South Bay Youths Win National Award for Eco Leadership

Local environmental education nonprofit, Grades of Green, was just awarded second place for the Keep America Beautiful Youth Recognition Award.

The Grades of Green Youth Corps Eco Leadership Program is composed of students, grades 2-12, who have a passion for caring for the environment and want to make a positive environmental difference in their school and community. As a member of the Youth Corps, each student creates and implements an environmental Green Project that reflects and emphasizes their particular eco passion, receiving guidance and mentorship from passionate Grades of Green staff and fellow Youth Corps students along the way.

Keep America Beautiful is the nation’s leading community improvement organization. They recognize and reward the work of all of their partners whose commitment to community improvement delivers more beautiful, cleaner, and improved neighborhoods and public spaces. Specifically, Keep America Beautiful recognizes youth and schools who have exhibited an outstanding commitment to improving their community environment.

The Grades of Green Youth Corps Eco Leadership Program was runner up in the Best Youth Recognition Award category in the nation! The students in the Youth Corps were awarded this honor because they create positive environmental change in their school or community through the implementation of their Green Projects.

To learn more about the Youth Corps, click here.

ABOUT GRADES OF GREEN:

Grades of Green is an environmental education nonprofit dedicated to providing parents, students and educators with free, fun and hands-on Green Activities to inspire and empower students to care for the environment. Anyone wanting to implement school sustainability programs can register their school online—at no cost—to get tips and measure their success on reducing trash, emissions, harmful classroom chemicals, plus dozens of other ways to help the environment. Grades of Green has been honored with many awards, including the U.S. EPA’s prestigious Environmental Award.

The nonprofit is growing rapidly, with over 170,000 students enrolled across 39 states and six countries. Grades of Green’s goal is simple--to enroll thousands of schools with millions of kids, all caring for the environment and collectively making a difference.

Submitted by Grades of Green