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	Audubon Announces 2009 Rachel Carson Award Winners The National Audubon Society New York, NY, May 5, 2009 - The National Audubon Society will honor six exceptional women with the Rachel Carson Award at its sixth annual Women in Conservation Luncheon at The Plaza in New York City on May 19. Audubon established this distinguished award in 2004 to honor visionary women whose...Read more
	The Top-Rated Environmental Charities Planet Green Do you have one of those friends who doesn’t donate to charity because he’s so darn sure that the money just goes to waste? “They just spend all the charity money on candy,” says your friend. He may not say that, but I’m sure he says something equally bizarre.But maybe this friend and a couple...Read more
	21 Places to Look for Green Volunteering Opportunities Reuters/Green Biz By Carolyn MansfieldVolunteering in the field you’ve targeted for your career path has proven to be a winning strategy, especially in today’s economy as thousands look for jobs and strive to get an edge on the competition. Carolyn Mansfield of Bright Green Talent provides a road map for...Read more
	A Talk with Smokies Trails Supervisor Tobias Miller Mountain Xpress By Danny Bernstein - © 2009 Mountain XpressNot all Gen-Xers take years to figure out what they want to do with their lives. Tobias Miller, now 36, has known since high school that he wanted to work outdoors. As South District maintenance-worker supervisor for the Great Smoky Mountains National...Read more
	Silence is Golden The Frankfort Station By Lauren Traut(Rebekah’s Award Winning Essay is at the bottom of this post)Lincoln-Way East senior Rebekah Isack doesn’t think of green as a trend.She wants to keep green around for a long time and has taken steps to help it happen. Read more
	SCA/AmeriCorps Interns to Work on Rail Trail in Waltham Daily News Tribune Text By ©GateHouse News ServicePhoto by kfergos via Flickr Creative Commons By-NC-SAWALTHAM — Six SCA Massachusetts Parks AmeriCorps interns will work with the Department of Conservation and Recreation on the Mass. Central Rail Trail, May 11-20. Their work includes restoring an abandoned rail...Read more
	Green Jobs, Green Economy Upland Tales By Kendall SchwartzGreen jobs seem to be the wave of the future. The Student Conservation Association (SCA) has led the way in connecting youth to jobs in the growing “green economy” for 51 years. Read more
	A city garden is growing The Florida Times-Union Thirty volunteers with the Student Conservation Association, a nonprofit organization that involves youths in conservation and greening projects, will also help with the clearing and the planting. Read more
	Baltimore City Teen Has Special Earth Day WJZ-TV BALTIMORE (WJZ) - This is an Earth Day a Baltimore City teen will remember for the rest of his life.As Mike Schuh reports, the City College junior’s passion for the environment led him to a national stage.The president came to a tree planting—not because they need an extra worker, but because a...Read more
	Lassen park will get $15.7 million in stimulus money Record Searchlight “We’re very excited about this because we’ll be able to hire a bunch of local labor and also additional summer interns through the Student Conservation Association to work on our projects,” said Jim Milestone, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area superintendent. Read more

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