Take our Junior Summit 1998 Road Test #3 Super Topics: 100 youth met at MIT from the topic groups to present Action Plans and develop Task Forces that would carry out the projects suggested by 8000 kids world wide. Check the action reports of the topics to see how you can help.   SUPER TOPICS ECOLOGY (ecology) Topics 12  13  14  15  1/99 - Ecology Super Topic Report #1  How to get people to be concerned about the environment / how to get people to recycle?Topic 12 Action Plan  How to slow down greenhouse effect / protect the ozone layer /get rid of air pollution  Topic 13 Action Plan:   How to make sure that animals are treated well  Topic 14 Action Plan   How to find and use alternative sources of energy Topic 15      EDUCATION  (education) Topics 7  8  9   16  17  Integrating strengths of school systems around the world to improve world-wide education  Topic 7 Action Plan:   How to keep children in school  (8)  How to provide free high quality education to all children (9)  Dangers & advantages of increased use of computers in  society (increased access to information, but loss of jobs,  for example) (16)    How to use technology to improve education, but not  replace teachers Topic 17 Action Plan    IMPROVING LIVES OF CHILDREN  (improving)   Topics 1,3,19,20  How to reduce poverty, malnutrition and starvation,  unemploymen Topic 1 Action Plan How to prevent homelessness and children living on the street  Topic 3 Action Plan   The problem of child labor / creating unions for working children / improving education for working children  Topic 19 Action Plan  How to end sexual abuse of children, and  end child prostitution  Topic 20 action Plan    POSTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN (positive) - Topics  5   6  1/99 Positive Activities Report #1 How to reduce abuse of drugs, tobacco, alcohol  Topic 5 Action Plan Topic How children can take on community service jobs to help their country/how to involve children in positive activities  such as helping others Topic 6 Action Plan      RESPECTING DIFFERENCES  (difference) -    Topics    4   10  11  18  Nurturing And Communicating Our Differences Web Page http://home.jrsummit.net/difference/  Danger of all cultures becoming uniform through increased cross-cultural contact  making sure outside influences don't get rid  of the good aspects of traditional ways of life. Topic 4 Action Plan  How to prevent racism Topic 10 Action Plan:   Bringing about peace / reducing chance of war/ reduce weapons  Topic 11 Action  Plan   How to improve cross-cultural / cross-nation communication & understanding  Topic18 Action Plan:    RESPECTING DIFFERENCES  (difference) -  Topic 2 Web Page...http://www.bmts.com/~densus/disability.htm  How to help handicapped / disabled children & their parents (especially using technology) Topic 2 Action Plan       You too can join these groups! Road Test  Road Test #1 Road Test #2 Road Test #3   You are Here Road Test #4 Junior Summit 98 Home  Copy write Information from Junior Summit 98 Junior Journal Created by Nickole