“We are sisters of this Earth—members of one powerful tribe.”
—Jada Pinkett Smith
—Jada Pinkett Smith
“If you can feed yourself, you can free yourself.”
—Dr. Grace Lee Boggs, philosopher and Detroit community organizer
—Dr. Grace Lee Boggs, philosopher and Detroit community organizer
“My daughter talks about what she did and learned at ECO Girls all weekend long. This is a great program!”
—ECO Girl Parent
—ECO Girl Parent
Empowering News
- Marvel Recognizes Young Black Women As 'Ironheart' Prepares To Don Tony Stark's Suit
- 'Hidden Figures': How Black Women Did The Math That Put Men On The Moon
- Black Girls Sew Is An Eco-Friendly Sewing Camp In Brooklyn That Teaches Young Girls All About The Fashion Industry
- Shop Maya Penn's online store "Maya's Ideas". Maya is an 16 year old entrepreneur who has her own line of eco friendly clothing!
- ECO Friendly Gift Ideas for friends, ranging in age from preteen to teen
- Little Miss Flint and the letter that brought President Obama
- Asked and Answered: President Obama Responds to an Eight-Year-Old Girl from Flint
- Michelle Obama gives advice to girls
- 10-year-old Mikaila Ulmer – Building a Lemonade Empire with Love and Bees!
- Michelle Obama Urges Girls: Don't Take Your Education for Granted
- Black Girls Code: Bridging The Digital Divide
- 'Disrupting' Tech's Diversity Problem With A Code Camp For Girls Of Color
- First Lady Michelle Obama Keynote Speech At SXSW 2016
- Michelle Obama Gives SXSW Keynote Address
- 15-Year-Old Entrepreneur Maya Penn Is Changing the World with Her Designs
- Ted Talk: Maya Penn - Meet a young entrepreneur, cartoonist, designer, activist...
- Where's The Color In Kids' Lit? Ask The Girl With 1,000 Books (And Counting)
- Can't Afford School? Girls Learn To Negotiate The Harvard Way: #15Girls
- African American Girls' Green Camp in Chicago
- Girl Scouts Study Shows Girls Care about the Earth
- Girls in Ghana Get Environmental Education Project
- Environmental Center for Girls in Senegal
- Green Girls Explore East River in New York City
- Girl Scouts pledge to limit palm-oil use in cookies
- Twelve-year-old Severn Suzuki speaking at the 1992 UN Earth Summit on environmental issues from a youth perspective. The video went viral, called "The Girl Who Silenced the World for 5 Minutes." Severn founded the Environmental Children's Organization (ECO) at the age of nine.