Adirondack Youth Climate Summit

The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes invites nominations for its 2012 awards. The Barron Prize, founded by author T.A. Barron in honor of his mother, celebrates outstanding young leaders ages 8 to 18. Each year, the Barron Prize honors inspiring young people who have made a significant positive difference to people and our planet. Ten winners each receive $2,500 to support their service work or higher education. Nomination deadline is April 30. For more information and to nominate, visit http://bit.ly/edhitj

Are you an educator with a class project that is short on funding but long on potential? Do you know a teacher looking for grant dollars? ING Unsung Heroes® could help you turn great ideas into reality for students. For 15 years, and with nearly $3.5 million in awarded grants, ING Unsung Heroes has proven to be an A+ program with educators. Each year, 100 educators are selected to receive $2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive the top awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000.  Deadline is April 30. http://bit.ly/eSC2sv

Disney Friends for Change Grants offer young change-makers an opportunity to receive a $1,000 grant to help make a lasting, positive change in the world.

What we’re looking for? Projects that highlight the creativity and commitment of young people working to meet the needs of others.

The goal? Showing how even small actions can add up to big changes.

Whether you are passionate about protecting the planet, providing meals to those who need it or giving kids just like you the resources they need to star in their own play, be an athlete or an artist, you can be a Friend for Change! Whatever your interests, a Disney Friends for Change Grant can help you make a difference for people, communities and the planet.

Youth ages 5-18 located in all 50 states and the District of Columbia are eligible to apply for a $1,000 grant. Please note: To be eligible to lead a Disney Friends for Change grant, you must be between the ages of 5 – 18. Legally, if you are younger than 13, you must have someone older than 13 prepare and submit the application for you.

Applications are due by midnight February 29th, 2012. For more information.

Clean Air-Cool Planet (CA-CP) Fellowships are 10-week, full-time summer positions that pair exceptionally talented students with challenging, real-world projects to advance innovative climate change solutions and leadership.  Fellows are provided mentorship, networking opportunities and a stipend.

Place share the list of 2012 Fellowships, available here http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/for_campuses/Climate_Fellows_2012.php.

The list is exciting and diverse, and includes the following:

• Haas Climate Fellowship:  Climate Preparedness for Coastal New Hampshire Towns (NH)
• Lamprey Climate Fellowship:  Charting Emissions From Food Services (CHEFS):  Supporting Sustainable Dining Decisions
• Impact of Climate Change on Population Dynamics of Emergent Pathogens (NH)
• Fostering Innovation in Financing State and Local Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Initiatives (CT)
• Using the Campus Carbon Calculator to Highlight Coal Dependence Impacts and Alternatives for Colleges and Universities
• Climate Preparedness for New Jersey – Data Directory (NJ)
• and more…

If you are, have or know a college student (upper-class undergrad or graduate) looking for a challenging and rewarding summer experience, for details about the projects and application process, please visit http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/for_campuses/Climate_Fellows_2012.php.

Our deadline for accepting applications is February 24th, so please help us spread the word!

A video highlighting Clarkson University’s integrated food production and waste management facility (a.k.a. the EPA P3 funded greenhouse/digester project) has been posted on the Planet Forward web site for national dissemination. This student designed, constructed and operated facility is proving that leafy greens can be grown locally, even in the dead of our northern New York winter. The energy efficient greenhouse is coupled with renewable energy systems to provide heat from the sun and wood pellets and heat and power from our campus food waste.

Planet Forward is a project of the Center for Innovative Media at George Washington University.  They work to disseminate environmentally friendly and sustainable ideas through this web site and their partners at PBS and National Geographic.

http://planetforward.org/idea/year-round-greenhouse-gardening/

View the video and vote if you like the video or think this is a viable project. The more Comments, “Likes”, and Tweets @Planet_Forward that this story gets, the better the chances are that it will appear in one of our weekly webisodes, blog posts, or even on television.  Please feel free to share this message with your networks of colleagues, family and friends!

Congratulations to Jerry Jenkins who was featured in the New York Times.  Read more here.