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Philadelphia Joins in National Program for ''Green'' Jobs for City TeensKYW NewsradioBy KYW’s Karin PhillipsThe official launch was held Tuesday morning for a program that introduces urban youth to “green” jobs. High school kids in light blue t-shirts worked to clean up the area in front of the Valley Green Inn, in Wissahickon Valley Park. Read more |
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Walmart Helps Launch Philadelphia Conservation Leadership CorpsPress Release$170,000 donation provides students with green jobs training August 4, 2009 (Philadelphia, PA) - Today, the Walmart Foundation and Student Conservation Association (SCA), together with the Friends of the Wissahickon, Philadelphia Youth Network and Sustainable Business Network, announced the...Read more |
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Bob Birkby To Give Keynote at Wilderness Risk Management ConferenceSCASCA veteran Bob Birkby will give the keynote address at the annual Wilderness Risk Management Conference (Register Now!), to be held October 14-16 in Durham, North Carolina.Author of Lightly on the Land, SCA’s manual of backcountry work skills, Birkby led high school Work crews for fourteen...Read more |
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Conservation Begins Here - July Wrap-Up of SCA in the NewsVariousPlant Corps restores coastal habitat at Hook Holmdel Independent Jul 30, 2009 Lucas Kelly, an intern with the Student Conservation Association, spends his days at Sandy Hook removing invasive species of flora. … Read more |
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Inner City Teenagers Take a Whack at Invasive PlantsFirst Coast NewsIn the heavy humidity Wednesday, crews in a park near Crescent Beach ripped out Chinese tallow trees and Brazilian pepper plants.”Brazilian pepper is one of the worst plant species in the entire state of Florida,” Forrest Penny explained. Penny is with the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National...Read more |
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Sec. Salazar Visits Shenandoah for Service ProjectWHSVReporter: Haley Harrison - Gray Television, Inc. - Copyright © 2002-2009 President Barack Obama is making volunteer service a priority with a campaign called “United We Serve” with a summer of volunteer work that started Monday at Shenandoah National Park with a special guest.SCA Intern Liane...Read more |
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SCA Tackles St. John TrailsSt. John Source - Virgin IslandsBy Lynda LohrThanks to hard work by a group of eight students from the Virgin Islands and the mainland, V.I. National Park’s Lind Point Trail is getting a face lift through the Student Conservation Association.”I wanted to try something new,” said Chenoa Lee, 15. Read more |
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Green TweetsMashable.comTwitter has a huge green community. There are green media, green companies, and green charities all active on the microblogging service, as well as a whole bunch of individual environmentalists and green bloggers. Read more |
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Summer plans come full circle for studentThe Baltimore SunBy Sarah FisherEven as classroom doors are locked and hallways swept for the final time this school year, many parents look forward to summer break as an additional opportunity to nudge their children into enrichment classes, summer camps and service projects.This summer, Alex Caldwell, a 16-...Read more |
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6 Win 2009 Rachel Carson AwardsThe Daily GreenAlso, see the Video Now on New York 1 SCA Founder, Elizabeth C. Read more |
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