SustainUS
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The United States Youth Network for Sustainable Development (SustainUS) is a non-profit nonpartisan, youth-led advocacy group in the United States. Its goal is to improve youth participation and youth empowerment as it relates to sustainable development. SustainUS works particularly with youth aged 13-26 and on United Nations conferences related to youth and/or sustainability.
SustainUS has 501(c)(3) status.
Through proactive education and advocacy at the policy-making and grassroots levels, SustainUS members are attempting to build a future in which all people recognize the inherent equality, value, and interdependence of social, economic, and environmental .
[edit] Programs
SustainUS operates several programs:
- Agents of Change (AoC), begun in 2003, brings delegations of U.S.-based youth to conferences and summits related to international sustainability policy, primarily at the United Nations. Youth delegates work with government delegates, fellow civil society members, and other youth to promote cooperation, focusing on youth-friendly and future-oriented policies. AoC has been active at the International Forum on the Eradication of Poverty, the Commission for Social Development, and the Commission on Sustainable Development.
- Citizen Science is a nationwide youth-led citizen science initiative committed to providing a platform for young scientists and engineers to engage in policy discourse and share scientific knowledge as it relates to sustainable development. The primary goal is to raise the awareness of United States' citizens regarding existing and emerging technologies designed to improve economic, social, and environmental conditions for not only current, but future generations as well. Citizen Science attempts to bring together the many fields of science into a holistic scientific forum to support and dissemate the principles of sustainable development. Citizen Science holds an annual paper competition based upon the discussion topics of the upcoming Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD). The purpose of the competition is to make technical aspects of those topics relevant and understandable to the general public and influence sound public policy.Competition winners have their work published in the journal Citizen Science, and present to activists and policy-makers at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development at the UN Headquarters in New York City as a member of the UN youth delegation.
[edit] Organization
- Steering Committee
- Chair: Kyle Gracey
- Secretary: Yochanan Zakai
- Treasurer: Mark Moroge
- Communications Coordinator: Amanda Fencl
- Geocluster Coordinator: Kavita Kripalani
- External Relations Coordinator: Whit Jones
- Membership Coordinator: Juan Carlos Soriano
- High School Outreach Coordinator: Julia Wong
- Board of Directors
- Justin Babie
- Kristen Hite
- Julie Larsen
- Monika Kerdeman
- Catherine Manzo
- Lockey White
- Michael Gale
- Kyle Gracey (ex-officio)
- Mark Moroge (ex-officio)
- Yochanan Zakai (ex-officio)
