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Dispatch 7.9
Novermber 2007
"Climate Change"

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Welcome to the Dispatch

Climate Change is one of the most important issues facing our planet, and is currently being discussed all over the world, and at all levels of society. It is also the TakingITGlobal theme for the month of November as we launch our own Climate Change iniative, which includes a Guide to Action Climate Change that will help our members make important changes, in their own lives and in their own communities, that can help reduce the harmful environmental impact of Climate Change. As youth we inherit the environmental impact of previous generations, by acting now we can all change the impact left behind by our own generation, and we encourage our members to join TakingITGlobal in taking action.

The TakingITGlobal Team
dispatch@takingitglobal.org

Featured Country: New Zealand

New Zealand is also known as Aotearoa in Maori, the dialect of its aboriginal inhabitants, which when translated means 'The Land of the Long White Cloud'. New Zealand is geographically isolated in the south-western Pacific Ocean, and is comprised of two main islands and several smaller islands. Its landscape is varied, with mountain regions as well as an active volcano on its northern island. New Zealand's population is just over 4 million people, and its capital Wellington, located on the southern island, is the most southernly located capital city in the world!

Visit the New Zealand country site to learn more!

TakingITGlobal is Taking Action on Climate Change

Climate change is one of the most serious issues facing young people around the world today. In recognition of this and the incredibly important role that youth play in solving this crisis, TakingITGlobal has created a Youth Guide to Action on Climate Change. The Guide seeks to inspire, inform and involve youth in the fight against climate change and equip them with the skills they need to make a real difference.

Download the Guide and other great resources on our new Climate Change page:http://issues.tigweb.org/climate

This December, the annual UN Climate Change Conference will be taking place in Bali, Indonesia and TakingITGlobal's own P.J. Partington – project manager for Climate Change: Youth Take Action – will be there alongside hundreds of youth from around the world in order to push for stronger climate action and leadership from their governments.

Learn more about the event.

Discussing the 'Digital Divide'

The next issue of Panorama will focus on the phenomenon of the 'Digital Divide' an issue closely related to our Understanding the Issues topic: 'Technology and Innovation'.

Learn more about this topic in our Understanding the Issues section:
http://issues.tigweb.org/technology

Submit to the issue here

Join TakingITGlobal's World AIDS Day Live Chat!

On TakingITGlobal will be celebrating World AIDS Day by hosting a Live Chat!

More details, including the specific time, will be available soon. Keep updated on the upcoming Live Chat, as well as future Live Chats, by joining the Live Chat group here:
http://groups.tigweb.org/chat_reminder

Global Young Social Entrepreneurs Competition

Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) have announced their winners for the Global Young Social Entrepreneurs Competition! The 100 winners from 38 countries are awarded with a trip to Kuala Lumpur to attend a Global Young Social Entrepreneurs Forum. 37 out of 100 winners are TakingITGLobal members! Congratulations to all of them!

Virtual Fair on Latin American Rural Youth Projects

TakingITGlobal and the Latin American Network on Rural Youth (RELAJUR), with the support of Inter-American Development Bank's Youth Program, invite you to explore the Latin American Virtual Fair on Rural Youth Projects.

The Virtual Fair includes dozens of exciting grassroot youth-run initiatives in the region and it takes advantage of many TakingITGlobal's webtools to give them visibility and promote their realities and achievements.

To browse projects, videos and participate in capacity building opportunities, please visit:http://jovenesrurales.tigblog.org!

TakingITGLobal Commitments!

TakingITGlobal has just launched a brand new section of the site: Commit! It can be found under Take Action, and allows you to create commitments that you believe will help make our world a better place! These can range from commitments that will help preserve our environment, such as cutting down on the amount of plastic you use, or commitments that will foster inter-cultural understanding, such as commiting to respecting, and learning more about, other cultures.

Visit our Commit section to pledge your support for a commitment, share your commitments with friends, or create a new commitment!

Check it out here:https://www.tigweb.org/action/commit/

Global Youth Service Day Final Report!

Global Youth Action Network is proud to announce the release of the Final Report of Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) 2007. Global Youth Service Day is the largest annual celebration of young volunteers, where millions of young people in countries everywhere highlight and carry out thousands of community improvement projects. In the report you can find detailed summaries from each country about the activities that took place.

You can download the report here.

Find out more about Global Youth Service Day here.

Wrap Up

Your interest, support and involvement with TakingITGlobal helps our community to grow and encourage more young people to become inspired, informed and involved everyday! In being a member of TakingITGlobal, you are part of a community that is 160,000 strong coming from over 250 countries and territories. Thank you for having a vision of positive change. Your work makes a difference!

In friendship,

The TakingITGlobal Team

Copyright 2007 TakingITGlobal

The TakingITGlobal Dispatch is the official newsletter of TakingITGlobal, electronically published via email, and compiled from various events and news from within the TakingITGlobal network. Contributions should be sent to dispatch@takingitglobal.org. Please include your full name, age, and your TIG username.