Environmental Justice at yli

At yli, are practicing Environmental Justice by:

Committing Executive time to collaborative partnerships that advance Environmental Justice

Our areas of growth include:

Creating an organizational environmental justice plan, which might include: carbon offsets, discouraging the purchase of useless plastic items, establishing environmental policies about shipping, and creating incentives for public transportation/biking to work, etc.

Adults typically do not look to young people to help them solve issues that affect them. In fact many adults view youth from a paternalistic client perspective, and treat them as clients and not as a constituents. If we don’t allow young people to be partners in solving the issues that affect them, we miss an enormous opportunity to teach them how to take responsibility for their lives, how to exercise their voice, and how to become engaged citizens and community members. Not engaging them breeds voter apathy and makes young people want to tune out and disconnect.

Maureen Sedonean, Founder