respected young and adult changemakers ofour time. Maybe you are familiar with some names.
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Babar Ali, Adora Svitak, Cassandra Lin, GabriellePosard, Robyn Hamlyn, Craig Kielburger, Rachel Parent, Avalon Theisen,Taylor Finderup, Zander Srodes, Chloe Maxmin, Mayerly Clavijo, NellieShute, Namaste Nepal, Madi and Rhiannon, Lulu Cerone, Molly Burke,Hassan Saeed...
OUR UNIQUE BENCHMARK
1. a tangible, successfully implemented model solution2. replicable by young people at and beyond school3. well visually present on the internet, to learn from4. accessible by email or webcast for tips and replication
= PROVIDING ALL THAT PEOPLE NEED FOR REPLICATION.
To name a few grown-ups: Holly Kearl, John D. Liu, Polly Higgins, OceanRamsey, Usha Vishwakarma, Indira Ranamagar, Gerry Marten, JaneMcGonigal, Anita Sarkeesian, Ameena Matthews, Paul Watson, EdgardGouveia, Vandana Shiva, Miriam Clements, Lester Brown ...
"These are the best role models. I have been searching for such heroesthroughout my teaching career. I need these for all my classes."
You will meet a few of them in this brochure.
http://www.global.youth-leader.org/about-us/discover-youth-leadership/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3KURGGy-Gw
http://www.global.youth-leader.org/our-offers/media/
http://www.global.youth-leader.org/our-offers/media/online-multimedia/music/
ALL GEARED FOR ACTION
withACTION PACKS for each hero/inefrom study to implementationshort- and long-termat home and abroad
Use of these mediaand student-powered- starter session- presentations, exhibits- actions, fundraisers, projectsunfolds a year-round stream of changemakingactivities, connecting class and student clubsand global changemaker community.
CHECK IT OUT >>
http://www.global.youth-leader.org/our-offers/services/un-days-calendar/
http://www.global.youth-leader.org/our-offers/services/the-yl-curriculum/
MISSION 1
7. and ACTIVITIES inpublic space, unitingstudents acrossclasses and grades.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgCevU-HI0Y
Rachel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KySCIr0zKkY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG70sGdDOCA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRq6df7-i90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuWJaZso2mg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK8JNXHcBMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i_RPr9DwMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_5St3mS8Kw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN79Qyddsf0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCjWuSGBL60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjaaqTxvJ4w
CHALLENGES FACED BY
TEACHERS
Lack of media varietyLack of multi-lingual materialsLack of topic varietyLimited finance and timeLack of solutionsLack of role modelsLack of relevant action opportunityLack of empowerment for self-organizedfollow-up by inspired studentsLack of outside partnersLack of dialogue and feedbackLack of flexibility for tailored projectsLack of "live" interaction with heroesLack of interesting field partnersLack of girl and colored hero/inesLack of constant flow of opportunity
STUDENT CLUBS
Lack of visibility in classLack of visibility in public school spaceNarrow focus of topics and causesLimited exciting activitiesLack of relevance for subjectsLack of acknowledgement by teachersLack of acknowledgement by peersLow participation by peersLimited impactLimited media presenceLimited reach to other schoolsLimited support by adultsLack of supportive communityLack of access to hero changemakersLack of support and inspiration
CHANGEMAKERS
Lack of reachLack of replicationLack of community of actionLack of access into schoolsLack of media fit for educationLack of neutral support in generalLack of financeLack of hero communityLack of steady collaborative action
YL SOLUTIONS FOR
TEACHERS
Abundance of mediain up to 19 languageson the full spectrum of positive changewith minimal need for finance or timeFocus on solutions, huge solutionsHumanity's finest role models todayRich choices of activities on many levelsOne session can spark self-organization byinspired students as YL clubStrong, multifaceted global networkPersonal interaction, community, collabHigh flexibility and competenceDozens of YL Speakers on-site / onlineExtraordinary field partnersGlobal hero/ines, and way more girls !!!Monthly UN Days action and more
STUDENT CLUBS
High visibility; exhibit, game, presentationsHigh visibility; exhibits, actions, ISLE, ...Favorite causes for everyone, superb mediaWide range of alternating, exciting activitiesHigh relevance and quality for all subjectsThe "new, highly gifted", assistant teachersShared enthusiasm through Starter SessionHigher short- and long-term participationMethods and model solutions for high impactHigh media presenceDemand as speakers, offers like exhibitsHigh support in response to great actionDaily global community of actionPersonal interaction with hero/ines alwaysYear-round flow of inspiration
CHANGEMAKERS
Global reach in 19 languagesFocus on replication by young peopleFocus on huge YL club communityStrong promotion of their stories to schoolsTheir media and services fit for school useLong-term, unconditional scalingFundraisers for them, new partner optionsGlobal community of kind superhero/inesYear-round, aligned with UN Days
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_pGP6mOmS8
