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Sierra co-founded Power Past Coal along with forty grassroots activists personally impacted by the mining, processing and burning of coal. As National Coordinator, Sierra united diverse communities to convince President Obama, the Environmental Protection Agency, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and Congress to enact policies to swiftly and justly transition away from coal. Sierra won the 2009 Brower Youth Award for her work: www.broweryouthawards.org.

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Robin lives in close proximity to the worlds largest single land storehouse of carbon and most abundant source of fresh water, the boreal forest of the East Shore Wilderness Area in Manitoba, Canada. While completing his degree at University of Winnipeg, Robin led the campaign against logging in Manitobas provincial parks. In 2008, Robin was rewarded for his efforts when the Manitoba Legislative Throne Speech banned logging in four of the five parks with logging operations. Robin won the ...

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Hai Vo co-founded the Real Food Challenge (RFC) at the University of California at Irvine (UCI) after he radically transformed his health by learning to eat nutritious food. RFC is a national organization with representatives from more than 300 colleges in the United States dedicated to reallocating the four billion dollars spent annually on food at universities to real food: food that is ecologically-sound, community-based, humane and fair. Hai and the RFC worked with the University of ...

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Diana Lopez co-launched the Roots of Change community garden in the Eastside of San Antonio, Texas an area lacking large grocery stores and places to get fresh, organic, or local produce. The new garden provides healthy organic food at no cost to community members, serves as an educational center, and creates a positive space for community involvement. Diana won the 2009 Brower Youth Award for her work: www.broweryouthawards.org.

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In December of 2007, 14-year-old Adarsha co-founded Project Jatropha, an organization dedicated to promoting the plant Jatropha curcas as an ecologically friendly and economically profitable crop among the farmers of rural India. Adarsha won the 2009 Brower Youth Award for his work: www.broweryouthawards.org.

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Alec first saw Al Gores documentary An Inconvenient Truth when he was 12 years old. Inspired by the message, Alec wrote to the organization and applied to be a presenter, but was denied due to his age. Undeterred, Alec created his own presentation and gave it over 30 times before Mr. Gore took notice. Eventually, Mr. Gore invited Alec to his next training session and Alec became the youngest presenter with The Climate Project. Since then, Alec has gone on to give upwards of 100 presentations ...

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Rachel co-created The Green Initiative Fund, a student fee referendum passed by the students at Berkeley. The Green Initiative Fund successfully secures more than $2 million over ten years - $200000 annually - for sustainability projects on campus, including clean energy, sustainable transportation, improved energy efficiency, water conservation, green internships, and improved recycling and composting programs. She won the Brower Youth Award for her work - www.broweryouthawards.org....

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Ivan won the 2008 Brower Youth Award for his work towards a just and sustainable Appalachia. Find out more or apply for the Brower Youth Award at www.broweryouthawards.org!

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Timothy won the 2008 Brower Youth Award for his work to create entrepreneurial solutions to the challenge of global climate change, in the Twin Cities area and beyond. Timothy is a national leader working to mobilize students and youth to create innovative community-based solutions to reduce our energy dependence on fossil fuels. Find out more or apply for the Brower Youth Award at www.broweryouthaward.org!

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Phebe Meyers won the 2008 Brower Youth Award for her work raising funds to buy, restore, and permanently protect a migratory bird corridor in Costa Rica. Find out more, or apply for the Brower Youth Award, at www.broweryouthaward.org!

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