Rosthern Junior College Hosts
Environmental Summit
On Thursday Nov. 28,
Rosthern Junior College hosted the Youth Environmental Stewardship and
Sustainability Summit (the YESS! Summit).
Students from RJC, along with student leaders from Constable Robin Cameron
High School and Rosthern High School, participated in a day of workshops,
activities, and summit meetings.
All the events were centered on the environmental themes of
‘stewardship’ and ‘sustainability’.
There were eleven workshops options, of which student choose three to
attend. The workshop themes
included a tour of the Rosthern waterworks, a Valley Action/Sarcan tour,
lessons in natural building, lessons in simple living, art & drumming
workshops, and many others. The
workshops were lead by members of the community and various environmental
groups like the Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation, 10,000
Villages, and MCC. As part of the
Summit, students met in five different groups and wrestled with some
environmental issues together.
Later, they presented their findings to the large group in the final
session. To end the day students
signed their name to an action step identified on the summit mural. Hopefully this activity inspired
students to take seriously the need for better environmental stewardship in the
future, and showed them how they can work together to meet the challenge.
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| Benjamin and Gabby along with Ryan Wood introduce the theme to the audience. |
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| Students act out scripture about caring for our surroundings. |
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| Students tour the Rosthern Water Works with town foreman Kelly Johnston. |
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| Carol Reimer Wiebe explained the mission behind Ten Thousand Villages. |
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| Students try their hand at crafting. |
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| Amber Burton leads a small workshop on Climate Solutions. |
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| MCC Saskatchewan and No Waste Wednesdays. |
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| Students tackling the hard questions! |
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| Students brain storm about why we should care. |
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| Jesse Ens leads a workshop on building with natural materials. |
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| Jesse displays the 'almost' finished model demonstrating some of the techniques. The workshops throughout the day worked on different aspects of the project. |
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| The Faith and Life Committee. |
