Game on! HBCUI interns compete in a scavenger hunt while exploring Historic...
Each team was given a mission and a knapsack that contained all of the materials they needed. Their mission: complete a series of tasks in the HBCUI Scavnger Hunt. Their goal: to win the big prize...
View ArticleWelcome Campers!
With autumn just around the corner, GYF would like its supporters to fall into some fun! This September 27th and 28th, GYF, the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) and NPS’s Martin...
View ArticleBethesda Learning Garden
The Public Schools Initiative tried something new, pushing themselves into a brighter light, and instead of aiming the focus at the students like usual, our Greening Youth Family more exclusively...
View ArticleTop 5 Reasons Why You Should Be At #NPLD20
What’s this NPLD, you say? National Public Lands Day (publiclandsday.org), of course! It’s back and it’s bigger than ever. Join the GYF crew on Saturday, September 28th from 8:30am to 1pm for an event...
View ArticleReflection: Urban Campout & National Public Lands Day
Although we are all still recovering, Urban Campout and NPLD (National Public Lands Day) were awesome this year! Not that previous years weren’t cool, but this time was extra special. Working with...
View ArticleDon’t you just love C.H.I.P.S?
Do you like C.H.I.P.S? We do, but we aren’t talking potato or corn, C.H.I.P.S to us are our future. C.H.I.P. is an acronym for the Collegiate and High School Internship Program, and it works to...
View ArticleGREENING YOUTH FOUNDATION LAUNCHES THE CORPORATE SERVICE PROGRAM (CSP)
The Greening Youth Foundation (GYF) is excited to announce the launch of the GYF Corporate Service Program (CSP). CSP was developed to bring together corporations and local communities through...
View ArticleSecretary Sally Jewell Offers Vision For Conservation
Calls on Congress to protect and support nation’s lands and waters; Issues first Secretarial Order to establish Department-wide mitigation strategy to ensure efficiency, consistency, conservation in...
View ArticleGYF is selected as a partner for the 21st Conservation Service Corps!
Greening Youth Foundation (GYF) Partners for the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps. The 21CSC will accomplish critical restoration work while providing training opportunities and work experience...
View ArticleChildren’s Orchestra Play Instruments Made from Trash
Young musicians from a Paraguayan slum play Mozart on instruments constructed entirely from recycled materials pulled from the garbage dump their homes are built on. One person’s trash is another’s...
View ArticleEnjoy the Year End Report!
Every year your family at GYF fills you in on the year end happenings, and our intentions for the next year. Check out the newsletter at http://conta.cc/1izDWIi . Be sure to share this with a friend!
View ArticleImagining the Future WEBChallenge
TAG Education Collaborative (TAG-Ed) is excited to announce its partnership with the Atlanta Science Festival for the second annual Middle School WEBChallenge! This competition engages students in the...
View ArticleSecretary Jewell Announces $1 Million Private Funding Commitment to Advance...
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is First Company to Pledge to Newest Public-Private Partnership to Develop Next Generation of Outdoor Stewards WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of an ambitious initiative to...
View ArticleYear of Boulevard
Anyone arriving just in time for the Year of Boulevard’s 2014 kickoff meeting might have assumed Monday’s single-digit temperatures would guarantee a low turnout and make it easy to nab a space at...
View ArticleLocals Celebrate MLK Day with Environmental Conference on Diversity and...
Atlanta, Georgia – January 20, 2014 This MLK Day, the Environmental Professionals of Color – Atlanta Chapter aimed to galvanize the spirit of the holiday to spark a local dialogue on the lack of...
View ArticleNatural Resources, Meet Your Future Managers
This passed Friday, our Founder and CEO, Angelou Ezeilo, and vice president of strategic partnerships and development, James Ezeilo appeared in TheStreet.com, the leading digital financial media...
View ArticleThis Week at Interior March 21, 2014
Here’s what happened this week at Interior: a new Secretarial Order is issued to expand opportunities for youth and veterans to play, learn, serve, and work in America’s great outdoors; the White House...
View ArticleCity of Atlanta Partners with GYF to Create Atlanta Youth Corps
The words “youth” and “environmentalist” don’t normally go together. But don’t tell that to the young people in the Atlanta Youth Corps. Inside a classroom in Atlanta, a group of young Georgians are in...
View ArticleEarth Day 2014
On this Earth Day 2014, I’m not going to focus on our diminishing natural resources, climate change, or deforestation, I choose to focus on the positive progress that is being made in the...
View ArticlePathways Internship Program Annoncements
Intended Audience: Hiring Managers April 25, 2014 Pathways Internship Indefinite Program Announcements What You Need to Know Approved SF-52 requests to hire the series/grades listed below under...
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