May 2012 QUOTE OF THE MONTH: "Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble." Roger Tory Peterson
FACT OF THE MONTH: "every glass of water brought to your table at a restaurant requires another two glasses of water to wash & rinse the glass. Since nearly 70 million meals are served each day in U.S. restaurants, we'd save more than 26 million gallons of water if only one person in four declined the glass

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Landfills
Do you know why landfills smell so awful? It is because of routine paper. First of all, plastic and other unnatural thin...
- Masha Aleskovski, El Cerrito High School, El Cerrito
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Visuals and Voices
West Contra Costa County is holding an art exhibit for students, of middle school and high school age. Many pieces of am...
- Tyler Jolley, West County Community HS, Richmond
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Organic or Not Organic?
Some people prefer to eat organic foods over inorganic foods. The bigger question is, can everyone afford it? Every...
- Julie Saechin, Oakland High School, Oakland
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Professional Profile: Ellen L. Trescott, an Environmental Lawyer
My name is Payton and I interviewed an environmental lawyer named Ellen L. Trescott. I asked some simple questions and h...
- Payton Ellis, Juaquin Moraga IS, Moraga
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Reflection
We went to clean the creek We've done it for about a week We took out a lot of garbage and dirt Taking them out really ...
- Anthony Keuth, Pinole Valley HS, Pinole
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Differences of Envrionment From Our Country and the Phillipines
- Julie Saechin, Oakland HS, Oakland
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Ask Dr. Green
Pallavi Sherikar
11th Grade
Irvington High School
The Power of Voice
Severn Suzuki addressed the UN as a representative from ECO (Environmental Children's Organization) on the issue of the environment in 1992. Although this video may be old, her worlds ring loud and clear today. I urge you all to watch her speech to the UN:

Which is better for the environment? Recycling or public transportation?

By Kim & Gloria "Jack" Mejia-Cuellar
Grade 12
Media Academy
Oakland, CA



Currently, public transportation is the best ways to help the environment becaus...
- Kim Mejia-Cuellar, Grade 12, Media Academy, Oakland, CA

To really make a difference and help the environment, more people should recycle...
- Gloria "Jack" Mejia-Cuellar, Grade 12, Media Academy, Oakland, CA

Check out the Visuals and Voices Winners for 2011!


MLK Day 2012 on the Richmond Greenway
- Green Screen Team, Richmond , Richmond, CA
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Click here for the Green Screen episodes, starring and shot by 20 Bay Area teens about teens working to help the environment!
Recluse
- David Gao, Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, San Francisco

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The Zoo
- Derek Ornelas, Richmond High School , Richmond

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What little changes can we make in our everyday lives to help improve our environment?

By Anna Chan
Grade 11
Oakland HS
Oakland, CA

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