Enter the Green ReDesign Competition
Enter the Green ReDesign Competition
The Environment Club at Mount Mansfield Union High School (MMUHS), in partnership with the Youth Environmental Coalition and the Association of Vermont Recyclers, is hosting a Green ReDesign Competition , and we invite you to enter!
Would you like to see your school become a greener place? Can you envision more environmentally friendly learning areas? Choose an area of your school that could become more environmentally friendly, and then show ... posted: 04/07/2008 11:09:12 Read More
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Annual Youth Environmental Coalition Report
http://vtrecyclers.org/downloads/AVR%202007%20YEC%20Annual%20Report.pdf ... posted: 02/11/2008 07:59:31 Read More
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Call to Action - Spring Salamander Migration
YEC CALL TO ACTION!
Want to save a hundred lives in a night, without leaving your home town?What It Is: The Save the Salamanders Project — Save a beautiful, rarely seen salamander that migrates on one night a year.Why Do It? All over the world, amphibians are in trouble. With decreasing numbers and shrinking habitats, they are becoming rapidly endangered or extinct. Here in Vermont, however, there is a unique opportunity available for helping these creatures, ... posted: 04/07/2008 11:12:38 Read More
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2006-2007 Redeemable Tire Legislation Initiative!
YEC CALL TO ACTION: Tire Initiative Starts UpYour Supported is Needed in the 2006-2007 Redeemable Tire Legislation Initiative!A message from the organizers:January 2007Redeemable Tire Legislation InitiativeAfter finding hundreds of tires each year in many years of River Clean Ups, students at Montpelier High School began working with the Youth Environmental Coalition and Friends of the Winooski on a legislation to keep tires out of Vermont’s rivers and find a productive use for them.Last year was ... posted: 04/13/2007 04:13:09 Read More
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2007 Youth Environmental Action Grants!
AVR is proud to annouce the 2007 Youth Environmental Action Grants!
Application deadline is January 30, 2007.
Download the application here.This Document is a PDF file. If you do not have adobe reader download it now.Download adobe reader
Or download the WORD.doc version: click here.
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YEC Newsletter!
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The Youth Environmental Coalition (TM)
AVR's Environmental Youth CoalitionTM is a network of environmental groups and recycling clubs. Aimed primarily at teens, the coalition supports their efforts to impact the environment in positive ways through their projects, which focus on recycling, composting and waste prevention.On joining the coalition, groups are given a membership pack and easy access to other clubs within the coalition. The network facilitates the exchange of ideas, knowledge and experience between young people up and down the ... posted: 05/18/2007 10:25:16 Read More
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YEC Members Organize for Tire Deposit Bill
Photo by AVR. Ruthie Lazenby (and Caroline Sedano) testify beforethe House Committee on Natural Resources and Energy - Feb. 10, 2006YEC Members Organize for Tire Deposit BillMany have heard bits and pieces about the tire deposit legislation over the past several years. The bill proposes to create a redeemable deposit on automobile tires (like the bottle bill) to discourage illegal dumping. Students in Montpelier High School’s EARTH Group, Youth Environmental Coalition (YEC) members, and other ... posted: 04/13/2007 04:36:12 Read More
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Enviro Clubs taking action!
Montpelier High School's Earth Group - presented their results to the entire school at the end of theday and were featured on Channel 5 News that evening. They counted 176 milk cartons in one days's trash - multiply that by 180 School days, that's 31,680 milk cartons a year in a school of roughly 500 students. Hello!
Vergennes High School - Two students from the Walden Project at Vergennes Union High School weigh ... posted: 04/13/2007 04:29:19 Read More
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