IKEA talks to children about environmental sustainability. Children have some unique and surprising perspectives! Spend a few moments and listen to what they have to say about taking care of our planet.

How a young activist called Alec Loorz grew to be a main stage speaker at Bioneers.

Lily continues with her story of community building this segment addressing micro-loans and jobs again proving the transformative power of art to impoverished and war-torn communities around the world. 

Lily Yeh is an internationally celebrated artist works to bring the transformative power of art to impoverished and war-torn communities around the world to foster community empowerment, improve the physical environment, promote economic development and preserve indigenous art and culture. Part 2 ad Part 3 on YouTube.

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In an ongoing effort to incorporate citizenship into the day-to-day operation of CSX, new management trainees in 2011 volunteered 2,328 hours over five different Saturdays to renovate The Sanctuary on 8th, an organization dedicated to providing education and enrichment to inner-city kids in a safe, welcoming environment.

Sarah Crowell has been a dancer and an arts educator for over 20 years. She has taught dance, theater and violence prevention to youth all over the Bay Area, in schools and community centers since 1990. Sarah talks about the Destiny Arts Center in Oakland, California and their Raise the Roof campaign to locate Destiny Arts Center in a permanent home.
DESTINY (De-Escalation Skills Training Inspiring Nonviolence in Youth) Arts Center exists to end isolation, prejudice and violence in the lives of young people ages 3-18,

Sarah was interviewed by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv, voices of sustainability at the Bioneers Conference 2011 in Marin County, California.

Our company, Tees at Risk, is one of the first apparel companies in the US to be certified as a B Corporation. Our t-shirts are designed by at-risk youth, and each design benefits a different youth-focused nonprofit. Each design also has an embedded QR code which when scanned with a smartphone displays the youthful artists’ “story behind the shirt.” More on the company on their Website.   We are always looking for: (1) more designs, (2) more organizations to work with, and (3) custom design projects. We’d love to hear from you!

Charlotte advises us we have to stand up for the animals and protect them because they don't speak our language. That's why she became a BioGems defender. 

They help protect wildlands and wildlife across the Americas for future generations, the next seven generations.

Sustainability: Noted author and sociologist, Juliet Schor speaks on her new book "Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture" in this address to the City Club of San Diego. Series: City Club Presentation, 3/2005.