Civics...How Go from Interest to Information to Idea to Action.

1. Brainstorm your interests and passions, kind of like this:

2. Choose your top 2 areas of interest.  Begin to find out what issues are related to those areas -like if you love being outdoors, what problems/issues are related to that.

3. Use the Canadian Points of View Reference Centre and search "environment" and "issues" and "Canada"  or check and see if your area of interest is listed in the main topic page.

4. Search the Garth Webb Library LC catalogue for really cool books and streaming video on your issue.

5. Check out some websites like these ones:

INTERNET WEBSITES World University Service of Canada http://www.wusc.ca/en In-Terre-Actif http://www.in-terre-actif.com/english/index.php Oxfam Canada http://www.oxfam.ca/ The World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/ Unicef Canada http://www.unicef.ca/portal/SmartDefault.aspx Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/ STAND http://www.standcanada.org/ War Child http://www.warchild.ca/ Save the Children http://www.savethechildren.ca/index.html Spread the Net http://www.spreadthenet.org CARE Canada http://care.ca Canadian Red Cross http://www.redcross.ca Street Kids International http://www.streetkids.org Doctors Without Borders http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org Denotes Canadian Source m.cairns 20/02/09

6.  Make a chart to determine your issue, background information, what can be done, and what you are going to do.  Kind of like this one:

Ask Mrs. Rogers if you need help:  Don't Suffer in Silence!