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Claremont, CA Rachel organized trainings to give activists tools to work for a global trade system that protected the rights of the environment and working people. Read More...
San Rafael, CA Jessica lobbied and passed a bill that requires cosmetics manufacturers to inform the Department of Health Services if their products contain carcinogens. Read More...Owings Mills, MD Andrew founded CU Biodiesel, to switch University of Colorado bus and City of Boulder buses from petroleum diesel fuel to vegetable oil biodiesel fuel. Read More...Berkeley, CA Rachel co-created The Green Initiative Fund, a student fee referendum passed by the students at Berkeley. Read More...Chicago, IL Marisol mapped and inventoried the industrial toxins found in her predominantly Mexican-American community. Read More...Middlebury, VT May Boeve led Middlebury College’s action-oriented environmental and social justice group, the "Sunday Night Group." Read More...Victoria, TX Barbara realized that many rural people used oil as a weed killer, pouring it along a barn or a fence post, polluting miles of ground water. Read More...Winnipeg, MB Robin helped save nearly one million acres of boreal forest from industrial logging. Read More...Hoopa, CA Erika and Kayla organized a Salmon Run Relay to raise awareness about the plight of the nearby rivers and fish populations. Read More...New York City, NY Deland became the prime mover of the Roots and Shoots project at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Read More...Hoopa, CA Erika and Kayla organized a Salmon Run Relay to raise awareness about the plight of the nearby rivers fish populations. Read More...Santa Cruz, CA Jessian Choy founded the Student Environmental Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Read More...Bristol, VT Jessie-Ruth is the core leader of the Vermont Sustainable Heating Initiative, a group of students representing 200-plus youth from 26 high schools. Read More...Baring, WA Angela came up with the idea for, produced, and directed an award-winning documentary film called An Oily Sky. Read More...Middlebury, VT Sierra co-founded Power Past Coal to spolight communities impacted by the mining, processing and burning of coal. Read More...Homer, AK Whitney founded Homer Alaskan Youth for Environmental Action (HAYEA) who successfully stopped oil and gas development near native villages. Read More...Dorchester, MA Tamica organized an Anti-Idling March in memory of Walter Kirnon, a young boy who died from asthma. Read More...St. Paul, MN Timothy demonstrated that climate solutions are bold opportunities for economic profit and community building as opposed to personal sacrifices. Read More...South Pasadena, CA In seventh grade, Lily began a crusade to protect and restore the last remaining undeveloped area in Los Angeles, the Arroyo Seco. Read More...Lebanon, NH In his junior year, Jared founded and coordinated Students for a Sustainable Future. Read More...Chicago, IL Matt coordinated Iowa Students Toward Environmental Protection (IowaStep), a statewide network of college environmental groups. Read More...Oxnard, CA Erica worked to mobilize the youth and Latino voices in her community against a liquefied natural gas facility off the coast of Oxnard. Read More...Bar Harbor, ME Rob led campus activists in a non-violent direct action campaign against old-growth forest product retailers. Read More...Washington, DC Kari worked on two different environmental justice projects that connect and inspire people on both the local and national levels. Read More...Albuquerque, NM Andrea founded Esperanza Unida, a group focused on social and environmental justice in her hometown Brownsville, Texas. Read More...Hotchkiss, CO Max Harper developed a Sustainable Living Theme House at Colorado College to engage students in environmental sustainability. Read More...Bethesda, MD Andrew established a Maryland-wide network of college and high school student environmental activists to affect public policy. Read More...Charlotte, NC Heide founded and led a school-based chapter Free the Planet!, serving as a local organizer. Read More...Philadelphia, PA Dave directed the Sierra Student Coalition, a self described "bridge between youth and David Brower's Vision." Read More...Berkeley, CA Ariana created the Shoreline Preservation Fund – a ballot initiative for the students at UCSB. Read More...Jonesboro, GA Illai co-founded Georgia Kids Against Pollution in response to the growing numbers of local children with asthma in the Atlanta