http://broweryouthawards.org/ http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=291 <div class="text blurb">If sea levels rise as much as they are expected to over the course of the next century, Maryland would be the fourth most impacted state. This is part of the reason for Maryland’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act, (GGRA), which holds Maryland accountable for the strictest carbon emission regulations in the country.</div> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=291 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=295 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=295 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=294 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=294 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=293 <div class="text blurb">Ana Elisa Perez decided to form her non-profic organization GAIA in order to form an alliance between different environmental projects in her native San Juan, Puerto Rico. The group now mainly works with schools, from kindergarten age through high school to provide an education in ecology, environmentalism art and culture.</div> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=293 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=292 <div class="text blurb">Growing up in the East Side of San Antonio, Texas, noticed that the low-income community was lacking in many ways: there were few community centers, public parks or other places for the community to come together. The area even lacked the basic need of grocery stores selling fresh, whole, organic food</div> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=292 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=290 <div class="text blurb">Short Description</div> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=290 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=288 <div class="text blurb">Working with the Manitoba Wilderness Committee Robin’s action calls to make at least 50% of the remaining wilderness protected land, and has already succeeded in banning logging from all but on of the provincial parks</div> http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=288 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=287 <div class="text blurb">Oil extraction in the Amazon has created much pollution and health problems for the people of the region. Joshua Bernard, from Sharon Massachusetts founded Esperanza International, a non-profit organization dedicated to develop environmental legislation within the country of Ecuador.</div> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=287 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=286 <div class="text blurb">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</div> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=286 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=285 <div class="text blurb">As an astronomy enthusiast, Benjamin Jones was tired of not being able to see stars, galaxies and nebula from his backyard in Helotes, Texas, because of the light pollution caused by living near San Antonio, a metropolis of over 1.5 million people.</div> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=285 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=284 <div class="text blurb">Students from Warren Wilson College work with project INSULATE! to weatherize homes, reducing heating costs while cutting carbon emissions.</div> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=284 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=283 <div class="text blurb">A San Francisco Bay Area high schooler aims to simultaneously cut carbon emissions and save the rural Indian economy in Hunsur, using a perennial shrub called Jatropha as a biofuel. </div> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=283 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=282 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=282 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=281 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=281 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=280 <div class="text blurb">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.</div> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 http://broweryouthawards.org/article.php?id=280