2008 Tasmanian Youth Environment Conference.

The River Health Conference started in 1999 as a small tri-state event and grew to a national event in 2001. The 2003, 2005 and 2007 events were the biggest ever, involving 500 students, 170 teachers, 700 participants in total, huge celebrities, 3 days of excitement and participants from around the world. The Tasmania event will be no exception!

The 2008 Tasmanian Youth Environment Conference is the culmination of a process. This process involves students working with expert mentors many months prior to the event, and results in children who are motivated, have high self esteem and respect for others. Using the Kids Teaching Kids model, the 2008 Tasmanian Youth Environment Conference will provide students with skills in environmental education, but more importantly it will build students who are optimistic, have a sense of future, are capable public speakers and can communicate ideas in many different forms.

Most importantly, the process is about promoting kids teaching kids as the highest form of learning and aiming for a cultural change in the way we view, use and perceive our natural environment.

The 2008 Tasmanian Youth Environment Conference is less about a Conference and more about a lasting commitment to our youth and the sustainable use of our marine, coastal, land and freshwater resources and environment.