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Beyond tohu's role as a circus arts "city," the eclectic project is sharing its innovative commitment to the environment and the community with a new initiative called C-Vert, which is aimed at getting youth between the ages of 14 and 16 to step into the ring of environmental awareness and activism.

C-Vert will give Saint-Michel youth the opportunity to learn about, and act within, their community. The project will offer nature experiences, lectures and workshops for youth on environmental and social issues. The goal of the project is to create a plan of action based on what the young participants determine to be the community and environmental priorities of Saint-Michel. Their findings will then be presented to the City of Montréal. C-Vert hopes to challenge the stereotype that young people aren't interested in environmental issues.

The project is being lead by the Stephen R. Bronfman Foundation, who has invested $15 million in projects such as the David Suzuki Foundation and the Trans Canada Trail since its inception in 1998. C-Vert is the first project that the foundation will launch on its own. Other partners in the project include the YMCA, local secondary schools, the City of Montréal and the borough of Saint-Michel.

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