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Disney's Friends for Change Project Green
Empowers Kids to Work for Real Change
 Disney was inspired by kids' enthusiasm to take practical steps towards global change and to take part in collective actions that will make a difference for the future of the planet. Disney's Friends for Change Project Green is about taking steps together with your friends to help the planet. Friends for Change helps kids help the planet by:
- Inspiring us all to work together to make small daily changes that add up to a big difference.
- Giving us a way to help make big change by voting on how Disney distributes another $1 million in donations to environmental projects around the world this year.
Disney, together with Youth Service America (YSA), is proud to offer Disney's Friends for Change Grants to help kids that are making environmentally friendly changes in their communities. Disney's Friends for Change Grants are open to schools, organizations and individuals planning service projects and will focus on projects implemented by children ages 5-18.
Visit the Friends for Change website and click on the Disney Friends for Change grant logo and stay informed on all grant application information. |
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EarthEcho International
Empowers Youth to Take Action to Restore and Protect
 EarthEcho International is a nonprofit 501c3 organization founded in 2000 by siblings Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau in honor of their father Philippe Cousteau Sr., famous son of the legendary explorer Jacques Yves Cousteau. EarthEcho International's mission is to empower youth to take action that restores and protects our water planet.
EarthEcho International's programs are dedicated to the legacy of Philippe Cousteau Sr.; a legacy of devotion to the conservation and restoration of the oceans and one that can be shared by all people. Sadly, the last 50 years has seen the greatest amount of destruction of our Oceans, bringing us to a current state of crisis. However, we believe that it is the next 50 years in which we can embrace the new promise of a just, healthy, and abundant water planet. In order to achieve this, a whole new generation must take action to restore and protect our water planet.
Education combined with service-learning offers a tremendous opportunity to empower such a generation, but there is very little ocean education and service-learning available today on a national scale. EarthEcho International's programs works to fill these voids in ways that unite the efforts of other prominent organizations to identify and engage the most promising leaders of tomorrow in the struggle for ocean health today. Visit EarthEcho and learn about programs such as Water Planet Challenge. |
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Roots & Shoots
The Power of Youth is Global
 Roots creep underground everywhere and make a firm foundation. Shoots seem very weak, but to reach the light, they can break open brick walls. Imagine that the brick walls are all the problems we have inflicted on our planet. Hundreds of thousands of roots & shoots, hundreds of thousands of young people around the world, can break through these walls. We CAN change the world. - Dr. JaneThe Roots & Shoots program is about making positive change happen-for our communities, for animals and for the environment. With tens of thousands of young people in almost 100 countries, the Roots & Shoots network connects youth of all ages who share a desire to create a better world. Young people identify problems in their communities and take action. Through service projects, youth-led campaigns and an interactive website, Roots & Shoots members are making a difference across the globe.
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