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Students Take the Lead On River Issues

11/19/2018

2018 Year in Review

Wild Rose Education’s Youth Water Leadership Program™ mission is to create authentic student-centered learning experiences that increase watershed literacy through civic action. During 2018, the program reached 646 student contacts ages sixth grade-college in three program areas during 94 hours of experiential learning.

5 Lens on Climate Change Filmmaker Teams
4 films: Our Lives Our River, Out of Balance, Streamflow on the Crystal, and Grass Skis selected for 2019 Colorado Environmental Film Festival
16 Field Trips and Classroom Visits
1 Youth Water Summit

Growth and Expansion of Youth Water Leadership Program™

Exciting growth occurred during 2018, the second year of this signature YWLP program. Hosting the CIRES Lens on Climate Change film making program, creating branding, convening the Summit Leader Team, mentoring senior capstone students, hosting a day long youth water summit, and employing a program intern significantly increased the program’s capacity and impact. In addition to the founding sponsor, Pitkin County Healthy Rivers, 10 additional generous financial sponsors made this expanded programming possible. Finally, utilizing the collaborative support of 20 partner organizations made this year’s YWLP more effective, meaningful, and fun.

Read the new Youth River Voices blog where water, river, and climate change youth leaders give voice to the most important issues of today

2nd Annual Healthy Rivers Youth Water Summit
November 15, 2018, Third Street Center, Carbondale, CO
This student-driven educational conference was an opportunity for learning, dialogue, and action on local watershed issues. Students presented their call-to-action research projects and proposed evidence-based solutions to environmental issues within the local watershed. This year’s event included:

20 student presentations and films
2 keynote speakers
6 Summit Leader Team members
10 student-determined topic group discussions
14 Opportunity Expo presenters
5 interactive activities
1 Watershed Trivia Game
125 burritos

Watch the student presentations below

The Third Street Center 501(c)3 is the fiscal agent for the Youth Water Leadership Program.

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View Youth-made Climate Change Films

6/21/2018

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The student made films from the Lens on Climate Change Program are now available to be viewed and shared.

Thanks again to CIRES, University of Colorado Office of Outreach and Engagement, and the Colorado Film School for bringing their program on the road to Carbondale reaching 20 local middle and high school students during the 6 day free workshop at the Third Street Center.

The films will be screened during the 2018 Healthy Rivers Youth Water Summit and also submitted to the Colorado Environmental Film Festival.

Thanks to Sponsors and Community Partners

Special thanks to all who made the Lens on Climate Change program possible in Carbondale, Colorado including: Community Office for Resource Efficiency, Third Street Center, CLEER, Solar Rollers, and Two Rivers Unitarian Universalists.

Career Panel

Ellie Barber, Aspen Global Change Institute
Morgan Hill, Garfield County Public Health
Ali O’Neil, Evergreen Zero Waste
Haley Thompson, filmmaker
Sarah Uhl, artist, joy evangelist

Community Experts

Jake DeWolf, Colorado Division of Water Resources
Matt Hamilton, Aspen Skiing Company
Kevin Horch, Sunlight Ski and Bike Shop
Dave Kanzer, Colorado River District
Brook Levan, Sustainable Settings
Liz Mauro, Pitkin County Landfill
Heather Tattersall-Lewin, Roaring Fork Conservancy
Aaron Taylor, Way of Compassion Bike Project

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Lens on Climate Change Film Shorts Public Screening

5/25/2018

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Brought to the Roaring Fork Valley by the Youth Water Leadership Program, all are invited to attend the free film screenings at the Third Street Center on Saturday, June 16 at 2pm. RSVP here

Free and open to the public. Families welcome!

Hosted by Wild Rose Education's Youth Water Leadership Program. Facilitated by Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and CU-Boulder. Sponsors include Third Street Center, Community Office for Resource Efficiency, CLEER, Solar Rollers, and Two Rivers Unitarian Universalists.

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Climate Filmmaking Workshop Comes to Carbondale

3/5/2018

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Wild Rose Education’s Youth Water Leadership Program is excited to partner with and host the Lens on Climate Change Program in Carbondale June 11-16th from 9am-4pm each day at the Third Street Center in Carbondale, Colorado. Program limited to 30 middle and high school students. Sign up now!

The Lens on Climate Change (LOCC) project engages middle and high school students in film production documenting the effects of climatic and environmental changes on their lives and in their communities. Middle and high school students are paired with science and film graduate to research, film, edit, and screen their film. The collaboration with mentors in both science and technical career paths provides a chance to learn about STEM fields and careers. This project is part of an NSF-funded research program that aims to study how filmmaking increases student learning and engagement with science and technology.

Read program OVerview (English)

Read program overview (Spanish)