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- EIN 68-0347329
- info@earthteam.net
- (510) 704-4030
- 2525 10th St. Unit B Berkeley CA 94710 USA
- www.earthteam.net
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Environment, Environmental Education
Mission: EarthTeam''s mission is to create a new generation of environmental leaders by introducing into the classroom and the community environmental experiences that are so active and engaging that they inspire dedication to a healthy environment.
Target demographics: Middle and High School students in the East SF Bay Area
Programs: Current EarthTeam programs include: * The EarthTeam Restoration Initiative, which engages approximately 1600 students a year in classroom environmental science lessons and fieldwork; * The Student Environmental Leadership Training Weekend, an annual event now in its 6th year which brings together teens from diverse backgrounds and exposes them to speakers and workshops to encourage environmental leadership; * The Green, a monthly email newsletter read by 2,500 subscribers that provides a forum for local, national, and international students to share environmental writing, artwork, and videos; * The Cool Schools Global Warming Campaign, a student-led initiative to raise awareness and develop actions to curtail global warming; * Visuals and Voices - A Year-Long Traveling Eco-Art, Photography and Poetry Show. which includes environmentally-themed artwork by students from 30 schools and travels monthly to locations all over the Bay Area; * Our School/Our Planet - A Sustainable Schools Video Project for Teens, in which students at 17 middle and high schools create videos about sustainability that are shown repeatedly on 5 cable TV stations; * The Green Screen, a monthly half-hour cable TV news magazine created by Richmond area teens to focus on East Bay environmental projects and concerns, which currently airs on 7 public access stations; * Something's in the Air - An Air Pollution and Asthma Research and Action Project for Teens, an environmental health program designed for the participation of individual classes from 15 Bay Area high schools, which uses hands-on learning to educate students about the quality of air in their schools and communities and its relation to the incidence of asthma.