Friday 27 February 2009

Awesome!

Wow!!!! That sounds like one of the most interesting animal friends i've every heard of!! lol :)
Is there any chance of you bringing him (or her) to a meeting? No worries if you'd rather not!
What country do they originate from? :)
Peace Out :)
Leah

Thursday 26 February 2009

New pet

it's Tim speaking
guess what, it was my birthday on the 24 Feb and I got something I really wanted for ages, a bearded dragon (lizard) :).
its really easy to feed him he only eats mill worms, crickets, veg and water.
I've got a special vivarium for him and a special container for the crickets.
I got to see him gobble down some mill worms which was really cool.

Tuesday 24 February 2009

Heyo Again All :)
I just though of something and i wanted to ask you straight away Sarah...
Is there any way of checking how well the advertisments for Council members is going? is there any kind of database or something?
No worries if not i just wanted to check! :)
Thanks, and I'll be posting again soon with something more interesting to say! lol
Peace Out
Leah xx

p.s. i just remembered that i forgot to congratulate Ali when she said ages ago that she's going to be going to the Amazon Rainforest! I think it's an absolutely amazing opportunity and lucky you, well done and good luck! :)

Thursday 19 February 2009

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I'm a bit confused about the living landscapes thing- Did I miss something in an old post? :/
Ali x

Spring in the air! ♥

Got loads of daffodils and crocuses near school and my garden :)
Very pretty ♥

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What we can do...

I got confused by the last comment, but thought I should explain. I put the link to the Barnados campaign there because in our first meeting when we were brainstorming ideas about the aims of the youth council one of you said 'To change attitudes towards young people'. By you all being involved in the Wildlife Trust, organising events for young people etc and being seen in the public eye (newspapers, magazines) doing this we can help create a positive image of youth in Sussex.
On a different note, what beautiful spring weather we're having at the moment. I've seen crocuses and snowdrops in flower and it feels like spring is on its way. Have any of you seen any signs of new spring growth?

Sarah

Tuesday 17 February 2009

Wow Sarah that's great that you found that sight for disorderly children
I was looking at the hyperlink and I'm so amazed at what those people do.
its a great idea and really is a problem in the UK.

Monday 16 February 2009








It's almost Spring

On this lovely spring - like day I think having 'Springtime' as the theme for our first meeting with the new Youth Council is a great idea. It fits really nicely with Wildlife Gardening and Living Landscapes too as it's a time when so much is happening in terms of Wildlife. There's a really big garden at our new house and a big kitchen window which looks out on it which I'm very happy about - I've already put some feed out for the birds and am going to do some more work this week over half term. We have an injured fox which hangs out on top of the shed and he was sun bathing at the weekend. I'l try and post a picture sometime when my camera is fixed.
Leia I agree with you on Living Landscapes - the idea is still a bit fluffy in my own head so I'm not very good at explaining it. I've asked Laura Brook who is a Conservation Officer at the WIldlife Trust to come to our first meeting. She knows loads about conservation in Sussex but also about the new Wildlife Gardening Project and Living Landscapes.
Thanks to you all for putting so much work into displaying the posters - that's really great, and Ali, well done in gaining a place on the BSES expedition.
Leia - I understand what you mean about the name, I was just seeing it from someone elses point of view after talking to Henri about it.
Sure I'll have more to add later.
Sarah

Believe in Children

Hey hey hey

Great to see the dicussion here growing - I'll be posting again later about a couple of things, but just wanted to add a link: http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/children_in_trouble_campaign.htm
It's some info about a campaign by Barnados to try and make people believe in children and to stop demonising them - thought you might be interested as this is something we discussed at our first meeting - how the Youth Council could help address this.

Will write again soon.
Sarah

Thursday 12 February 2009

hi everyone its Tim
I'm going to put one of those posters in the library at school and persuade the headteacher to put it in some more places at school.
I'm also going to get it in the public library if possible and at my older brothers school st Andrews.
It's great that you are getting loads of the posters in your school Hope it goes well every one seeya.

Wednesday 11 February 2009

I'm Back! :)

Heyo all :)
Hope your all doing great! I've been in Brighton for a while and haven't been checking the blog so i missed some stuff... but ah well. :)
Well done Sarah for actually surviving moving to a new home through all the crazy (but lovely) whiteness!
And Happy Birthday (soon) Ali! :)
I reckon the Living Landscapes project would be a great thing to discuss for a bit, especially for me as there are a few things i don't really understand about it...
And i definitely agree with you that it would be good to get it out of peoples heads that gardening and that are old people things! I love gardening... and knitting, and embroidery and the list goes on!
On the subject of the name though, personally i think that what we all came up with was pretty perfect. I liked it particularly because it wasn't just an explanatory sentence, but it seemed it would really catch the eye and the interest, causing people to want to find out more. But thats just me! :)
Also, i love the idea of a Springtime theme for our first meeting Ali! It's simple and always an extremely engrossing and uplifting subject! 
And it's awesome of you to do so much to distribute the posters Ali :)
I'm going to put one in my local library and give one to my Home-Ed friend in Brighton... and i'll think of some other spots :)
Thanks for everything, everybody, your all awesome and i'm really happy to be part of this council! :)
Peace out :)
Leia

:)

Hi :)
Just about posters you gave us- I've had them photocopied at my school and they are going in the communication sheet after half-term- its an email that goes round the whole school :)
I'll also be able to put it up on boards and stuff and take it to the lower school bit

Ali x
d

Tuesday 10 February 2009

post from Tim

hi peeps its Tim sorry for not being on for a while iv lost my library book and i have been looking for it non stop but thats still no excuse to not be on for a while. iv been looking at the posts and all the ideas are really good espacially the logo from Leah maybe whith the Y you can hav leaves coming of it to make it a tree.

p.s Thanks Sarah for the advertisements you sent us im sure looooooooooooads of people will be interested.

Monday 9 February 2009

GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi, I think for a theme, maybe something relate to springtime- you know- new growth and looking forward to stuff :)

Some great news too! I think I told you about the BSES Expedition to the Amazon, Peru that I applied for? Well, I had an interview and they accepted me!!!!! :)
Will be going mid-July to mid-August this year and I am so excited :)

Ali x
d

p.s. sorry fir any typos- my cat is sleeping on me :)

Busy bee

Greetings all
Apologies for not posting for so long - I was busy moving house in the snow, and then had problems with the internet at our new place.
Ali - I hope your exams all went fine - you must be happy now they're all finished.
Leah - thanks for all your work on the name and logo. I was chatting to Henri in the kitchen about it at lunchtime and she wasn't sure about it - it made me see that without an explanation it might confuse people. What do you all feel about putting it on hold until we have our new members and then trying again to come up with something? It seems a shame to settle on something that's not perfect for the sake of having a name. I don't know what the rest of you think about this though?
I was also, like Leah, thinking about a topic for discussion here and couldn't get past Living Landscapes because I think that is a really interesting idea and something which I think the Youth Council could be involved in promoting. Sussex Wildlife Trust is probably going to use Wildlife Gardening as a way to promote the Living Landscape and I wondered what you all thought about getting involved in that. How could we involve young people in it - gardening has the unfortunate stigma of being an old persons activity.
Also, do any of you have any ideas of a theme for our first meeting with the new members? There are some Council members and Trust staff who would be keen to attend as guest speakers if we wanted them to.
Ciao for now
Sarah

Tuesday 3 February 2009

xD

Yeah that's really great Leah :)
I'll be 17 this month (27th!), so if there is a later date for the environmental thing, I will look into it :)

Ali x
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