3:00 PM Flight Arrivals
5:00 PM Dinner / Entertainment
Keynote: Mario Ridgley, Jr.
6:30 PM
8:00 PM
8:30 PM
9:00 PM
Documentary Showing
Group Discussion of Documentary
Ice Cream Social
Check-In to St. Mark United
Methodist Church
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260 14th St NW Atlanta
Vans will run from Hartsfield-Jackson Airport starting at
3:00pm. Flights must arrive before 3:00pm if you would like free ground transportation.
Dinner in Classroom A until 5:45pm, presentation concludes in auditorium
Menu: pizza, salad, fruit, veggies
KEYNOTE: 12-year- old Mario Ridgely, Jr., affectionately known as "ECO Jr."
No Impact Man or Plastics Paradise
Socialize and network with your fellow IYEYS participants.
Address of Church: 781 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA
30308
Residents at SMUMC will co-create a behavior pact in order to clearly outline rules and expectations.
8:30 AM
/
260 14th St NW Atlanta
For full conference agenda with workshop summaries, you must visit www.iyeys.webs.com
Greening Forward Sale Table
Exhibitors
Breakfast
Menu: turkey bacon, cereals, coffee, fruits, trail mix
Take advantage of great deals on professional development/environmental resource reading materials and office supplies at the Greening Forward sale table and network with the dozens of environmental professionals participating in our exhibitor hall.
Exhibitors: Georgia State Sustainable Energy Tribe, One
More Generation, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream, Truly Living
Well, Canton Creek Monitors, National Wildlife Federation,

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Opening Remarks:
Greening Forward Staff
Keynote: Brooklyn Wright
Evergreen Charter School, Georgia River Network, Clean
Air Campaign, USGBC, Brooklyn Wright*, Mario Jr.*,
Greening Youth Foundation, Stow-It Don’t Throw-It, Georgia
Sierra Club*, Environmental Professionals of Color –
Atlanta* / *denotes organizations sharing one table
KEYNOTE: 10-year- old Brooklyn Wright, affectionately known as "Earth Saver Girl"
BREAKOUT SESSION I
Waste & Consumption: Room A
Transportation & Air Quality: Room B
BREAKOUT SESSION II
Environmental Issues & Controversy:
Room A
Renewable Energy: Room B
BREAKOUT SESSION III
Sustainable Agriculture: Room A
Stream & Ocean Ecology: Room B
Lunch Menu: Catered Taco Bar from Moe’s Southwest Grill
USGBC Green Jobs Panel Students dive into professionals practicing in environmental careers.
WORKSHOP SESSION I
Social Media: Room A
Environmental Education: Room B
The Hive: Think+Do Tank / Outdoor
Activity
The Hive is an interdisciplinary, multigenerational think+do tank that helps crowd-source ideas to solve local environmental problems
WORKSHOP SESSION II
Fundraising & Development: Room A
Citizen Journalism: Room B
Dinner on Own Explore Midtown Atlanta for Dinner Options. Please arrive back at the Georgia Tech Research Institute by 6:50pm to begin the next workshop on time.
Greening Forward Youth Council
Panel
Together we’re creating a movement of today’s leaders. Join a powerful conversation about how young people can lead the way towards a sustainable future.
Native American Cultural Presentation Immerse yourself into traditions passed down from
Check-In to Saint Mark United
Methodist Church generations by Cherokee natives. Dance, laugh, and learn.
Address of Church: 781 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA
30308

8:00 AM
9:30 AM
11:30 AM
12:30
NOON
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241 Pine St NE Atlanta, GA
Breakfast: SMUMC Residents Only Menu: fruit, bagels, crème cheese, yogurt, jellies, pop tarts
Southface Tour
Field Day at Park
Flight Departures
Tour one of the greenest buildings in the world. From its magnetic elevator, green roof, solar panels, to its composting toilet, this facility is everything an environmentalist could wish for in a building.
Put your camera smile on – we’re taking professional photo shots and play teambuilding games and reflection activities
(write letter to self). Afterwards, we will give you a sack lunch.
CLOSING: Kimyung Kim, Motivational Speaker, http://kimyungkim.com
Vans will run from Hartsfield-Jackson Airport starting at
3:00pm. Flights must leave after 3:00pm if you would like free ground transportation.

