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This year, four youth engaged in NWF's education programs were named
as finalists or winners of the Brower Youth Awards, a prestigious
youth environmental award program.
From a pool of hundreds of applicants nationwide, Brower Youth Awards
are given to 10 finalists and 6 winners ages 13 to 22. National Wildlife
Federation extends its congratulations to the outstanding students recognized
by this highly selective program.
Supported by NWF staff, each of the students below has put service before
self, showing a dedication to their schools, their communities and their
environments that make them role models for students nationwide. Read
their stories!
Whitney Cushing, Homer, AK
Julian Dautremont-Smith, Portland, OR
Ron Schildge, Middlebury, VT
Rose Peterson, Gunnison, CO
Whitney Cushing, 16, Homer High School,
Homer, AK
WINNER: 2003 Brower Youth Award
Whitney Cushing, President of the Homer Chapter of Alaska Youth for Environmental
Action (AYEA), an environmental education and leadership program of the
National Wildlife Federation, is mobilizing his peers take action on
waste reduction.
He pioneered recycling programs at Homer High School, and worked with
community leaders to make type 1 plastic recycling available throughout
the Kenai Peninsula. He also led students in other environmental action,
from keeping oilrigs out of the lower Cook Inlet to educating first graders
on recycling.
Julian Dautremont-Smith, Junior Year Campus
Ecology® Fellowship Project - 01-02, Lewis and Clark College, Portland,
Oregon
FINALIST: 2003 Brower Youth Award
Julian ran a successful campaign to raise student fees to purchase
enough greenhouse gas offsets (off-campus emission reductions) to
make the college meet the specifications of the Kyoto Protocol on global
warming.
After inventorying 1999 and 2000 campus emissions, Julian researched
and secured a supplier of high quality offsets and calculated that the
program would require a $10 increase in student fees.
He placed his student-fees initiative on the student ballot and secured
83% in favor with the highest voter turnout in an Associated Students
of Lewis and Clark election!
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