I am a 13 year old girl. I am new vegetarian. I go to a private school, and i am a very active member(vice president) in a group called Roots and Shoots. Its an activism group kinda. I am very big on cleaning up the earth and enviroment and animal cruelty. I am particpating in a beach cleanup with my roots and shoots group on April 21st(my bday). I want to do more but i dont know what to do. Any sugestions...
2007-03-10 14:37:11 · 5 answers · asked by treehugger421 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
You have a lot of options at this point. Many youth agencies have been created to help brilliant people such as yourself out.
They provide how to resources free of charge, and best of all, you can get money for your projects.
Here is a list of 3 web sites to get you started:
www.youthnoise.com
http://www.yesworld.org/resources.html
http://www.nylc.org/resource_center.cfm
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Depending on where you live however, you could get in touch with your local county extension office. Ask your school counselor or a teacher to see if they can get in touch with the county extension office for you and explain to them you are looking for an opportunity to serve.
Extension should be involved in many environmental projects, and they will have resources and projects in place that you can join. Trust me, it is easier to join and build an existing project than create a new one. You won't be left cleaning someone else's trash.
I hope this helps.
2007-03-10 14:55:47 · answer #1 · answered by Aaron G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, just let me say that you are AWESOME for being interested in such things and furthermore taking a stand for your beliefs.
One thing that you could do is volunteer at your local animal shelter/humane society. I've been doing that since I was your age, and it is not only helpful to the community and animals but also a lot of fun.
Another possibililty is that you and your group could adopt a river or a highway.
If you're more interested in spreading knowledge, try starting at your school. See if you can do some sort of Earth Fair (maybe not even around Earth Day, so that people are focused on the world at more than one time a year) at which you could have exhibits about people's impact on the environment, what they can do, and the beauty of nature from the universe to the biomes to the microcosms.
I hope that whatever you decide to do works out well!
P.S. Try talking to Jess Ganeshan in the Yahoo! group teens4difference. She's great, and would be of significant help to you.
2007-03-10 14:50:47 · answer #2 · answered by Rat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please visit TeenActivist.Org, and share your activist knowledge and experience with other teens. I wish I could say that there are hundreds of ideas there for you, but we're just getting started. Nevertheless, there may be a few ideas for you. We're collecting ideas right now, and your Roots and Shoots club sounds like an awesome idea. (In a real way, just by taking 12 minutes to contribute to TeenActivist.Org, you are doing something more!)
Thanks,
Sean :)
2007-03-13 14:24:56 · answer #3 · answered by sean.parker 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why not help your community with other ppl from your group..like cleaning up the beach and stuff
2007-03-10 14:51:18 · answer #4 · answered by calicutiegirl_13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rocktheworld.wordpres.
com
Keep up the good work!
2007-03-11 09:42:54 · answer #5 · answered by Udel26 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