“We are sisters of this Earth—members of one powerful tribe.”

—Jada Pinkett Smith

“If you can feed yourself, you can free yourself.”

—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

Music

2012-2013 ECO Girl Montage

Video created by Dhwani Joshi, Senior

Song: We Got the Whole World In Our Hands
Album: Earth Day Album
Artist: DARIA

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Here is the song that inspired the names of our Eco Girls 2nd-4th grade "Roots" group and our Eco Girls 5th-7th grade "Shoots" group.

Roots and shoots,
roots and shoots
We are the roots and shoots
of a living world
Roots and shoots, everywhere
The hopes and dreams
of a living world
We dig the earth and
we reach for the sky
We root so low and
we shoot so high
We love the birds
and we love the trees
We love the whales
and the chimpanzees
We are the seeds
and we are the buds
Grow through the concrete
grow through the walls
The power of life, the power of love
From the earth below
to the heavens above
Dig dig dig, reach for the sky
We love the earth
and we'll tell you why