From: Karen Mendelow (karenm@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 06 2004 - 07:44:00 PST
From: "Karen Mendelow" <karenm@exploratorium.edu> Subject: Fwd: Award Announced for Young Eco-Heroes Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 07:44:00 -0800 Message-ID: <web-7466979@exploratorium.edu>
Howdy pinholers, Still listening in. Here's a chance to
honor some student eco-heros!
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From: Bay Area CREEC EE Network - Michelle Kirk <mkirk@wested.org> Subject: Award Announced for Young Eco-Heroes Message-Id: <20041203232559.07FC8A9562@webhost.edgateway.net> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:25:59 -0800 (PST)('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is)
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AWARD ANNOUNCED FOR YOUNG ECO-HEROES
Are you a Young Eco-Hero? Do you know a Young Eco-Hero?
Action for Nature (AFN) is seeking applications from
students from around the world 8 to 16 years old for its
2005 International Young Eco-Hero Awards Program. This
program recognizes the individual accomplishments of young
people who have carried out environmental action projects.
Projects must concern environmental action, advocacy,
environmental health, research, or protection of the natural
world.
For a printable version of a flyer about Young Eco-Hero
Awards Program click
http://www.actionfornature.org/ecoheroawards.htm
Cash prizes up to $500 will be awarded. Applications
must be postmarked by February 28, 2005.
Click on http://www.actionfornature.org/eco-hero/index.html
for guidelines and an application form. There you can also
find information about the 2003 and 2004 award winners.
The 2004 award winners include Janine Licare (14), who helps
to save endangered animals in Costa Rica; Christina Faust
(16) of Georgia, who studies the vegetation around streams
to better understand how plants contribute to the streamıs
ecosystem; and Salaar Khan (11) of Pakistan, who influences
his neighbors to use cloth bags and eliminate the toxins
created when plastic bags are burned.
Action for Nature is an environmental, education and
advocacy non-profit that encourages young people to take
personal action to better the environment, and to foster
love and respect for nature. Based in San Francisco,
California, the board and staff of Action for Nature believe
that the long-term health of our planet requires that young
people learn the importance of understanding and caring for
the natural world.
Contact information:
Action For Nature, 2269 Chestnut Street, #263, San
Francisco, CA 94123, USA
E-mail: awards@actionfornature.org
Visit us at www.actionfornature.org
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