A day with YESC

The YMCA Earth Service Corps student symposium was a really great time yesterday. I helped out with some of the planning, lead one of the treks and then was able to spend a big part of the day interacting with the high school students. We started with Severn Suzuki's 1992 Rio Summit speech. Stunning. And it was the first time many of the students saw the speech. Next, my trek was off to "Shop for a better world". Our first stop was at Madison Market, a local coop to talk about coops and the importance of local and organic food. Next it was off to Value Village where the students each got $5 to find something that expressed themselves, their individuality. Our last stop was at the City of Seattle's exhibit, Art, Architecture and Product Design.