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Aims of the Youth Sourcebook
Through the sourcebook, we hope that global youth cooperation and networks will be strengthened. The idea was to provide useful information that would assist youth in their work. Youth are important participants in the sustainable development process and must be given the tools to get involved. Because of this, we have presented here some information, some youth perspectives, and further sources of information and networking. Most importantly, rather than answering questions we want to encourage youth to ask questions. In Section One we present issues that are related to sustainable development from a youth perspective. We would like to encourage youth to research more on the particular issues and form their own opinions and perspectives, which in the end may be similar or different than the ones presented here. Section Two is called Youth Working and Organizing for Action, in it we present youth organizing strategies, how to use e-mail, youth in global decision making , case studies and a section on information resources. The last section, Section Three, is the directory, we have included both youth and non-youth organizations working in the areas of sustainable development. The Youth Sourcebook should be used as a tool , a source of information and ideas that will help youth in their work towards creating a more just, equitable and sustainable future. Most importantly, we encourage you to share with others the material and ideas presented here.