32 - Friday, December 13, 1991 — North Shore News oy . aN i fone aes - . HEWS phote Mike Wakellcld NOATH SHORE students Shannon Vitols (left) and Kate Evans (right) recently participated in the 6.c. Round Table on the Environment and the Economy youth forum. Vitols and Evans are both active in environment clubs in their high schools, West Vancouver Secondary and Sentine! respec- tively. DILLON WELLI TE IT ISN'T CARL SAGAN! WBRAT DID You DISCOVER, A New SOUAR System? ©1901 Trbure Media &S Peghis Reserrsd A me! KENNY HE KISSED SMITHSON ACTUALLY LMHS ae tag Foden Semnceip ne a ANEMONE SITS Of THE SNELL SO THAT /T CAN COLLECT FOOD AS THE CRAB MOVES ABOUT, THE SEA-ANEMONE KAS TENTACLES THAT STING sf THE Lal WHo USED THEIR THUMBPRINTS AS iN 1927 TWO MEN SIGNATURES . TRAVELLED MORE THAN L700 Milk WA CAR NEEDS A BIGGER \ swete Ane MOVES” HOUSE" IT ACTUALLY On Dec. 6 the News’ front page pioto was of a body found in Lynn Canyon. Some people thought it was in bad taste, especially if children saw it. Others disagreed - What do you think? 980-KIDS , AAAAADAAALAAAAAAAAA B.C. Round Table on the Environment and the Economy “BLECTRIC.”? That’s how David Hill describes the youth contribution to the recent B.C. Round Table on vironment and the Economy. **It was really power- ful...everything the. students brought to the forum was astoun- ding,” said Hill, assistant to the director of communications at the Round Table. The forum took place over two days in November at the Sheraton Hotel in Vancouver. Over 90 youths attended from schools all over B.C. And two North Shore senior secondary students were there giv- ing their views on sustainable de- velopment. Kate Evans, in grade 11 at Sen- tinel, heard about the forum from a teacher. . On Nov. 19 she participated in discussion groups to generate in- put on 8.C.'’s environment and economy and the education system, Members of her group hailed from Prince George, Hope, Nanaimo and Cassiar. Each group was asked to solve case studies and make recommen- dations on how the education system can create greater under- standing of sustainable deveiop- ment. ‘‘We tried to define (sus- tainable development) at - first.... What we came up with is: ‘self-supporting progress or change so there are resources left ever’ and ‘finding a balance be- tween economic development and environmental concerns,’ ’’ Evans explains. Her group recommended that the consumer education course should be changed to teach sus- tainable development and that it was “not really appropriate’ to teach consumerism. Shannon Vitols was also at the forum. A Grade 12 student at West Vancouver Secondary, Vitols thought the. forum ‘‘was too short, but really good.’’ Her group, which included people from Nelson, Arrow Lakes and the Central Okanagan, defin- ed sustainable development as LAST WEEK Zap asked if you thought young offenders con- victed of murder should get stiffer sentences. I think it’s a great idea because E live in Lynn Valley and peo- ple around here get beat up a tot. I think young murderers should put int: ' > for what they’ve done . .ause then if they get an easy break then there could be 2 bad infiuence on them and when ‘hey‘’re older they could start murder- ing again. Yes, it thik it should be pass- ed. Maybe if they kil, murder someone and they get off easy the En- -By Barbara Black News Reporter “cooperation between the en- vironment and the economy so that the resources of today can provide for future generations.”* They presented their ideas to the forum in skit’ form. ‘‘In. the skit we were all gods and god- - desses; there was 2 kid named Pat who went through an idealistic education system,’’ she explains. Their idea was to foster.educating environmentally responsible citi- zens. Vitols’ group was determined to “‘scrap’’ the consumer education course. ‘We thought it should be more enviro-nomics, not just how to consume,” she said. Hill was impressed with how aware the students were of the problems in the education system. “They had some fabulous ideas,’’ which, he adds, the Education Minister took very seriously. Both Evans and Vitcls are in- volved in environment clubs in ~ their schools. Vitols, who is presi- dent of her school’s club, is going to make a presentation to the members. Ske also hopes to get more involved with the Canada- wide Environmental Youth Ali- ance. . “And Kate «(Evans) and i decided to get our two groups more in conjunction with one another,” she added. Evans has plans to connect up with some of the people she met at the forum to exchange ideas on environment activities and how to keep an active membership. ‘We're going to start up a link of environment groups across the province,” she commented. Vitols said she was glad to have an opportunity to give a youth perspective.‘‘Outlets for youth are needed. They’re pretty few and far between.”’ they'll do it again. I think that young murderers should de dealt with real . tough. . I think it should be about 10