Hi everybody, I'm Amanda and I'm a student at Environmental Charter High School. My role here at the school is to spread the "Green Change" throughout my school by Selling Kanteens and Chico bags to everybody in my school. My goal is to for all the soccer, baseball, basketball, and softball players ...
We Are the Green Ambassadors. We are an organization that works with teenagers or young adults and teach them the environmental problems and not just that we also teach them what to do about it.
We as an organization help the students live differently. I am a student who was changed by joining the ...
By Donald Liebenson-Special to the TribuneNovember 13, 2009
A sibling drama is playing out in the replicated rain forest treetops of Brookfield Zoo's Tropic World exhibit: Denda, a 7-year-old orangutan, is snacking on a clump of alfalfa, and his toddler sister, Kekasih, wants what he's having. But ...
Celebrate No Trash Week by not making any! Get some friends together, advertise to your email address book, announce it on your blog, post flyers (previously used paper, of course) at your work and school! Tell everyone it's happening, then participate!
How do you participate? Strive to make no tra...
Global Peace Day Sept 21, 2009
We invite You to Mark, Create and Take a STAND Globally for PEACE. To Celebrate with us together FREELY & UNIQUELY as ONE VOICE in Your Own Way...
~The Global Ceasefire between All United Nations Countries. To acknowledge All people who bring peace to the world, ...
Climate change is essentially irreversible, according to a sobering new scientific study.
As carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise, the world will experience more and more long-term environmental disruption. The damage will persist even when, and if, emissions are brought under control, says st...
A few years ago, my family gathered in Mississippi for a funeral. While we were there, we undertook the renovation of a living area and found it was quick and easy to make some energy efficient choices.
August 25, 2009
We replaced all of the regular light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs...
With Shark Week beginning on August 2 right around the corner and the Shark Conservation Act of 2009 on the legislative table, shark conservation has been at the center of many ocean advocacy groups. Including Oceana, the largest international organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation, who...
Are your children asking you about global climate change and wondering what they can do to help the polar bears? Are they feeling sad and scared? How can you comfort them, answer their questions and assure them that their world is not spinning out of control?
The key is empowerment and ...
Get ready for this one – the latest "green" training is happening in prison. Instead of simply containing inmates for their wrongdoings, the Stafford Creek facility in Aberdeen, Washington is teaching individuals how to become contributing members of society.
The Sustainable Prisons Project – a col...
Catching rainwater has never been easier. Hey! Tanks L.A focuses on the practice of catching and collecting rainwater for irrigation and any other household purposes.
Hey! Tanks L.A just visited Environmental Charter High School to demonstrate to Green Ambassadors how to install your own rainwater ...
Our third Green Adventure took place this past weekend, April 4th - April 7th, 2009, at Quail Springs (http://quailsprings.org) and was a huge success!
Sara Laimon, Guzel Gjenasaj and Amy Frame led ten students of Environmental Charter High School. They spent four days learning about permaculture, ...
Being green is not something you only do at home or at school, but EVERYWHERE!
On Saturday March 28, the softball team played proud and hard in the Westminster Tournament. After a long day, during their snack time, the girls had Gatorade bottles and orange peels left over.
Practicing being Green A...
"When the wisdom of the Grandmothers is heard, the world will heal."--Native American Prophecy
Whoever really listens to Grandma? Seriously. She doesn't email, she doesn't text, she certainly doesn't have a blog. If you tell her you have one, she'll probably suggest you get it off before it stains....
Saving the earth is a deeply personal, every-day commitment. With all the information out there, why isn't it getting done? Following 10 simple steps will help reverse the trend for good.
Approximately every ten years, a cycle repeats itself in the movement to save the earth.
With each catastrophe...
My name is Christen, I am 16 and live in the US. Now I’m no special teenager. I go to school, try to get good grades, shop, hang out with friends, and secretly dream about prince charming saving me.
So my Grandma and Uncle started this thing called Earth Protect “yeah, yeah I know “save the planet ...
Announcing the Youth Groups Joining in Earth Protect Youth Launch
Castle View High School Green 2, Colorado, USA
Environmental Charter High School, California, USA
Earth Charter Youth Initiative of Liberia
Natural Resources and Sustainable Development.University for Peace, Costa Rica, American...
Announcing the Youth Groups Joining in Earth Protect Youth Launch
Castle View High School Green 2, Colorado, USA
Environmental Charter High School, California, USA
Earth Charter Youth Initiative of Liberia
Natural Resources and Sustainable Development.University for Peace, Costa Rica, American...
"SLAP stands for “sea level awareness project.” It’s a local community activist project designed to raise awareness of the danger of sea level rise in my community here in Ventura.
If Greenland completely melts (which, scientists say could happen before 2100,) sea level would rise over 20 feet worl...
