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Sex and Environment Campus Tours Sierra Club's Global Population and Environment Program regularly tours universities around the U.S. giving "Sex and Environment" presentations, to mobilize action for increased access to global reproductive health services and environmental protection.  Since 2006, we have partnered with International Health Programs' Youth Leadership in Sexual and Reproductive Health Program, GOJoven, to bring Mesoamerican youth activist leaders to campus forums across the United States. These international youth leaders inspire and motivate U.S. based youth to take action through their compelling stories about real-life reproductive health and environmental challenges - some of which are complicated by U.S. policies.  Check out an article on the February 2007 "Sex and Environment Ohio Tour" featuring international youth activist Adriana Varillas from the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico Check out a powerpoint presentation (in both Spanish and English) by international youth activist Ivonne Diaz del Valle from Honduras Check out our "Student Action Toolkit" for organizing your own "Sex and the Environment" Campus Presentation In August 2009, our National Campus Organizer Cassie Gardener and two youth activist leaders, Jenny Shapiro from New York, NY and KC Upshaw from Seattle, WA, traveled to Guatemala and Belize to build upon Sierra Club's successful collaboration with GOJoven youth leaders. By participating in a GOJoven training and visiting ten local projects in rural, urban, forest and coastal regions, we witnessed first-hand the connections among population, sexual and reproductive health and rights, the environment, and youth empowerment.  Through our follow-up collaboration with GOJoven leaders, this tour will help U.S. youth activists to become empowered to address issues that affect them and Mesoamerican youth, and will help us build an international youth movement committed to social and policy change in the U.S. and abroad around sexual and reproductive health and environmental protection.  Photos, from left: Green Sea Turtle at Hol Chan Marine Reserve, in San Pedro, Belize. HIV/AIDS Awareness Mural created in part by GOJoven youth leaders, in San Ignacio, Beliz Cassie Gardener, Jenny Shapiro and KC Upshaw exploring Tikal National Park, in Peten Guatemala. Photos courtesy Cassie Gardener. As in our previous Population, Health and Environment (PHE) Study Tours,  our group visited voluntary family planning programs funded by local organizations as well as formerly funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, and will conduct follow-up outreach consisting of presentations, writing news articles, and contacting decision-makers. Stay tuned for photos, articles and an advocacy video, and email population@sierraclub.org for more information! Up to Top HOME | Email Signup | About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | © 2008 Sierra Club