To connect to the wireless network, select the GTRI-CONF wireless network from the available wireless networks. Click on the GTRI-CONF network, when prompted for the security key, use the security key provided below. To access the internet, open your browser, and when prompted by the WEB portal, use the user id and password provided for the conference.
Security Key: STINGER!
USERNAME: Mar
PASSWORD: HuntsvilleChargers
SSID: GTRI-Conf
Restaurant Options l http://bit.ly/IYEYSresturants
Directions & Logistics l http://bit.ly/IYEYSlogistics

Mario Ridgeley Jr., Keynote
12-year-old Mario Ridgley Jr. resides in Palm Coast, Florida. He is an honor student, community leader, environmental activist, and is affectionately known as ECO JR. Mario has recently been spending his years host Go Green presentations throughout the
Florida, New Orleans and Atlanta communities. As 6th grade Student Government president, he even teamed up with Waste Pro of Florida and World Green Consultants
Inc., and started his school
’s recycling program. The program offers yearly certificates towards the school’s sustainability goals and rewards top-recycling classes with pizza parties. Additionally, ECO Jr. is the president of the KIDSTAR Radio Network where he is learning the fundamentals of operations and acting as point man for media appearances and inquiries. Through his own online radio network and radio show, ECO
Jr. features the work of environmental movers and shakers, shares green tips, and helps his listeners live more sustainably.

Brooklyn Wright, Keynote
Brooklyn is an honor student from metro Atlanta. The Adventures of the Earth Saver Girl is her first storybook with several more to come. She decided to do this book because she thought it would be a good way for kids her age to learn about the importance of protecting our Earth. She plans to do a series of The Adventures of the Earth Saver
Girl , the first one focuses on litter. She has completed her second book, which is about pooping scooping and bullying. Brooklyn is Black Girls Rock! 2013 M.A.D. (Making A
Difference) Girl. She is also the recipient of the 2012 Barron Prize, a national award from Keep America Beautiful, an international award from Action for Nature, a regional award from Kohl's Kids Who Care, and Eco Superhero Award.
Waste & Consumption: Room B l One More Generation l 10:00am
Think you know a thing or two about recycling? Are you smarter than a sixth and seventh grader? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you need to attend this informative session that will change the way you shop forever. OMG founders
Carter and Olivia have created a fun and educational workshop designed to challenge even the most progressive "green" thinkers. They use everyday items to show you how we all can immediately start making a difference in our communities.
Transportation & Air Quality: Room C l Clean Air Campaign l 10:00am
How many pounds of pollution do you put out per week? And how can young people make schools healthier--for people AND for the planet--in real time? Join us for a discussion on how our actions affect the air, and learn about some tools that can help us turn the tide.
More about the workshop facilitator: Lesley Carter is the School Communications
Manager for The Clean Air Campaign here in Atlanta. She works through the
Campaign's OnAir teen blog and social platform to engage teens in taking everyday action for cleaner air and a better planet.
Environmental Issues & Controversy: Room B l Grand Valley State University
Alternative Spring Break Students l 10:45am
We all may be environmentalists, but we do not always agree on the same approaches to environmental issues. In fact, s ome environmental issues are “sticky.” Get ready to explore social mores, question scientific thought, and uncover inequality through

conversations about capitalism, climate change, and the environmental movement.
Explore these issues and so much with Grand Valley State University.
More about the facilitating organization: Alternative Breaks (AB) strives to promote active citizenship within the student body of Grand Valley State
University through hands-on service-learning projects, focusing on social and environmental issues throughout the nation. AB offers students the opportunity to spend a Saturday, winter break, or spring break volunteering, learning about social and environmental issues, and meeting new people. AB strives to make each trip diverse by placing people from different backgrounds and organizations on each trip. This allows everyone to learn from other members of their group.
Alternative Breaks is also a great way to gain leadership experience.
Renewable Energy: Room C l Greening Forward l 10:45am
How much do you know about renewable energy? How much do we understand the sources of clean energy, their costs, and their benefits? Do you wonder why we are not taking more advantage of the renewable resources our planet offers? Is it a lack of awareness? To a certain extent, yes. Explore with Greening Forward
’s advisor and volunteer Daniel Kay what more young people can do to power a clean America future.
Daniel Kay is a Nuclear Manager for Georgia Power, but holds several renewable energy certifications.
Sustainable Agriculture: Room B l Truly Living Well l 11:30am
Truly Living Well will introduce attendees to sustainable agriculture by engaging them in a game called "The Traveling French Fry." Tracing the "life" of a French fry, participants will explore the many components involved in our current food system, from trucks, planes, and tractors and compare that to a local food economy. They will also join a small group in the room and record how they can reduce their carbon foot print by changing how they interact with the their food.
More about the facilitator: Amakiasu is a teacher of 20 years, having worked in public and private schools. She considers herself a social architect and innovator because of her desire to radically change the way we live in community. She is looking to start eco-hoods across the country, but will be happy if she can just get one off to a good start here in Atlanta. An eco-hood is a place where neighbors interact often, it's pedestrian only, it’s got food growing abundantly, it uses renewable energy applications, gray water, rain water harvesting and more.

