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Alysia Garmulewicz
Director of the Youth Climate Change Conference 2005

When she was 15, Alysia entered a contest to go to the Antarctic; she won, and had an incredible experience in the untouched continent. But when she returned to Canada, she started hearing about the effects of climate change on the Antarctic - the snowed-in penguin nests, the melting glaciers - and decided she had to do something. She started an Antarctic and climate change education presentation, but felt she needed to do even more. The idea for the Canadian Youth Climate Change Conference 2005 was born, and Alysia organized the Canada-wide youth led conference that hopes to bring leaders together to challenge and take the world's future into their own hands.

Alysia's conference had support from organizations and people across the country, and will be the subject of a television documentary, tons of articles and a great source of inspiration for youth everywhere! To check out what happened at the conference, go to www.yc3.net.