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Guerrilla News Network

www.guerrillanews.com

Guerrilla News Network is an independent news organization with headquarters in New York City and production facilities in Berkeley, California. Our mission is to expose people to important global issues through cross-platform guerrilla programming.

SMASHcast

www.smashcast.org

Bay Area youth who share a common interest in math, science, and technology, who get together twice a month to discuss current events and create podcasts with their own perspective and take on relevant events. SMASH is the Summer Math And Science Honors Academy, a program run by the non-profit Level Playing Field Institute organization.

Our Footprint, Our Future

http://zerofootprint.net/youth/iearn

This carbon footprint calculator for youth was developed by iEARN in conjunction with ZeroFootprint.net. It provides a fun and easy way for youth (ages 19 and younger) to both measure and reduce their carbon footprint as part of a global community of youth.

Smithsonian

www.smithsonianeducation.org

The Smithsonian has collected more than 142 million objects-from flags and fossils, to sculptures and spacecrafts, to toys and tapestries. There's something for everyone at the Smithsonian. Check out Smithsonian Kids for lots of fast, fun, cool, scary, patriotic, and beautiful things from the Smithsonian! You can also send free E-cards to your friends!

Abroad View

www.abroadview.org

The Abroad View Foundation provides college students and recent graduates with opportunities for discourse and initiatives that encourage intercultural and global citizenship development. All Foundation activities aspire to:

  • Promote education abroad, global awareness, and cross-cultural understanding
  • Foster open-minded exploration and inform, challenge, and expand students' views of the cultures, environments, and conditions of the world

WKCD - What Kids Can Do

www.whatkidscando.org

Using the Internet, print, and broadcast media, WKCD presses before the broadest audience possible a dual message: the power of what young people can accomplish when given the opportunities and supports they need and what they can contribute when we take their voices and ideas seriously. On this website, WKCD presents young people's lives, learning, and work, and their partnerships with adults both in and out of school.

IndyKids

www.indykids.net

IndyKids is a free newspaper and teaching tool that aims to inform children on current news and world events from a progressive perspective and to inspire a passion for social justice and learning. It is geared toward kids in grades 4 to 8 and high school English Language Learners.