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My Generation September 2009

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In This Issue Meet our celebrity judges ITF storms social media Consider your footprint Latest from BCHydro.com

Meet our celebrity judges Meet the people who are selecting the winners of this year's Invent the Future competition. Actors Cameron Bright (pictured) and Michael Urie, Vancouver Canucks speedy forward Ryan Kesler, activist Simon Jackson, scientist Matthew Carroll, blogger and social media expert Miss604 (aka Rebecca Bollwitt), and teachers Murray Bulger, George Harris and Duane Elverum. ITF storms social media If you're as excited about Invent the Future as we are, you'll want to tell everyone about it. It's easier to do than ever before because Invent the Future is on Facebook and Twitter. It's a great way to communicate and interact with the contest in a personal way. Consider your footprint Angela Willock was in an environmental club in high school, but says she wasn't really "sustainability savvy". After a UBC biology professor lectured on climate change, though, she figured she could do more. Now she has realized that sustainability is her passion.

Latest From BCHydro.com Radiohead's recycled jacket Here's a new take on the tour jacket concept. This hoody, being sold by Radiohead's official fan club, is made of recycled plastic bottles. Read more. UNICEF's Get Reel contest UNICEF Canada will be sending a team of students to Copenhagen, Denmark, to attend the Children's Climate Forum. Teams of four students, aged 14-17, are being asked to create five-minute videos in the Get Reel on Climate contest. Read more. Early entries set the bar high Just a few days into Invent the Future 2009 there were already participants with funny and thought-provoking ideas about conservation and sustainability. Here's a look at the first four video entries. Read more.

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