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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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Environmental Political Forum

Emma, driven to initiate environmental change, directed the energy she formerly expended on the soccer field to being a founding member of YEA (Youth Environmental Activists of) Minnesota, speaking at the Neighborhood Sustainability Conference and helping Will Steger at his Focus the Nation event at First Avenue. She also chose to put on an Environmental Political Forum for her senior project.

Emma brought together legislators representing Eagan, Apple Valley, and Rosemount with local high school students to allow the students to