Dozens of other environmental groups will also participate. The summit was planned by EPA to introduce 500 high school students to the challenges facing our environment, such as transportation, climate change and water pollution, and to give them tools for helping to protect the earth and its natural resources. Students, who will get community service credit for attending, will be able to connect with environmental organizations who need volunteers to further their work. The Environmental Youth Summit is all about empowering kids to take action to protect the earth. EPA has sent out information to schools and youth groups throughout New England to invite high school students to the event.
All students are welcome to attend the free event.
Many of the region's top environmental leaders will join hundreds of New England high school students at Harvard University next month for EPA New England's first annual Environmental Youth Summit. The summit will take place from 12 to 5 pm Saturday, April 15, at the Harvard Science Center in Cambridge.