This is the city of the future and Amakiasu are taking names!
Stream & Ocean Ecology: Room C l Georgia Adopt-A-Stream l 11:30am
Learn ‘ways to flow’ with our world's waterways and what your energy, your voice and your heart can give that will make a difference from a tiny raindrop on your hand, to waters 1000s of miles away. Tara will give you the basic knowledge, tools, and wisdom to empower you to create healthier waterways wherever you live
– you will quickly learn, we are all connected.
More about the facilitator: Tara Muenz is an aquatic ecologist, environmental educator and leader, currently serving as the State Coordinator for a volunteer water quality monitoring program within the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources called ‘Georgia Adopt-A-Stream’
(www.GeorgiaAdoptAStream.org). Her interests lie in community outreach and fostering stewardship of the earth, with a special passion for water. More than anything, at her core, is to make this world a more peaceful place for all walks of life, inspiring a passion in people to see the good things we can still do everywhere we turn.
Green Jobs Panel l U.S. Green Building Council-Georgia l 1:00pm
Join leaders from the U.S. Green Building Council - Georgia Chapter's Atlanta Branch
Emerging Professionals group to hear about careers and career paths in the green building field. Through an interactive panel discussion, you will be able to engage with industry professionals from diverse backgrounds, to learn about trend trends in the green building field. These highly qualified panelists will provide their unique perspectives on the skills and attitudes needed to succeed in the various career paths available to creative individuals thinking about this line of work.
More about the facilitators:
Stu comes to U.S. Green Building Council-Georgia after working previously with
Georgia Organics and the City of Atlanta’s Office of Sustainability. While at the
City of Atlanta, Stu worked on a number of sustainable energy programs and projects, including the City’s Electric Vehicle Readiness strategy, and the
Sustainable Housing in the New Environment (SHINE) program that provides rebates for energy efficient residential renovations. Stu also has helped to develop programs and policies aimed at enhancing access to local organic foods, as well as plans for an urban farm across from Atlanta’s City Hall. He holds an

M.B.A. from Emory University with a focus on Strategy and Social Enterprise. He has an interest in how people relate to their built environment and how this influences everyday life. Stu also holds a B.A. in History and Anthropology from
Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. In his free time, he enjoys studying
Paleolithic archaeology and serves as a technical consultant for the Azraq
Marshes Archaeological and Paleoecological Project in Azraq Jordan.
Suzanne has been involved with U.S. Green Building Council-Georgia for the past 8 years and has served in a wide variety of roles. She has been both paid staff and a volunteer in Florida and Georgia, as well as being involved nationally with the Center for Green Schools. She can tell you first-hand about all the different career options that USGBC is involved in.
Social Media: Room B l Greening Forward l 2:00pm
The world is more connected than it ever has been before. Dive head-first into the world of social media with Greening Forward’s social media and web development manager,
Taylor Greene. In one hour, you will touch on the do’s and don’ts of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. When used effectively, these platforms can help you expand your environmental campaigns.
Environmental Education: Room C l Earth Force l 2:00pm
Educators, this workshop is for you. Come and learn best practices for substantively integrating youth voice into the classroom. We will use the environment as a context to explore STEM, service-learning, civic engagement, and other teaching methods.
More about the presenter: Emily Vercoe comes from a diverse and varied background, which resembles a river with multiple tributaries rather than a linear flow. She has been an elementary and middle school educator, field instructor, policy analyst, campaign manager, as well as a leader in the nonprofit sector.
This background allows her to blend her teacher and magician roles in all of her education programs. While not at work, Emily can be found in the backcountry, on a bike, or playing with friends, family, and the dog.
The Hive: Think + Do Tank l Outdoor Activity l 3:00pm

