HI!

Hi, sorry for not posting for a while.

Happy Christmas everyone, hope you all had a great time

Hi, Leah- In the nicest way possible, I'm not too keen on having 'kids' or something in the title as I don't see myself as that young, sadly. lol

At least you have some ideas though! I don't- been quite busy revising though :/

Who are we?

K.I.D.S (Know, Inspire, Do for Sussex)

or

Mother Nature's (Young, Brood, Clutch, Young' ens)

or

(New, Young) Souls of Sussex

or

Flora, Fauna, Forever, Together

or

Sussex Spring Cleaners!

...

Few, I'm all out of idea's! What do people think? (not great, i know lol) :)

Merry Noel and New Year!

Leah

Wild World, Inspire Youth?

or Wild World, (or Land) Inspiring Young Minds?

or Young Hands, Minds & Hearts, Inspired by Sussex? (bit long i know lol)

See ya all soon

Leah

hey guys iv just worked out how to get on the blog.
sorry for being so long.
I cant get the wale shark picture because it wont paste for some odd reason but oh well not the end of the world hope ill come up with an idea for a name soon
see ya for now Tim.

Grrr this is hard!

This is harder than i though it would be :( I do like the name NEWTY but somehow i think we should at least have a few different options! But ah well i'm sure we'll figure it out in the end :)

Anyway i've been thinking recently (a dangerous pass-time i know, lol) and it just suddenly struck me (probably should have before now, but ah well!) that as we are a council of younger people even though generally we wouldn't get so much of a say because we are apparently not as wise, i have a feeling that whatever we do say and do will be very much taken into account, due to the fact that we are the people (hopefully) who will be carrying on living on and in and with this planet!

There we go, that's all i wanted to say lol :)

See you all in January (and i'll let you know soon whether i can come on the 10th or not)

Leah

Still trying to think of a name ----
NEWTY is still my favourite though :)

Living Landscapes

For more information on the Living Landscapes go to http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/index.php?section=environment:livinglandscapes

How to elect the Youth Council

We had a very productive meeting on Saturday at which we discussed the Wildlife Trust's 'Living Landscapes' initiative, procedures for recruiting and electing Youth Council members and what the Youth Council's name should be. Steering Group members had some great ideas for the name, but we didn't manage to reach a conclusion before it was time to go home. We were brainstorming and the three important features seemed to be youth, wildlife and Sussex, but we had differing opinions on whether the name should be initials of something with a general meaning, like NEWTY - Nurturing Enjoyment of Wildlife Through Youth, initials of something less meaningful but more direct, like SWTYC - Sussex Wildlife Trust Youth Council, or simply a couple of words, like Wild Unite or Nurture Nature. We looked at examples of other names - the RSPB Youth Forum is called the Phoenix Forum which is quite good, whilst Horsham Youth Council is HYPER - Horsham Young People's Elected Representatives, but decided to discuss further in here.

We finalised our proposal for the set up and election of the Youth Council and this will be discussed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust (SWT) Board of Trustees on the 17th Dec. Hopefully they will like our ideas, but if there are any problems, these will be discussed at our next meeting on the 10th January.

I look forward to hearing more ideas for your Youth Council name.

Sarah

Awww I love husky dogs :) Not allowed a dog though as my parents don't really like them :(
Marble (my cat) had to go away as we thought he was making my sister's excema worse, but he wasn't and it's cleared up now.
I'm sooooooooooooo happy that he's home :)
I shall find a good picture of him and post it!

See ya'll tomorrow! *goes to look for Marble picture*
Ali d

More Pics!

Here are some more pics that Nigel took in the Eden Project which Savvy (my mother) asked me to put on! 

See you all tomorrow! 

Leah :)

Hey again all!

I love the Eden project SO much lol :) and i haven't been for like 3 years so it's a big priority! 

And i should definitely think you can post a pic of your cat, cos i'd like to see him/her for one! :)

I have 2 dogs myself, (well they're not really mine, they're their own, but you know what i mean! lol) called Misha (an inuit Husky female) and Midas (a Border Collie sheepdog male) :) they are wonderful companions and my life would really be very boring without them! 

Where did your cat go? 

Leah

pics

Those pictures are really interesting Leah. :)

Can I post one of my Cat? He's coming back home today, so I'm really excited!!!! Anyone else have pets? Bit off topic, but oh well :)

I have some more pics from the Eden project- If anyone hasn't been, its really great: especially the rainforest biome- you feel like you are actually in the rainforest! The traditional-type houses that they have recreated are really cool too :)

Ali d

Wow i hadn't realised you'd taken that photo yourself Ali! It is really beautiful (i really need to go to the Eden Project again!) :) and so is that sunset one Sarah!! I'm glad you like the name and i can't wait to hear all the other ideas. 

I just got the agenda and it looks pretty interesting. :)

And seeing as everyone else is including a photo and it does give a really good look to the blog, i'll add some to the pile!

They're taken by Nigel my mums man, not me but they're very pretty and interesting!

See you all soon

Leah x

Photos

Yeah, I took it at the Eden Project when I went this summer----it's from the 'Rainforest Biome'
I've got a really cool picture of a frog being eaten by a snake somewhere which was in my garden!
I'm hoping for a camera for my Birthday so I can take lots of pictures :)

Ali d

Beautiful photos

Hey Ali and Leia

Lovely to see that both of you have already made use of the blog. I like the sound of Wild Unite - it's got a definite ring to it. Let's wait and see what the others think. Ali, it's a lovely photo you posted on here - did you take it yourself? It's a great idea to put our own pictures of beautiful and interesting things from around Sussex on here. I'm sure Callum must have some great ones of insects. Here's one of mine. No wildlife included - it's just the beach, but it's one of my favourite places!




I'm just putting together some rough notes for our proposal to the Trustees on how to set up the Youth Council - I'll be passing it round on Saturday for you all to check and approve (or not)! Is there anything you'd like me to add to the agenda? If so just let me know.


See you Saturday.


Sarah

HI!

Hi, yeah this is a great idea :)

See you all soon at the meeting!

Ali d

I'm on the Blog!

Hiya peoples :) i'm on the blog!

I think this is really gonna work well for discussing things!

Has anyone had any ideas for a name for the Youth Council? i had one but i'm not sure if it's any good! what does everyone think of the name 'Wild Unite'?

Leah

Welcome

Hello and welcome to the Sussex Wildlife Trust Youth Council's very own blog. I'm Sarah, the Youth Council Facilitator and I've set this blog up so that our members can communicate and discuss ideas in between meetings. We come from all over Sussex so it's tricky for us all to get together in the same place which is why it's great that we can chat on the web.

At the moment we don't have a Youth Council. The Youth Council Steering Group (all young people from Sussex) will be meeting for the second time on the 6th December to finalise their proposals for our Youth Council elections which will hopefully be held in January. We are still in our early stages of development which is why we don't have a very interesting name yet, but that will be changing sometime in the next month or so.

It's an exciting time since we're the first Wildlife Trust to be doing this and our first meeting together was a fun and inspiring day. I'm really looking forward to our next meeting and to the New Year when we will have the elections and form the Youth Council.