Teens Turning Green

Teens Turning Green is a student led movement devoted to education and advocacy around environmentally and socially responsible choices for individuals, schools, and communities. We seek to promote global sustainability by identifying and eliminating toxic exposures that permeate our lives, often unknowingly, yet threaten public and environmental health. What began in the Bay Area in 2005 now has a presence at elementary, middle and high schools, universities, and student organizations across the country, as well as a strong virtual platform and media presence. The TTG chapters lead grassroots efforts that aim to raise awareness, encourage behavior change, and lobby for policy that will lessen local and global impact.

Creates awareness around toxic exposures and sustainable practices through education, outreach and advocacy. More info

Investigates toxic exposures in schools and takes action to eliminate those and implement healthy, greener alternatives. More info.

Launches specific initiatives in partnership with community leadership and residents to care for communities. More info

WHAT'S NEW?

April 23 + 24, 2010
e4-NYC Conference, New York, NY
Led by Campaign members in partnership with Collegiate School, e4-NYC will be an informative, mobilizing and action oriented forum to share ideas, projects and resources. Hundreds of students along with teachers and community members will attend panel discussions with visionary leaders, interactive workshops, small group dialogues and an eco resource fair featuring a variety of eco products, services, and environmental initiatives.

May 1, 2010

The REevent , a lifestyle experience and runway show hosted at Dominican University, San Rafael, CA
Challenge yourself to REnew, REcreate, REduce, and REthink the choices you make every day in each aspect of your lives. Join us for the REevent as we work together to lessen our impact on the environment.

Seeking student designers to create RE looks and be paired with a professional designer in the process. The deadline for submissions is April 10th.

For more information and to download the entry form

March 20, BYOBag Day, Marin County

Join a BYOBag team in Marin County and rally community members to BYOBag while shopping anywhere. Help us pass a county ordinance to ban plastic bags and attach a fee to paper bags at all retail check outs. For more information.

Girls Gone Green featuring Teens Turning Green

Released by Penguin/ Puffin Books February 2010

Girls Gone Green is a fun, hip and inspiring book about girls who’ve taken the initiative to go green. From author, Lynn Hirshfield of Participant Media, the entertainment company responsible for such films as An Inconvenient Truth and Food, Inc., it’s full of tips, ideas and profiles of girls—both every day and famous-- taking action to save the environment. Girls Gone Green gives girls everywhere the inspiration to do something to save the planet. Chapter One features Erin Schrode, a TTG founding member and campaign spokesperson. Buy the book

Log onto the GGG Facebook and talk about what you are doing to go green.

The 5th Annual TTG Summit was an extraordinary success attended by many students and community members. The Keynote delivered by eco hero Adam Werbach, CEO Saatchi + Saatchi S was inspiring and mobilizing ( "You Were Born to Save the Planet" )The panels with eco leaders from all over the country were informative and fantastic. Check out the feedback from attendees

View program and panelists

View Photos on flickr

One Young World TTG spokeswoman and founding member Erin Schrode was selected as a U.S. delegate to attend the inaugural One Young World summit in London this past February. Sponsored generously by Burt's Bees, Erin represented Teens Turning Green and her country during the plenary sessions, where she, alongside her fellow young global leaders from over 100 nations, shared ideas, actions, and passed resolutions regarding the world's most pressing issues. Esteemed counsellors included Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan, Professor Mohammad Yunus, and Bob Geldof, among numerous other global change-makers. Erin has just returned home from this life-changing experience and documented her experiences here through words, photos, and videos. Click here. One Young World Video Click here.

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