For me, the first day here in Washington D.C. was kicked off with an early morning run with some fellow programmer participants to the Lincoln Memorial. It was an awesome way to see the...

The last week in Seattle has been packed full of interesting workshops on a variety of topics from entrepreneurship and how to start up your our company at the Center for Commercialization...

Day 4 here in Portland and all I can say is that I’m loving it! The city and the people are very warm and welcoming, even though the weather may not be. We started off today with a...

On our first full day of workshops in Seattle we started with an interactive and informative tour of a new high-tech wastewater treatment station at Brightwater . Who knew that how we...

It was a busy farewell in Reno Airport as the YLP group split into their Seattle and Portland groups. We will meet up again in 11 days in Washington DC for the civic engagement and action...

This morning we were hosted by the Forestry Service Agency and had an excellent presentation and walk with the education ranger. She took us to a sacred Indian site within a local forest...

The other day we had the awesome opportunity to spend an afternoon at Whittell High School! We went for a simulation climate summit where we paired with US students, and debated against...

Today some of us were up early this morning, running, doing yoga or going for a gentle stroll around Lake Tahoe. After a breakfast of granola (muesli), amongst other tasty treats, we were...

After over 30 hours of hectic travel, we finally met up with our Australian counterparts and arrived at the fabulous Lake Tahoe on Sunday night USA time. On our first full day in Tahoe...

Ms Glenis Paul, adult mentor, and Year 11 student Fraser Cotterill will be travelling to the USA to take part in the 2014 Youth Leadership Programme. With only nine student participants...