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Our last day in Moscow was quite exciting and interesting.We headed off to the Kremlin, which was quite amazing and beautiful. We headed through the Armoury and Diamond Fund, both of which were extraordinary. Seeing 800+ year old weaponry and armor from Russian history was amazing, as were the 12.2 pounds of diamonds we saw in the Diamond Fund, along with massive bricks of gold, silver, and

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Day two in Russia was quite an exciting one, filled with fun and adventure.After our amazing buffet breakfast in the hotel, we finally started our 5 hour bus/walking tour of the city. We first headed around the outer areas of Moscow, leaning about the history of the country, then moved in towards the places that everyone goes - such as Red Square.We spent a good hour there, seeing Lenin's grave

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Well, after a very long day spent in 3 airports, planes, and in many uncomfortable airline seats, the AYEA delegation is finally in Moscow!It got off to a good start - we all met up in Anchorage Wednesday evening, where we quickly learned our flight was delayed, and we had three hours to get to know each other. Eventually we got aboard, and headed to Salt Lake City, then on to New York, where we

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2006 AYEA Summer Get Together: Renewable Resources and Cutting Emissions!This past week AYEA held its sixth annual Summer Get Together at APU's Spring Creek Kellogg farm in Palmer, AK! Around 35 participants gathered for a week long training put together by staff volunteers and peer leaders, on reducing emissions and renewable resources. Teenagers came from 13 communities (urban and rural) with

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AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH: AYEA teens demand action on global warming by state and national leaders This past week, a team of teens from the Alaska Youth for Environmental Action (AYEA) program traveled to Washington, D.C. to demand action on global warming by our national leaders. The delegation brought with them 5,000 teen signatures on a "Letter to our Leaders" petition asking Congress to address

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Teens in the AYEA program rocked the capital last week during the 6th annual Civics and Conservation Summit March 19-22. This year's theme was climate change and renewable energy, and we were lucky enough to have bills moving through the legislature that addressed these issues. During the event, AYEA members hosted a community dinner to which 80 people (including 12 legislators) attended, and

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Read Drew's paper on the impact Iceland and the Youth Eco-Forum had on him.

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Tim & Kathryn have posted their thank you letters to The Northern Forum. If you'd like to read either one, just click on the links below:Tim's Thank You LetterKathryn's Thank You Letter

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Here’s Tim’s take on the past day’s events:Hello again from across the pole!It still hasn’t really set in that we’re in Iceland, it’s just totally incredible that I’m seeing and doing everything that I’m seeing and doing. A snowstorm in August, following the tracks of the original moonbuggy (driven by Neil Armstrong), hearing five or six different languages at meals, bathing in a luxury

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If you're looking for photos from Iceland, here are links to where you'll be able to find 'em:AYEA Live PhotostreamYouth Eco Forum Set #1Youth Eco Forum Set #2

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IMG_2659Originally uploaded by Liberté, Égalité, Safari. Lots of new photos are up on the site, it´s almost midnight here so I'll add some more later on but I just wanted to throw up some of these latest photos from today.We're stradling the mid-Atlantic ridge, having lunch with Tony Blair's wife, swimming in a geothermal lagoon, exploring caves along volcanic ridges, walking in underground

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IMG_2344 Originally uploaded by Liberté, Égalité, Safari. It's Erik again. I've finally had a chance to upload a few photographs I've taken thus far from the Youth Eco Forum. My connection to the Internet here is weak so the photos are low-resolution and I've only selected some of the best shots. Anyhow, the photo you see here is the Mother Earth Puppet that the students made on their

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Hello Internet! My name's Erik Johanson and I'm interning for Polly Carr who is the Program Director of Alaska Youth for Environmnetal Action or AYEA. The program is based in Anchorage, Alaska. At my college, I'm involved in the Tishman Environmental Merit Scholars Program at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts in New York City. The Tishman Environmental Merit Scholars Program

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