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Sacramento

 

 

Reno

 

  • Sierra Nevada Journeys: Get help on your climate project ideas at your school or do an internship
  • Urban Roots: Get help to design and build a school garden
  • GreenPower: Learn more about renewable energy and explore cool gadgets
  • Envirolution: Get help doing an energy audit of your school or do an internship

 

 

 

Sacramento

 

 

 Sacramento Tree Foundation

 

  

The Sacramento Tree Foundation is dedicated to building the best urban forest for the Sacramento region.
 
What YOU Can Do:

  • Volunteer at a tree planting on our website: sactree.com (Click "Events" at the top.)
  • After volunteering at 3 plantings, you can be a team leader and actually help to work with and teach other volunteers at plantings!
  • Work with the Forester in your local area (our staff person who covers that area) to help plan a planting at your school, park or church.

 

Contact:

Meredith King, Volunteer Coordinator
(916) 924-TREE (8733) ext. 122
volunteer@sactree.com
sactree.com

 

 

Breathe California of Sacramento - Emigrant Trails

 

 

Breathe California of Sacramento – Emigrant Trails is dedicated to healthy air and preventing lung and other air-pollution related diseases by partnering with youth, advocating public policy, supporting air pollution research, and educating the public.

 

What YOU Can Do:

  • A.I.R. - Ask. Investigate. Resolve.   Conduct a scientific research project at your school while learning about air quality issues.  Through this scientific study (funded by the Sacramento and Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management Districts), students determine air quality at their schools and build stragegies to promote change based on their research findings.
  • Thumbs Up!  Thumbs Down!  TUTD reduces the negative influence that tobacco use in the movies has on young people.  Teen members review the top 10 movies each week and post their results on www.scenesmoking.org.  Their work is used by universities, public health officials and tobacco control advocates and is provided to key entertainment industry leaders.
  • Youth Advisory Board  Youth, ages 14-21, engage in all areas of Breathe California's work and advise the Board of Directors on all youth programs and actions that affect youth in our community.
  • Youth Leadership Summit -  This brings together high school students from across the Sacramento region to discuss and generate solutions to indoor and outdoor air quality problems in their schools and neighborhoods.  **Coming up on April 10, 2010!  Contact Anne (below) to attend!**

Contact:

Anne Iaccopucci, Youth Program Associate
(916) 444-5900 x213
annei@sacbreathe.org
www.sacbreathe.org

 

 

 

Hands On Sacramento

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are the Sacramento region's full-service volunteer action center and a committed advocate for innovative social change.

 

What YOU Can Do:

  • Youth Engaged in Sacramento (YES) – YES is a youth volunteer program focused on creating innovative and engaging volunteer projects geared towards Sacramento’s youth under 18 years of age.
  • Special Events – We organize large-scale service days such as Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and Hands On Sacramento Day to mobilize a large number of community volunteers to serve and learn.
  • Project Leader (PL) Training – HOS offers a monthly PL training for volunteers who want to lead one of our projects, helping them realize their own goals and possible project ideas.

 

Contact:
info@handsonsacto.org
916-447-7063 x 304
www.handsonsacto.org

 

 

Sierra Nevada Journeys, Sacramento

 

 

 

 

 

Sierra Nevada Journeys empowers youth and community through positive risk-taking and experiential leadership, science and outdoor education.

 

What YOU Can Do:  Sacramento-area students, are you looking for a way to make a difference?  Do you have a group that is interested in starting a project but you want some help to get it off the ground?  Sierra Nevada Journeys (SNJ) is partnering with ACE to provide a 4-8 week program for your school following an ACE presentation. 

Interested in performing an energy audit? Starting a school garden or compost bin? A recycling program for the cafeteria?  A renewable energy project? An SNJ instructor will visit your school once a week for a Leadership Institute and help you turn those awesome ideas into reality!

Student internships in the Sacramento SNJ office are also available.

Contact:
Sean Hill, Sacramento office of Sierra Nevada Journeys
916-285-1917
sean@sierranevadajourneys.org
www.sierranevadajourneys.org

 

 

 

 

Reno

 

 

Sierra Nevada Journeys, Reno

 

 

Sierra Nevada Journeys empowers youth and community through positive risk-taking and experiential leadership, science and outdoor education.

 

What YOU Can Do: SNJ is looking for high school volunteers in Reno to help work with students after school, during weekend events, or at our summer camps.  There are also opportunities to volunteer in our Reno and Sacramento offices.  Internships are ongoing and are created on an individual basis.

Contact:
Nick Pretasky, Reno office, Vice President of Education
775-560-5323
nick@sierranevadajourneys.org
www.sierranevadajourneys.org
 

 

 

Urban Roots

 

 

 

 

 



Urban Roots cultivates a deep sense of place and self in the next generation, through food!

Urban Roots Green Team - Reno area

What YOU Can Do:  Urban Roots helps high school students in the Reno area create an after-school club to build and design a school garden!  This student-driven team learns the how-to’s of garden design, fundraising, and sustainability while creating their own carbon-neutral garden under the guidance of Urban Roots staff and school faculty.  At the end of the year, Green Teams from different schools meet at the Green Summit to share their experiences and exchange produce.

Contact:
Josie Glassberg, Executive Director
775-355-1688
josie@sierranevadajourneys.org
 

 

 

 

GreenPower


 

 

 

 

 

 

The GreenPower program supports and promotes educating Nevada’s K-12 students in renewable energy and incorporating conscious living practices into their daily lives.

What YOU Can Do:  Want to learn more about renewable energy in your classes? Here's your chance to investigate these technologies through building and experimenting with cool gadgets (think solar-powered and fuel-cell model cars and wind turbines). If you go to school anywhere in Nevada, contact Fayth Ross to learn how you can bring the GreenPower program to your school. 

Contact:
Fayth Ross, GreenPower Outreach Administrator, Desert Research Institute
(775) 673-7412
fayth.ross@dri.edu
www.greenpower.dri.edu

 

 

 

Envirolution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Envirolution facilitates green economic development and empowers the next generation of sustainability leaders.

 

What YOU Can Do:  If you're a high school student in the Reno area and are looking to make your school's environmental club even better, Envirolution can help!  We can support your school club, particularly by helping you learn how to do an energy audit at your school.  You can also contact us to volunteer or intern in our office in Reno.

 

Contact:
David Gibson
775-200-0998
david.gibson@envirolution.org
www.envirolution.org