EYA ENVIRONMENTAL YOUTH ALLIANCE SOCIETY
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Mission Statement
The Environmental Youth Alliance empowers youth from equity-deserving communities to care for nature.
About This Cause
Founded in 1989, EYA supports youth from equity-deserving communities to connect with nature and develop the skills and confidence to become environmental stewards. We provide free, land-based environmental education and paid employment training programs that braid Western and Indigenous perspectives on land stewardship. Our participants identify as Indigenous, Black, People of Colour, LGBTQ2, living with a disability, racialized new immigrants, or targeted by other systemic barriers. Our work is guided by the principles of intersectional environmentalism. We recognize that youth facing barriers are disproportionately impacted by environmental crises but systemically excluded from environmental advocacy and careers. Our programs centre the voices of youth facing barriers in land stewardship to help build a more inclusive environmental movement that acknowledges the intersections of social and environmental justice. HOW WE MAKE AN IMPACT • Our Nature Stewards Program engages youth ages 14-18 in free land-based education, including growing 1000s of native plants, removing invasive species, restoring habitat and making medicinal salves and teas using Traditional Ecological Knowledge shared by Elder and Knowledge Keepers in the community. • Our Roots & Shoots Program trains youth ages 18-25 in environmental job skills and places them with local environmental organizations for work experience. • Our Youth Habitat Crew Program creates paid summer jobs for youth so they can grow environmental job skills. • Our Peer Mentor Program engages youth volunteer to co-lead Nature Stewards programs to develop leadership and facilitation skills. • Our Wild Mind Program provides urban ecology field trips for East Vancouver schools.