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.
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
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.