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Resources for School Green Teams

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California Climate Champions Program, which, in partnership with the British Council, the California Air Resources Board sponsors annual competitions to identify 16-18 year olds from across California to become California Climate Champions.
Carpooling software solutions to consider
From Castilleja School's Sustainability program, this fantastic collection of resources
Educating for Sustainability, authored for CEAP Schools by Carolyn Spitz
Environmental groups and resources serving K-12 schools (Wikipedia article)
Food Producer Certification option for school groups, as described in this document from the Half Moon Bay HEAL project; this cerfication can allow school garden clubs to sell produce at, for example, certified farmers markets
Green Your Backpack - School Supplies Tips from the World Wildlife Federation
Grid Neutral: Electrical Independence for California Schools and Community Colleges] (Related article: California Offers Schools a Guide to Getting Off the Grid (California State Consumer Services Agency, 2008)) (Added December 18, 2008)
Santa Clara County Green Teams (Yahoo! Group), which schools within the Santa Clara County in the San Francisco Bay Area can use to share information, resources, and experiences across campuses.

Taylor Francis a 16-year-old doing good in San Francisco, as cited by Nick Kristof in the 5/11/2008 NY Times: "Climate change has particularly galvanized high school students — perhaps because it’s their world that we’re cooking. A 16-year-old in San Francisco, Taylor Francis, has been speaking to groups around the country about global warming; after some training by Al Gore, he has set up his own Web site and is heading to China in June to give a dozen lectures there. 'There’s an enormous outpouring of young people who are trying to do community service,' Taylor said. 'Unfortunately, a lot of that is probably just to get into college.'”