UNEP Regional Office for North America in Washington DC, USA

Elisabeth Guilbaud-Cox
Deputy Director
Tel: +1 202 785 0465
Fax: +1 202 785 2096

Activities:

Canada - Enhancing Biodiversity in an Urban Wetland
Students adopt a marsh as a research and conservation area

USA - Green Teens Clean Up the World
Jessie Mehrhoff, a previous Junior Board Member from Connecticut, and other Green Teens participate in Clean Up the World weekend.

USA - Against all Odds: Action for Climate Change
Despite the US Government's decision not to sign the Kyoto Protocol,students take action for clean energy

USA - Sundance Festival
Kids and grown ups celebrate the glory of the sun and of nature 

USA - Lighting Up New York
The first environmental resolution in the history of the New York City Youth Congress

USA - UNEP Launches First Youth Network on Climate Change for North America
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launches today it’s first-ever North American Youth Network to help combat climate change.

USA - Roots & Shoots
Smitha Ramakrishnaeen has been working for the Project SOAR, University of Arizona extension center as a mentor for kids from an inner city school in Chandler. She is being trained on Project Wet activities and is mentoring kids. Some of the activities she is doing was adapted from what she learned in Mexico City at the forum. I hope things are going good for you folks.