PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release
The Third YouthCaN Med Conference
Beirut, April 23,
2004
On April 26th the Lebanon office of the International Education and Resource
Network (iEARN-Lebanon) will host the third YouthCaN Med conference under the
heading Waste Mismanagement, No More! The YouthCaN Med conference is the result
of a two-semester program in environmental studies and a nine-week online course.
The conference comes as the final event in a weeklong program that includes
participants from Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia and the United States. During the
conference students and teachers from 22 schools will conduct 28 demonstration
workshops, including a number of live videoconference sessions between YouthCaN
Med with a parallel event being held a the Museum of Natural History in New
York City.
The conference will be held at The American Community School in Beirut
and will be attended by over 400 teachers and students, as well as senior officials
from the Ministries of Education and Environment, and diplomatic representatives
from participating countries |
