Archive for December, 2009

Happy holidays! Wishing you an amazing year :]

Our 2009  journey has been full of ups and downs. We’ve grown a lot as a team and as people. Here are a few highlights that we are proud of. And hey, we’ll keep learnin’ and dreamin’.

1500+
number of people participating in NOW! programs, in particular the Act NOW! Play Performances (2008: 200)

50+
size of the NOW! Team (2008: 15)

20
number of Act NOW! National Playwriting Competition Judges (2008: 11)

20+
number of Advisors who have been instrumental in the learning and growth of the NOW! Team.
(2008: 3)

22
number of Act NOW! sponsors and partners for a truly grassroots initiative across Canada. (2008: 6)

2100+
number of NOW! program participants (2006 – present). Learn more about our story.

Unquantifiable
The passion, dreams, inspirations, and energy felt at the NOW! team and beyond! Team adventures in the BC mountains and waterfalls. Bustling discussions at coffee shops. Recognizing our personal weaknesses and growing as people amidst leadership and teamwork. Splashing into things that we have no idea about and bumping into things that we believe in and love to do…. We will continue to work our butts off doing what we love to do while making a difference. We will lay a strong foundation to fashion NOW! into a platform for aspiring change-makers to realize their dreams. Visit our New Direction. Let’s dream sustainability.

Team motto: We dream, we do.

Organizational challenges that we are seeking to solve:
(Have any advice for us? Please give us a shout at info@now-org.com. Thanks in advance!)

• Better harness the power of internet and social networks to spread the word and engage youth across Canada
• A more financially independent and sustainability NOW!
• Building a strong national yet grassroots team
• Fashioning a vibrant platform to support youth dreamers and change-makers to turn sustainability innovations into reality

A Sneak Peek of Current Projects

>> Act NOW! National Playwriting Competition

>> Performances of Act NOW! winning plays

>> The [currently untitled] NOW What? Project

>> NOW What? Conference

>> Wanders: bits of insight

>> Workshops

2009 Press Releases

• Winning play debuts in Vancouver
• Two Teenage Playwrights Win Canada’s First Ever National Youth Sustainability Playwriting Competition

In the Media

• 24 hours
• The Vancouver Sun
• Terry*
• Sustainability Television
• Walking the Talk
• Youth in 57 Minutes Radio
• The Next Stage
• Summerworks Theatre Festival

Join us at this panel workshop in on 9 January 2010!

Global Health, Sustainability, and Leadership

Come to learn more about cutting edge ideas and ways to take action in sustainability and global health. This panel discussion is presented by the UBC Neglected Global Diseases Initiative (NGDI) (www.ngdi-ubc.com) and NOW! (now-org.com). Dr. Kishor Wasan, prominent professor and researcher at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and a leader in the UBC NGDI, will facilitate a panel of distinguished professors and community leaders to explore sustainability and global health in the context of leadership. The panel includes Dr. James Tansey (Executive Director, Centre for Sustainability and Social Innovation) and Jason Robinson (Founder and CEO, Sustainability Television).

About the Student Leadership Conference

The Student Leadership Conference (SLC) brings together more than 1000 student delegates to learn, discover, connect, and take action. Please visit http://slc.ubc.ca/ for more information. Hope to see you there!

Please watch below for a few words from Olivia Rempel featured on Sustainability TV. Winner of the 2008-2009 Act NOW! National Playwriting Competition, the 17-year-old Olivia will be embarking on some amazing adventures including the Students On Ice program (visiting the Antartica with students and scientists to study climate-related topics) and starting her own sustainability art initiative. Best wishes from the NOW! Team and beyond for Olivia’s endeavors!

Please visit here for more information about the Act NOW! National Playwriting Competition.

Related links:

Results of the 2008-2009 Act NOW! Playwriting Competition!

Winning play debuts in Vancouver [debut of Olivia's play by a youth troupe]

Write away!

Sustainability Television