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 | Marcus Grignon: Journey of a Young Native Leader
by Marcus Grignon
March 14th, 2012
The launch of “Let’s Move in Indian Country” on the Menominee Indian Reservation inspired Menominee youth to become leaders of the nation in nutrition and eating healthy. I sat in the audience and felt proud to know I played a part in bringing national attention to the work of the Menominee Nation. |
 | Join MobilizeU and Help Make Every Day Earth Day
by Carra Beth Cheslin, MobilizeU
January 30th, 2012
As part of Earth Day Network’s global effort to Mobilize The Earth™, Earth Day University is activating college students to join the MobilizeU movement and enable their campus environmental initiatives to have a greater impact than ever before. |
 | Zander Srodes Talks Turtles
by Laura Bridgeman
May 1st, 2011
Zander Srodes, a 2005 Brower Youth Award winner, spoke at this year’s Tedx Teen event in New York City. |
 | Checking out the Clinton Global Initiative
by Ruth Gebreyesus, Clinton Global Initiative
April 18th, 2011
On April 1st through 3rd, the 4th annual Clinton Global Initiative University conference was held on the UC San Diego campus. The three-day conference started with a networking session in Friday, a full day of panels and plenaries on Saturday and ended with a day of service with the San Diego Food Bank on Sunday. We had a great Brower Youth Award presence this year, with myself and Marcus Grignon in attendance! |
 | Nonprofits101.org - A New Resource on the Block
by Laura Bridgeman
April 7th, 2011
Nonprofits101.org is a newly-released resource center for its companion, as-of-yet unreleased book, Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals. This site is for those of you who aspire towards managing your own non-profit, and making the changes you envision for a better world come to fruition. |
| Join in the Summer of Solutions!
March 22nd, 2011
Applications are now open for the Summer of Solutions, a summer learning and job training program for young people ages 14-30 that creates self-sustaining green economy projects that have a direct impact on their communities. |
 | The iMatter March - Alec Loorz and his Crusade Against Climate Change
by Laura Bridgeman
February 7th, 2011
Alec Loorz, 2009 BYA winner, is planning a march of over a million youth in cities around the globe. This march will send the message that our dependence on fossil fuels must change, and that young people are ready to stand up for their generation's future. |
 | Varsha Vijay: Environmentalist Extraordinaire
by Laura Bridgeman
January 31st, 2011
Varsha Vijay's life is kept busy with new projects and ongoing work, all of which are inspired by her love of nature and her concern for tribal populations. |
| JUST FOOD: The Latest in Food Justice
by Laura Bridgeman
January 24th, 2011
The Earth Island Institute, together with Ashoka's Youth Venture, have created JUST FOOD: a program which provides teams of young people with training, mentoring, seed funding and ongoing support in creating sucessful social venture initiatives related to issues of food justice.
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 | Permaculture for the People
by Ben Cushing
August 9th, 2010
Sustainability & social justice? Good stuff. Listen to Bay Area activists discuss their Liberation Permaculture initiatives on Tuesday, August 17th at No Worries Filipino Restaurant in Downtown Oakland. |
| The Race Is On...
by Ben Cushing
July 27th, 2010
The Great Power Race is a clean energy competition between students in China, India, and the United States. The aim is to kick-start hundreds of new climate solution projects on campuses and in communities in all three countries and to demonstrate to governments and businesses our generation's leadership in transforming our world towards a green economy. |
 | Bay Area Educators Inspire Youth to "Grind for the Green"
by Ben Cushing
July 19th, 2010
A recent Tedx Talk gave two Bay Area educators, Zakiya Harris and Pandora Thomas, the opportunity to share their refreshing ideas about engaging young people of color with the environmental movement. |
 | Young People Show What It Means to be an "Eco-Hero"
by Ben Cushing
July 13th, 2010
Action for Nature's International Young Eco-Heroes Award recognizes and encourages young people from around the world who have completed a project to “foster respect and affection for nature through personal action.” |
 | West Oakland Spurs Food Justice Activism
by Ben Cushing
July 9th, 2010
Entrepreneurs in the West Oakland community, such as the People's Grocery and Mandela Food Co-op, are working to address food inequities by making healthy, local produce accessible to their fellow residents. |
 | Reconciling the Footprint of Fútbol
by Ben Cushing
June 25th, 2010
The World Cup is an amazing spectacle of sport and culture, but can we find a way to reduce its environmental impact? |
 | BYA winners "Do Something" for the environment
by Karen Bailey
April 22nd, 2010
For their work to protect Canada's boreal forests and to encourage America's youth to stand up against global warming, Robin Bryan and Alec Loorz have been selected as finalists in the Do Something Awards |
 | Combating AIDS and HIV In Ghana
by Karen Bailey
April 15th, 2010
2006 BYA winner Jessica Assaf attends the Gallatin School at New York University where she is studying Eco-Consciousness and Public Health. This semester she is studying abroad in Ghana, taking classes and interning at the West African AIDS Foundation. |
 | Alex Lin: E-Waste Recycler
by Karen Bailey
April 6th, 2010
2007 BYA winner Alex Lin continues his fight to recycle America's e-waste for the betterment of the world. Read his story on TakePart. |
 | Fighting Against Coal
by Karen Bailey and Anisha Desai
March 12th, 2010
Students in Northern India lead the fight against illegal coal mining |
 | Zander Srodes: Rolex Awards Finalist
by Karen Bailey and Anisha Desai
March 11th, 2010
2005 BYA Winner, Zander Srodes is a Finalist for the Rolex Awards for Enterprise: Young Laureates Program |
 | Real Food for Real Change
by Karen Bailey and Anisha Desai
March 11th, 2010
2009 BYA recipient Hai Vo featured in YES! magazine for his work to improve our diets. |
 | Forces of Nature film
by Nicole Vermeer and Sharon Smith
February 2nd, 2010
Forces of Nature is a 50-minute film profiling the inspirational grassroots work of 12 young people recognized with the nation's top environmental prize for young people - the Brower Youth Awards. |
 | Kesha Ram for Vermont House of Representatives
by Nicole Vermeer and Sharon Smith
November 10th, 2009
At the age of 22, after finishing her undergraduate theses, naturally the next step for native Angeleno Kesha Ram was to secure a seat in the Vermont House of Representatives, becoming the youngest person and the only woman of color to do so. |
 | There's No Such Thing As Clean Coal
by Nicole Vermeer and Sharon Smith
November 7th, 2009
Sierra Crane-Murdoch wanted to put an end to the dirty practice of burning coal. She organized Power Past Coal, and initiative bringing together over 35 organizations and thousands of participants |
 | Fending for Fennel
by Nicole Vermeer and Sharon Smith
October 16th, 2009
At the University of California in Irvine, only 10% of the food bought by the dining system is “real” food, that is, whole fruits, vegetables and grains. The rest is the processed, modified and additive-laden foodstuffs that have been plaguing our country for the past few decades. |
 | Move Over, Al Gore
by Nicole Vermeer and Sharon Smith
June 11th, 2009
If you have been following the youth environmental movement in the past few years, it would be difficult to have missed the name Alec Loorz. |
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