
Product Review: Live Green Kit: I really appreciate when something like this is brought to my attention! I’d like to start by telling you about the non-profit organization, Green Youth Movement. This organization, founded by 17 year old Ally Maize, started with the simple idea of teaching kids how to be “green”. Ally and other environmentalist teens have made a big impact on the world with the Green Youth Movement! Way to go!!! Their mission is to educate kids and teens about environmental awareness, eco-friendly behavior and small steps that collectively embraced by this age-group can make a big difference for the future.
Ally Maize founded the Green Youth Movement, an organization that educates kids and teens about green living, when she was 15 years old. She stopped by Teen Advice to explain why you, as a teen, should care about saving the environment, and what you can do to get involved.
The Green Youth Movement (GYM) is comprised of students who are concerned about the environment. As an Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization founded by Ally Maize at the young age of 15, GYM aims to educate kids and teens about environmental awareness, green living and sustainability. Collectively, this age group can make a big difference in reducing environmental impacts for a brighter, greener future. For more information and/or to get involved, please visit www.greenyouthmovement.org.
WHO WE ARE
We are students who are concerned about the environment. We are the future and we want to lead the change.
OUR GOALS
To involve and educate students coast-to-coast about GYM's mission. We want all students to learn what they can do.
Ally Maize and Fellow Green Teens Thank Former Vice President for Spreading Environmental Awareness
Los Angeles, CA - November 16, 2009 - Former Vice President Al Gore's commitment to spreading environmental awareness has inspired millions of people to rethink how their individual actions impact the planet. For 17-year-old Ally Maize, Los Angeles' resident "green" teen and founder of local nonprofit, Green Youth Movement (GYM), this was no exception. After watching "An Inconvenient Truth" at the young age of 15, Maize was inspired to promote green living and sustainable education amongst her peers, and has grown the Green Youth Movement into a formidable force in the community. To thank the former vice president for inspiring the Green Youth Movement, Maize and her fellow green teens presented Mr. Gore with The Green Youth Movement Inspiration Award 2009 last Thursday, November 12 at the Saban Theater in Los Angeles.
EEK!-o-friendly tips for a greener Halloween
Here’s a scary Halloween fact: Consumers spent $1.4 billion on Halloween decorations in 2007, including everything from plastic ornaments to throw-away utensils.
As the second biggest holiday for decorating after Christmas, Halloween negatively impacts the environment by generating a lot of waste. Ally Maize, LA’s resident “green” teen and founder of local nonprofit, the Green Youth Movement, is urging communities nationwide to reduce their environmental impact this Halloween with some simple, easy-to-do tips. Here are a few things that Ally, along with the help of GreenHalloween.org, is doing to ensure every step of her Halloween preparations are “eek-o” friendly.
Host Anna Getty and Sarah Jane Morris Show Their Support
Beverly Hills, CA – March 11, 2009 – At the recent EcoStiletto Green Girls’ Night Out fundraiser for Dress for Success, Green Youth Movement (GYM) founder Ally Maize launched an initiative in partnership with “Teens Turning Green.” The “Teens Turning Green: Lips Against Lead” petition is a national effort to ban lead in lipstick. The following description of the “Lips Against Lead” project was developed by a member from the affiliated advocacy group “Teens for Safe Cosmetics”. More information can be found at www.teensturninggreen.org:
Long before Zac Efron rode in an eco limo, before Hayden Panetttiere wanted to save the Dolphins, Ally Maize-founder of the Green Youth Movement was trying to help teens go green. It certainly doesn't hurt now that stars Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus and Emma Watson have started driving hybrid cars which helps reinforce Ally's message
Published on: hollywire.com
From Green Right Now Reports
It was inevitable that eventually someone would bring together all those new waterless car wash products with all those kids holding car wash fundraisers.
One such partnership takes off tomorrow in LA, where teen members of the nonprofit Green Youth Movement will hold a car wash at the Barrington Dog Park in Brentwood.
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BY ANNIE SCOTT | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009 3:30 AM ET
Who wants to change the face of Halloween?
With a national obesity epidemic and a hurting planet, kids and parents are joining forces this year to celebrate Halloween in a healthier, greener way. The goal is to make the holiday more about community and creativity, and less about candy and consumption
Published on: www.tonic.com
Los Angeles’ 17-year old resident “green teen” Ally Maize, founder of LA’s Green Youth Movement, is aiming to make a statement about water conservation today by hosting a waterless carwash in her Brentwood, CA hometown. The carwash utilizes an eco-friendly formula that cleans cars without using water, saving up to 100 gallons of water per vehicle washed.
Published: mygloss.com
Kristin Underwood, Sacramento, CA
Kids these days, what'll they think of next. Instead of loafing around and getting in trouble, several teens in Los Angeles are running their own non-profits and spending the weekends teaching people how to save the planet. This weekend, you too can get invovled and show them a little green love by supporting the Green Youth Movement (GYM) and attending their Waterless Carwash, not that's not a joke, in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles.
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Kristin Underwood, Sacramento, CA
Kids these days, what'll they think of next. Instead of loafing around and getting in trouble, several teens in Los Angeles are running their own non-profits and spending the weekends teaching people how to save the planet. This weekend, you too can get invovled and show them a little green love by supporting the Green Youth Movement (GYM) and attending their Waterless Carwash, not that's not a joke, in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles.
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Kristin Underwood, Sacramento, CA
Kids these days, what'll they think of next. Instead of loafing around and getting in trouble, several teens in Los Angeles are running their own non-profits and spending the weekends teaching people how to save the planet. This weekend, you too can get invovled and show them a little green love by supporting the Green Youth Movement (GYM) and attending their Waterless Carwash, not that's not a joke, in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles.
Published on: newstin.com
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