Alaska Youth for Environmental Action — youth empowerment, sustainability, diversity, justice, healthy environments, and cross-cultural experience

Welcome Our New Executive Director!

On behalf of the Boards of Directors of the Alaska Center for the Environment (ACE) and Alaska Conservation Voters (ACV), we are thrilled to announce the hire of Polly Carr to the position of Executive Director. This position will oversee both organizations as they work in tandem for the sensible stewardship of Alaska’s natural resources and sustainable communities. [click to continue…]

Order Your Copy of AYEA’s “Recipes for Alaska’s Food Future” Today!

Click here to order your copy of AYEA’s “Recipes for Alaska’s Food Future!” All funds raised through the sale of the food book will go towards supporting the continuation or startup of local food projects proposed by AYEA teen members from across Alaska. “Recipes for Alaska’s Food Future”, started by AYEA’s Fairbanks chapter, is a [...]

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Chapter update: FAYEA

Shannyn Bird, the vice president and secretary of FAYEA, shares what the chapter has been up to since the Fall Summit. “Right now, we are mainly working on the local foods cookbook that AYEA is publishing. FAYEA has played a large role in the project: the idea came from its original plan to educate Alaskans [...]

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News from the Field: Civics and Conservation Summit 2013

Kenai and Kodiak teens with AYEA Legislator Award Winners Representative Tarr and Representative Seaton.

Nineteen AYEA teens from around the state arrived in Juneau last week for the 2013 Civics & Conservation Summit!!! This memorable week of civic engagement, issue analysis, and network building brought teens from communities around the state, including Arctic Village, Fairbanks, Denali Park, Nunam Iqua, Togiak, Unalaska, Seward, Anchor Point, Homer, Anchorage, Sitka, Craig and [...]

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Meet the Delegates for AYEA’s 2013 Civics and Conservation Summit!!!

2013 Youth Delegates Christian Escalante Christian’s favorite foods: Aladix, the native fry bread, and king crab. To her, a healthy environment means that natural resources will be preserved. For instance, forests will still be around hundreds of years from now, animals are protected, renewable energy is used, and that any resources that are used will [...]

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Welcome New Youth Leadership Coordinator, Claire Pywell

Claire Pywell, Youth Leadership Coordinator claire(at)akcenter(.)org 907-274-3640 As AYEA’s Youth Leadership Coordinator, Claire engages Alaska’s teens and young adults in community organizing and advocacy. She empowers future environmental leaders by facilitating AYEA’s youth summits and the Conservation Internship program with Alaska Conservation Foundation. Claire is committed to environmental advocacy and is ecstatic to work with [...]

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