Damaris Trust to Host Student Climate Change Conference

Christian charity, the Damaris Trust, is to host a major one-day conference this July for Britain's sixth-formers looking at the spiritual and moral issues raised by climate change.

The Ambassador of Bolivia and World Vision's Rudo Kwaramba from Zimbabwe will be just two of the speakers at the Global Student Forum on 2 July at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster. Delegates from schools across the UK will debate, hear from and interview leading academics, politicians and charity workers on environment issues.

The day conference will enable school students of all faiths and none to think carefully about the spiritual and moral issues underlying global citizenship under the motto 'Dying for a Drink?'.

Held in association with Stop Climate Chaos, the day will help teenagers reflect on the key issues of water as a universal human right, why climate change is a justice issue, and how our actions can improve the lives of the poor.

The conference is designed to fit in with the school curriculum and delegates will return home to teach Personal, Social and Health Education and Citizenship lessons for many of the younger students at their school in the autumn term.

Nick Pollard, director of the Southampton-based Damaris Trust, said: "Many of today's teenagers are very conscious of environmental problems. Through GSF we can help them to explore the spiritual and moral issues these problems raise.

"Schools across the UK send groups to attend GSF. We give them a unique chance to meet and debate with key decision-makers and leading experts in the field. We are delighted to see teenagers realise that they can really make a difference in the world."

For more information about GSF 2007, visit www.globalstudentforum.org