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Today's post is written by Clay McMullen, 18, from northeastern Ohio who is a first-year student at Duke University in Durham, NC. He is the Founder of the Wetlands Education Team and a member of the 2011 PARADE All-America High School Service Team, an award recognizing outstanding young service leaders presented by PARADE Magazine in partnership with generationOn, the global youth service division of Points of Light.
“Ewww. I’m not touching that stuff,” the kids always squeal. But, composted animal and human sewage can be valuable.
Jorge Betanzos is a summer intern at generationOn and rising senior at Columbia Engineering studying chemical engineering. His interests include education and pre-Columbian history.
Before last summer, I never imagined that hunger issues could exist in New York City. Had you asked me to define issues tied to food and hunger, my mind would quickly think of global issues such as food scarcity and availability; problems that could only exist in a third world country and not in a metropolis. Working with the Mary Mitchell Center in the South Bronx opened my eyes to the food issues that affect so many and seem to be unheard of.
TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience to share inspiring stories and connect to spread new ideas.
Today's blog is republished from the White House For the Win Blog Series on Friday, July 13. The blog is written by Andrew Carlone, who attended the generationOn Youth Summit at the