PROJECT INTRODUCTION Green Power Now was founded in 2008, aimed at providing global view for youth and raising their awareness about energy issues in China through AIESEC international exchange platform, by cooperating with schools, corporates, NGOs and bringing in international volunteers to offer courses related to green power and help the students become future leaders in Green field with strong social responsibility. The program aims to educate the future generation about the environment and empower them to become environmental and social leaders of their community. Green Power Now is one of the most impactful national project in AIESEC Mainland of China. In 2013-2014, we impacted 11 cities,14 LCs, 160 trainees, more than 100 high schools by providing green courses and campus green activities. What’s more, for the past several years we have involved Garnier, Disney, Momentum as Corporate Social Responsibility Partner, cooperated with Marinedream Foundation, Greennovate as national learning partner and organized annual Green Leadership Forum as the closing for the project for greater social impact and youth engagement.
PROJECT IMPACT MODEL Green Power Now is designed according to a sustainable and smart project business model to make sure its impact will last from generation to generation. AIESEC raised schools to the project, who received 6-week green project courses while these high school students are the potential future AIESECers. The international trainees are trained as school facilitators by national NGO partner for better professional knowledge on sustainability, and they will work as a group to co-create environmental protection courses to spread out issue based knowledge on sustainability. CSR partners sponsored the project and attended project events as judges or speakers, while AIESEC provided them with a CSR solution to establish better corporate branding and bigger social impact.
Green Power Now was founded in 2012 in AIESEC XJTLU, aimed at provides a international platform for students and enhance student’s environmental knowledge. Green Power Now is one of the most impactful project in AIESEC XJTLU. In 2013-2014, we impacted, 5 schools, 9 trainees, more than 200 students by providing green courses and campus green activities. The inters will work with the 3-4 others trainees who come from different countries. The program aims to educate the future generation about the environment and empower them to become environmental and social leaders of their community.
I am Weiser, a student from XJTLU, also a buddy for AIESEC GPN project in 2014. During the project, I have met lots of amazing things and experienced something,I’ve never tried before, as a result of this I feel so glad that I joined this project in my university life. As a buddy, I am in charge of the cooperation with trainees and taking care of their daily life because they were totally unfamiliar with China. I am a friend of them and they relied on me which made me feel the importance of accompany. We had fun together, travelled to lots of cities and ate delicious food… besides, we also designed the classes and lectures’ outline for middle school students, to teach them the environmental protections and growth a green seed in their pure heart. Both trainees and I felt this is a very great job and believed that we have done something which may change the world one day.Not only the foreigner friends, there are also a group of people who I admire and want to make friends with them. They are AIESECers from XJTLU. I am deeply touched by their passions and commitments for the project and all trainees and buddies. They are just like angles. Do something good without return. That why I decided to join AIESEC next semester and be an angel for society. ------- 2014 GPN buddy, Weiser Feedback for Project
Green Power Now in AIESEC XJTLU
Working Flow Preparing the Material for project
Design the Course with the Chinese buddy
Experience the Chinese Culture
Impart Knowledge to students Project Showcasing
Job Describe 【Training】 The volunteers will be trained by AIESEC XJTLU for a few days, which will take about the knowledge of environmental protection and the volunteers how to feel better in China, also bring them to visit some sights. 【Teaching】 EP will give classes about mainly environment protection and green knowledge for secondary school students. The class will focus on some workshop , discussion, games, practice and experiment to inspire students critical thinking and creative ideas. Students will also have some classes outside the classroom. The courses will be designed by volunteers and our buddies. 【Outdoor Activities】 Volunteers can take students to some organic farms and practice base on the weekends to do some practice in order to help children understand our nature better. Let them get close to the nature and experience it.
【Culture Exploring】 The buddies will take volunteers to visit some famous and special scenery spots in Suzhou and its nearby cities on the weekends to explore Chinese culture. Also enjoy different kinds of traditional Chinese food. Suzhou is “the paradise of China” with many traditional Chinese features and beautiful scenery. It is a city which combine modern and tradition. During the practice, volunteers will also learn a lot Chinese culture at the same time. 【Self-Development】 Volunteers will lead students to do some environmentally friendly activities such as organizing sustainable fashion shows , environment protection planning competition or picking up the rubbish in the local community.
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Trainee Required
Learning Points
Obtain the right visa (better F) and plane tickets for the whole duration .For convenience, EPs had better bring their labs for class teaching. Considering the weather and temperature in China, Suzhou in spring. EPs should do some preparations to suit the weather. EPs had better bring some medicine for emergency themselves. Devote to the society and learn some knowledge about environment protection; Team work; Project cross-cultural communication skills; Learn to teach students at different age; Develop leadership through AIESEC projects; Have a better understanding of Chinese language, history, culture and lifestyle; Build up personal awareness and appreciation living in foreign environment.; Learn various skills.
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General Timeline
The project was divided into two stages. The first part start from 15 March to 28 April and the second part start from 1 May to 20 June. Trainees can choose to participate in one part of them. The two part is the content of the same.
CONTACNTS GPN Team Leader Minyu Tang minyu.tang@aiesec.net +86 18896604696 GPN Trainee Manager Kaiqin. Jiang kaiqin.jiang@aiesec.net +86 18862195739
VP iGCDP of AIESEC XJTLU Yupeng Cao Yupeng.cao13@aiesec.net +86 13862159348