The Hive is an interdisciplinary, multigenerational think+do tank that helps crowd-source ideas to solve local environmental problems presented by the youth-driven, youthpowered organization, IDEAS for Us. Through divergent and convergent thinking activities and collaborative action, the Hive presents a purpose-driven process by which participants cross-pollinate their ideas to produce the sweet nectar of sustainable development, based on the Five Pillars of Sustainability: Energy, Water, Food, Waste and Ecology. The Hive involves planning and event organizing, by which participants buzz about in breakout groups, storming and forming action projects related to the particular pillar chosen for the cycle. By the end of the session, participants highlight each of these solutions developed, and begin organizing the implementation to take action.
Fundraising & Development: Room B l National Wildlife Federation & Captain
Planet Foundation l 4:30pm
Discover innovative ideas and strategies for attracting funds and other resources to advance youth-led and youth centered environmental projects. From grant writing to crowd funding and numerous “green” efforts in between, we’ll cover a wide landscape of fund development alternatives that have been effecti ve in bringing home the ”green.”
The workshop will conclude with a 15-minute presentation from the Captain Planet
Foundation regarding its grant programs.
More about the facilitator: National Wildlife Federati on’s Regional Youth
Coordinator Crystal Grant coordinates efforts to engage youth and emerging leaders, both regionally and nationally, to support the mission and work of the
National Wildlife Federation (NWF). As Regional Youth Coordinator, Crystal is responsible for supporting the implementation of Earth Tomorrow®, which is
NWF’s multi-cultural, youth environmental education and leadership program based in Atlanta. Nationally, Crystal is part of the Emerging Leaders Initiative core team where she coordinators efforts to engage and empower a supportive network of emerging leaders (ages 21-35) to strengthen the leadership of NWF and its affiliates. Crystal earned her BS in Environmental Science at Spelman
College.
Citizen Journalism: Room C l Earth Echo International l 4:30pm

EarthEcho Expedition: Into the Dead Zone allows young people to join Philippe
Cousteau and the EarthEcho International team on a 7-day journey investigating the connections between our daily actions and the global threat of aquatic dead zones. The
EarthEcho Expeditions series utilizes video as a platform for instruction and storytelling around critical environmental issues. During this workshop we will utilize segments from
Into the Dead Zone to examine ways that young people can incorporate video into their own community actions. The workshop session will enhance participants’ abilities to create and utilize video and other visual media as a platform for messaging. We will examine some of the available tools the EarthEcho team has used to share video and leave the session with a simple script for a video project.
More about the presenter: Allie Toomey began her career in field education for children and adults of all ages. She has worked in the mountains of California and the coast of the Long Island Sound, developing and teaching science curriculum for pre-school through high school and beyond. In her past position she oversaw the development of a multi-school, service-learning based organization aimed at getting high school students involved in protecting and preserving the environment, beginning in their local communities. While completing her B.A. in Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at the Ohio
State University, she was an active member of the Advocates for Children and
Education Scholars Program and earned a minor in Education. During her junior year, she had the opportunity to assist with the Delaware Shorebird Project, working to count and monitor species of migratory shorebirds throughout the entire Delaware Bay area. Growing up splitting time between the Chesapeake
Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, Allie has had a life-long passion for the environment and education that she is excited to bring to classrooms around the world through EarthEcho International.
Environmental Youth Leadership Panel l Greening Forward Youth Council l
7:00pm
To close Saturday’s events, we will hear the thoughts and concerns from current young leaders in the environmental field. The panel will be facilitated by Greening Forward’s very own Youth Council.
More about some of the panelists:
Brionte McCorkle is a recent graduate of the B.S. in Public Policy program at
Georgia State University, and concentrated in Public Management and
Governance with a minor in Spanish. She currently serves as the Chapter
Program Assistant and Transportation Organizer at the Georgia Sierra Club, a nonprofit dedicated to exploring, enjoying and protecting the environment. She is

also co-coordinator of EPOC Atlanta, a group dedicated to diversifying metro-
Atlanta's environmental movement. EPOC Atlanta provides a forum for collaboration among environmental organizations, professionals and students of color that challenges barriers to inclusion in the environmental sustainability sector through networking, advocacy and community outreach.
Sean Russell is a conservationist and environmental activist whose work includes serving as the director and founder of the youth-driven, marine debris prevention effort, the “Stow It-Don’t Throw It” Project, his volunteer work in environmental education programs with Florida 4-H, the Florida Aquarium, as well as his work as an education volunteer at Mote Marine Laboratory in
Sarasota, Florida. At Mote Marine Laboratory, he also spent two years studying human impacts on the Sarasota Bay dolphin population. Sean also worked with other youth, across the country, to launch Green My Parents, an innovative program designed to mobilize young people to “green” their families’ lifestyles.
Most recently, as an education al initiative of the “Stow It-Don’t Throw It” Project,
Sean has launched a Youth Ocean Conservation Summit created to empower students with the knowledge they need to launch their own ocean conservation projects. Sean is a Biology major at the University of Florida. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, kayaking, SCUBA diving, and biking.
Tour Southface
Located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, the Southface campus has grown in recent years to include three buildings, two of which are set amid grounds that have been planted with native and drought-tolerant species, and include mature trees plus a foodproducing urban garden. The third building, the Southface SWEET Center, is an older, street-facing building, opened by Southface in October 2010 for use as a regional green building training facility.
The Southface SWEET Center
The Southeast Weatherization and Energy Efficiency Training (SWEET) Center is a former diaper laundry renovated by Southface to house its growing weatherization and green building training programs. The October 2010 grand opening of this "Green Jobs
Training Center" included Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Congressman John Lewis, and senior officials from the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority, and the U.S.
Department of Energy.