metro area. Read More...Santa Monica, CA Q’orianka is a filmmaker and actress of Peruvian ancestry who has used her celebrity to draw attention to pressing human rights and environmental injustices. Read More...Bandera, TX Stefanie Lacy initiated a paper recycling program that diverted 280 tons of paper from landfill and saved 4,600 trees. Read More...Groveport, OH Bethany set out to change Ohio's destruction of millions of acres of wetlands. Read More...Westerly, RI Alex's Project WIN '05 collected 21,000 pounds of E-Waste and helped to draft and pass a state-wide bill banning the dumping of E-Waste. Read More...Ventura, CA Alec speaks to thousands about the impact of climate change on the next generation. Read More...San Antonio, TX Diana co-created an organic garden at a site in San Antonio, Texas, as part of the struggle for environmental justice. Read More...Seattle, WA Hannah founded The Old Growth Project to persuade her high school to switch from using virgin fiber paper to 100 percent post-consumer-waste paper. Read More...Chesterland, OH Evin on the restoration of the original coldwater habitat of the Chagrin River to save the Ohio brook trout, a threatened fish species. Read More...Woodstock, VT Phebe launched a youth non-profit and created a migratory corridor in the Costa Rican rainforest, restoring it with native trees. Read More...Boston, MA Carlos addressed the increase of violence in Boston and created more opportunities for summer youth employment with his Summer Jobs Campaign. Read More...Eagan, MN Amir Nadav initiated and led a campaign to reduce Minnesota students' exposure to dangerous diesel exhaust. Read More...Flagstaff, AZ Alberta mobilized youth to successfully halt the development of an Arizona Ski Resort on peaks held sacred by over 13 Native American Nations. Read More...Corrales, NM In junior high school, Thomas conceived and implemented a program to preserve the fragile Rio Grande ecosystem. Read More...New Haven, CT Billy Parish rallied students at hundreds of colleges around the Northeast to take on global warming, with The Climate Campaign. Read More...Boulder, CO Eugene convinced administration to make CU-Boulder’s building standards the greenest in the country. Read More...Cotuit, MA Jessica launched the One World Youth Project to promote cultural exchange, youth leadership and community service around the world. Read More...Flagstaff, AZ Daniel organized “All Peoples Power Summit: Building Communities of Hope, Strength and Sustainability,” which brought 200 youth from around the globe. Read More...Sagle, ID Ethan created Organic Volunteers, a national outreach program for sustainability and organic food systems. Read More...Charleston, SC As a fifth-grader, Grayson lead a campaign to rescue endangered swordfish populations off the coast of the East United States. Read More...San Francisco, CA La Constance Shahid restored the Yosemite Wetlands and worked to combat the destructive effects of industrialization and landfills. Read More...Pleasant Hill, CA Adarsha created Project Jatropha for a biofuel solution in rural India. Read More...Ottawa, ON Elissa, as a Canadian delegate, influenced U.S. policy and participated in bilateral climate negotiations with China, Brazil, India, and Kenya. Read More...Placidia, FL Zander developed an impressive interactive curriculum to educate youth about the plight of the near-extinct loggerhead sea turtles. Read More...Mullica Hill, NJ Ivan co-created an alternative spring break for university students to stand in solidarity with communities affected by coal industry abuses. Read More...Irvine, CA Hai Vo transformed the food purchasing and eating practices at universities across California. Read More...El Paso, TX Ruben founded CYnergy Fellowship, dedicated to empowering students to tackle prevalent issues by devising effective community-based solutions. Read More...Burlington, VT Jon’s passion for tackling the Earth’s climate crisis was the basis for his role in Step It Up 2007, an internet-based day of climate action. Read More...Sacramento, CA Christina founded a local chapter of the League of Conservation Voters, a non-partisan watchdog organiztion at UC-Berkeley. Read More...New York, NY Shadia spent years lobbying to pass legislation on New York's Superfund, even constructing a lemonade stand in front of the Capital to raise money. Read More...Chevy Chase, MD Nathan co-founded the Sierra Student Coalition's Student Action on the Global Economy (SAGE) Program. Read More... |
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