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In 1999 we started providing regular art, civic, educational and social activities that both adolescent and young adults with and without disabilities could do together. Giving both the disabled and non-disabled individual the opportunity to recognize and appreciate each other's ability. Enhancing their sense of empowerment, self-worth, self achievement so they can be productive and contributing members of the community.

Mission Statement: To provide at-risk, youths and young adults access to information and activities to help improve their academic performance, self-esteem, self-confidence and their decision-making ability with the help of the Arts.

The Goodwill V.I.N.T.A Youth Ambassadors would like to invite you to stop by to see what's up Check out what this wonderful group of young people with and without disabilities are doing.
Website: http://theneelcenter.tripod.com/

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I want to promote knowledge about the harmful effects of pollution, littering, pesticides, and industrial waste on the environment among community members. I also wish to provide community members with ways to care for the environment including tips on saving energy, recycling, buying organic, and advocating earth-friendly government policies.

I will develop a list of topics to be addressed at the event and contact members of the community, teachers from local school districts, representatives from environmentally-conscious companies and environmental advocacy groups to speak with her about the topics. She will also compile a list of supplies needed for the event and distribute them with a donation request to stores such as Home Depot and Giant Eagle. At the event on April 26th, volunteers will gather to rotate through 5-6 half-hour workshops on different topics, each with an environmental theme and game. The event will culminate with a giant game of Litter Patrol, where the volunteers are split into 4 teams and race to collect any litter caused by the event or lying near the area.

Younger volunteers will learn about rain cycles and how pesticides and other pollutants disrupt these cycles. I will also explain the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources and why the recycling process is both necessary and beneficial to protecting them. Youth will also explore "how energy is made" and how all of the choices advocated at this event reflect energy-efficiency and its environmental benefit.

Older youth and adult volunteers will learn about why certain products (such as LED lightbulbs) use energy more efficiently and what effects small changes can have on the environment. They will also be given information about companies that are making environmentally-friendly choices and how to advocate similar action to their legislators, utilizing tools such as petitions and legislative visits.

All volunteers will learn the value of teamwork when they compete with each other in eco-games, such as Litter Patrol, throughout the event. Volunteers will return home feeling confident that they have made a difference in their environment and prepared with the skills to make earth-friendly decisions (and pass them along to their friends!).

After the event, Bianca will contact the schools of North Allegheny District and ask to present to the science classes about some of the topics presented at the event. She will challenge the students to continue in the spirit of eco-friendly choices and develop their own projects.

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Essential Developments, Inc is committed to being a leader in the green building and environmental community. We strive to create homes that are equally beautiful, energy efficient and durable. The EDI team designs homes that conserve natural resources and create healthy home environments. We believe that it is essential to build green if society hopes to responsibly manage the planet’s resources.

Our practices help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, forestation and pollution. We are passionate about environmental issues. We maintain an active philanthropic agenda by donating to environmental organizations. The health of the planet and future generations is our major concern. We desire to be the change that we want to see in the world!

We provide educational seminars, remodeling assistance and consulting services. EDI educational and consulting services are designed to inform consumers about green engineering relative to home building.
Educational Seminars:
• Green 101 home basics
• Available Tax Incentives
• How to reduce your energy bills
• Intro to Green building materials
• How to generate income by selling energy

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The purpose of the Cool Coventry Club is to educate the public about climate change and encourage energy conservation at individual, commercial and governmental levels. Since 2006, I've brought presentations and an information table to 25 events across New England. Presentation topics have included global warming, hybrid and biofuel cars, business energy use, the effects of climate change on wildlife and how student groups can create energy campaigns. I’ve distributed energy conservation information to more than 800 people, collected hundreds of petition signatures for my town to become a “SmartPower” community and to request recycling bins for our town park and shopping area, and given away and sold hundreds of compact fluorescent light bulbs. I've worked with several businesses to reduce their carbon footprints through development of energy action plans, and am collaborating with local and state officials to propose legislation that would make Connecticut a leader in the fight against global warming. I also run the CCC website and national energy reduction pledge campaign, and have collected hundreds of energy conservation pledges from 17 states across the country.

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MISSION STATEMENT:
We are committed that Seattle students will develop their own understanding of food and energy through direct experience with the community.
DINNER:
In Seattle on January 12th 2008, local communities of educators, builders, chefs, legislators and students will gather to discuss the future of environmental education in Seattle highschools.

Our goal is to discuss what is already in place and what people are doing that works and apply that to the future of education.

This will be a chance to demonstrate to Seattle schools and students our commitment to build youth understanding of how our environment works and what their role can be.

Direct contributions of time, materials and curriculum will be made to Seattle’s highschools by local people, organizations and companies.

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Hingham High School participated in the KeySpan-Do Something Environmental Sustainability Competition during the month of October and won second place! These are the things that Hingham initiated:ENERGY

• Solar panels were recently installed in the school.
• Teachers were encouraged to turn off their lights when leaving the classroom.
• Estimated 300 hours of energy saved.

WASTE RECYCLED, REDUCED, OR REUSED

• Two recycling bins in every classroom- one for cans and one for paper products.
• All flyers posted on the walls were recycled once taken down.
• Ink cartridges were recycled.
• Estimated 1000 lbs of waste recycled.

INVOLVEMENT

• At least 90% of students recycled their bottles and paper in classrooms.
• Estimated 1000 people involved and impacted.
• “Go Green” logo contest initiated by the Student Council’s new Green Committee.

INNOVATION

• A lot of the initiatives were started by the Green Committee, who educated the entire student body of their impact on the environment.

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 Franklin D. Roosevelt High School competed in the KeySpan-Do Something Environmental Sustainability Competition in the month of October. They won second place! Here are the details about what FDR High did to better their environmental impact:ENERGY:

• Made stickers to put over light switches to remind teachers to turn off the lights in their classrooms when they leave (Total of 120 classrooms). 
• Made flyers on recycled paper about how to further make positive impacts on the environment. Handed out to students and posted around the school and in classrooms. 
• Estimated 3600 hours of energy saved. 

  WASTE RECYCLED, REDUCED, OR REUSED

• Created a flyer on how teachers could reduce their use and handed it out to all faculty.
• Translated the list of recyclable goods into five different languages (Chinese, Russian, Bengali, Vietnamese and Italian), so that students/families for which English isn’t the first language (a large percentage of FDR’s population) are able to discern which items they could and could not recycle.
• The group designed reusable FDR water bottles that will soon be sold in the school store.  They plan to combine the sale of the bottles with a campaign to get the school population to use the reusable bottles as opposed to water or juice bottles from the vending machine which commonly get thrown away.
• Estimated 1350 lbs. of recycled material.

  INVOLVEMENT

• About 30% of the school got involved in Green T-Shirt Day. Students were asked to wear a Green Shirt on the assigned day to show their dedication to taking action to be more environmentally conscious and to take a Green Pledge.
• Over 1000 students total were involved in planning and participating in events.

  INNOVATION

• Translation of  the Department of Sanitation flyers “Chinese, Russian, Bengali, Vietnamese and Italian”
• Home-made pins given to every student and faculty member who took the Green Pledge.