The Southface Eco Office
The Eco Office is a three-story structure with a rooftop green roof. At 10,100 square feet, it is about the same size as 74 percent of commercial buildings in the U.S., making it an ideal model for sustainable, healthy buildings everywhere. Officially opened in
August 2009, the Eco Office was constructed from widely available off-the-shelf products, materials and technologies. As an energy-, water-, and resource-conserving building, it is more energy efficient than 90 percent of comparable existing buildings tracked by ENERGY STAR®, and uses 84 percent less water than comparable codebuilt facilities.
The Southface Resource Center
The Resource Center was completed in 1996 to coincide with the Atlanta Olympics. As a showcase for over 100 innovative products and technologies, it addresses four aspects of environmentally responsible construction: energy efficiency, indoor air quality
(IAQ), resource efficiency, and accessible design. A 6,400-square-foot residential-style green building, the Resource Center was one of the region's first ENERGY STAR qualified buildings. It conserves energy, water, and natural resources, reduces waste through recycling and the use of recycled materials, and maintains a healthful indoor environment. It also presents several smart ideas for designing homes to suit people with physical disabilities; the Southface staff use it today as an office space and training center.

The Adventures of Earth
Saver Girl, Don’t be a
Litterbug was written by the then 7-year-old
Brooklyn Wright.
Purchase a copy of the book before the Summit and get it signed from
Brooklyn herself.
12-year-old Mario Ridgley
Jr. is the President of the
KIDSTAR Radio Network, where he is learning the fundamentals of operations and acting as point man for media appearances and inquiries. Check out his own radio show, Alive &
Green which broadcasts via the Voice America network.
The “Stow It-Don’t Throw
It” Project is a youthdriven marine debris prevention and ocean conservation program founded by Sean Russell,
21, dedicated to protecting marine environments and their inhabitants while educating others to do the same.
Seventh and sixth graders
Carter and Olivia are working to help animals live one more generation...and beyond.
Evergreen Community
Charter School's
Environmental
Leadership Crew will share examples of
Community-Based
Environmental Education projects they have designed and executed.
How can Environmental
Education help change the world? Come and see!

Clean Air Campaign Greening Youth Foundation Sustainabile Energy Tripe Sierra Club - GA USGBC - Georgia
The Clean Air Campaign helps schools in Georgia create healthier campuses . Free, streamlined programs offer PK-12 action-based learning projects to reduce air pollution and traffic and educate students on sustainability, air quality and transportation.
Canton Creek Monitors
Greening Youth
Foundation is a not-forprofit organization whose mission is to nurture enthusiastic and responsible environmental stewardship and healthy lifestyle choices among underserved disconnected children, youth and young adults.
Georgia Adopt-A-Stream
The Sustainable Energy
Tribe is Georgia State
University's premiere green organization. SET is a student run group concerned primarily with making the campus more sustainable and beautiful, as well as educating students about sustainability.
Truly Living Well
The Sierra Club is the nation's oldest and largest environmental grassroots organization.
Georgia River Network
U.S. Green Building
Council of Georgia supp orts the development of thriving, livable and highly sustainable communities throughout Georgia.
National Wildlife Federation
Canton Creek Monitors are a group of homeschooled students who moniotr the health of an unnamed tributary of the Etowah River at
Heritage Park in Canton,
Georgia. Listen to what they have learned by being the eyes and ears of water qualit y in their community.
Come by to see how you can flow with your local streams, rivers, lakes or oceans through volunteer water quality monitoring with Georgia Adopt-A-
Stream!
Truly Living Well grows better communities by connecting people with the land through education, training, and demonstration of economic success in natural urban agriculture.
Georgia River Network is working to ensure a clean water legacy by engaging and empowering
Georgians to protect, restore and enjoy our rivers from the mountains to the coast. Check out their
Paddle Georgia and ask them how you can participate.
Get connected with
Earth Tomorrow®, which is NWF’s multicultural, youth environmental education and leadership program based in Atlanta.