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Roots and Shoots Program Founder at St. Paul Central

Sarah Waddle's eighth grade teacher inspired her to learn about Jane Goodall and her organization, Roots and Shoots. Sarah founded a Roots and Shoots group at St Paul's Central High School in her sophomore year.

One of Sarah's dream projects for the group is to install a green roof at St. Paul Central. Her Roots and Shoots club is fortunate enough to have Macalester College nearby and was able to meet with students and tour their green roof.

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Resources:

Roots & Shoots, rootsandshoots.org

To plan her event, Sarah found contact information for green businesses from Do It Green! Magazine (doitgreen.org) and Blue Sky Guide (ecometro.com)

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SUE ROEGGE

Like many people, I was deeply affected by the movie An Inconvenient Truth in the summer of 2006. I "greened" my family's life and was honored to be accepted as a volunteer public speaker. Through the Climate Project, I was trained by Al Gore and his scientific advisors for my mission: to present and discuss climate change in my own community.

I'm a social studies teacher and a parent of two high school students, so I primarily addressed school groups. I'm proud of the fact that I spoke to over 40 groups in the spring of 2007, but what I've found most