Profile: Brower Youth Awards
Year Founded
2000
Type
Non-profit
Last on Think
Updated on: 04/13/2008 23:14
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Mission Statement

Young people are taking the planet into their own hands and making it greener from the inside out. Earth Island Institute develops and supports projects that counteract threats to the biological and cultural diversity that sustain the environment. Through education and activism, these projects promote the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the Earth.

Location
300 Broadway, Suite 28
San Francisco, CA 94133
United States
Phone
(415)788-3666
Fax
(415) 788-7324
Website
http://www.broweryouthawards.org
Email
bya@earthisland.org
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We offer an annual award program; the deadline for the next award is May 15, 2008. We will be giving six young leaders, ages 13-22, a $3000 cash award and weeklong paid trip the San Francisco Bay Area for outreach and recognition at a 1000-person ceremony. Find out more at http://www.broweryouthawards.org.

 
 
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Time to Apply for the Brower Youth...

 

We have now opened our 2008 application period for the Brower Youth Award!  Applications for the 2008 Brower Youth Awards will be accepted until May 15, 2008.  Request an application at www.broweryouthawards.org

 

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Alexander Lin - speech at...
In 2004, Alex read an alarming Wall Street Journal article about the growing E-Waste crisis. When he was nine, Alex had co-created a community service team c...
Tags: activism  Brower Youth Awards  Alexander Lin  e-waste 
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by  Earth Island Institute on march 26, 2008
 
   
 
Jon Warnow - Brower Yo...
Jon's passion for tackling the Earth's climate crisis was the basis for his role in Step It Up 2007. This project used the Internet to stage a highly coordin...
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by  Earth Island Institute on march 26, 2008
 
   
 
Rachel Barge - Brower Yo...
Rachel was an avid contributor to various environmental initiatives at the University of California, Berkeley beginning in her freshman year. She realized ...
Tags: Sustainability  activism  UC Berkeley  Brower Youth Awards  Rachel Barge 
Views 112
by  Earth Island Institute on march 26, 2008
 
   
 
Carlos Moreno - Brower Y...
Carlos understood the seriousness of youth violence as an environmental justice issue because of its tremendous impact on where and how we live. In 2001, the...
Tags: violence  jobs  Boston  Brower Youth Awards  Carlos Moreno 
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by  Earth Island Institute on march 26, 2008
 
   
 
Q'orianka Kilcher - Browe...
Q'orianka is an enthusiastic filmmaker and actress of Peruvian ancestry who has used her celebrity to draw attention to pressing human rights and environment...
Tags: activism  petroleum  Brower Youth Awards  Peruvian Amazon  Q'orianka Kilcher 
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by  Earth Island Institute on march 26, 2008
 
   
 
Erica Fernandez - Brower...
When Erica found out that a liquefied natural gas facility was proposed for the coast of Oxnard and Malibu with a 36-inch pipeline routed through low-income ...
Tags: natural gas  Brower Youth Awards  Corporation  Erica Fernandez 
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by  Earth Island Institute on march 26, 2008