What is this OTHERWISE thing all about?

OTHERWISE is a project, a movement, a network, an idea.

OTHERWISE is about you learning about sustainability and sustainable consumption. It’s about you figuring out what actions you can and want to take to consume so that you have less damaging impact on the environment and promote more equality between people. It’s about how you might want to help your community be more healthy, vibrant, connected, in tune with nature, environmentally friendly and sustainable. It’s about you acting now so that future generations, both here in Australia and around the world, can enjoy clean water, clean air, beaches and oceans and rainforests. It’s about you doing this while learning from and having the support of your peers and your community.

So you want to get involved or find out more?

Become part of a growing network of young people in the ACT committed to making positive and sustainable changes to their own lives, and their communities. As an introduction to the network, free Youth in Sustainability workshops are being held for young Canberrans aged 15-25 years.  The next open workshop will be held over three consecutive evenings during August 2009.

The workshops are designed to educate and inform young Canberrans on sustainability and to inspire them to reduce their individual and community consumption patterns.
Ongoing activities and support will be available to participants as they make changes to their lives, get involved in existing community projects or design their own sustainability focused community projects.

For more information have a look at us on Wordpress and Facebook.

You can also find information on the national project on the RMIT website. 

Next Youth Sustainability Workshop
To find out about the next workshop to to host a workshop through your school / community organisation contact the ACT otherWISE Project Officer on (02) 6229 3211 or otherwise(@)consact.org.au. 

Want to Volunteer for us?

We are looking for volunteers to support our workshops, activities and projects this year.  Get in touch with us on the above details if you are intersted.  If you have any of your own related ideas, let us know.  We'd love to support you.

Want to find out what else is happening in ACT?

ACT otherWISE  has a monthly newsletter that outlines otherWISE activities and events as well as what other organisations are up to.  To get on the list email us at otherwise(@)consact.org.au