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Summary

Teens Turning Green is a teen led campaign to inspire, inform and empower teens to eliminate toxic exposures from their daily lives, schools, and communities.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

TTG provides programming for students in schools across the country to raise awareness about toxic exposures found in their everyday products that may be linked to cancer, asthma, reproductive harm, and other health risks. Through peer based learning activities and advocacy training, empower new youth leaders to advocate for greener alternatives and ensure healthy environments.

Activities

Students can start a TTG Chapter using the web-based toolkits. They are guided through the following steps by teen mentors; assemble a team, inventory products, investigate ingredients, analyze harm to health, advocate for change and tell the world.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $335
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $24,665
Total Funding Goal: $25,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

TTG reaches 100,000 youth annually inspiring them to become activists, educators, mentors, leaders, environmental stewards, and innovators by providing the tools, resources, and support they need to become change makers in their world.

Project Message

I first got involved when a teen came to my school to lead a presentation and was shocked by the information she shared. I wanted to learn more. Now I want to be the spokesperson and teach others.
- Hayley L., Student, 15 years old

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Lisa Wertheim
Associate Director
P.O. Box 1146
Ross, CA 94957
United States
415 456-1130
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Project Sponsor

Lisa Wertheim

Organization

Teens Turning Green
PO Box 1146
Ross, CA 94957
United States
415 289-1001
http://www.teensturninggreen.org

Learn more about Teens Turning Green and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United StatesUnited States and can also be found under HealthHealth.

For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 22, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 16, 2009

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