This morning we began discussing the environment and global warming. We started with a scavenger hunt to build the English vocabulary of the essential terms. The teens were given a page of definitions – missing the actual term. They were divided into groups and hunted through the ship for the missing words. We watched a segment of "An Inconvenient Truth," which provided a simple yet visual summery of global warming. After that, we discussed the major entities involved in the global dialog on the environment (EU, USA G77, AOSIS, BRIC, NGOs, Business Alliance, etc.) Each group was given a fact sheet on one of the entity’s positions. Tonight we will have an Environmental Summit with the groups each presenting their position. The discussion will bring the youth to an agreement that will ultimately form the YPG8’s official position on Global Warming. This is an issue these young people are passionate about and we are all looking forward to the Nave Italia’s Mini-Summit.