I’ve just learned of a very cool project initiated by Stacey Frost, founder of Urban Revision that you may want to mention to your child’s teacher. In short a poster contest called Envision: 2050 this is really an eco-literacy program that asks children in grades 6 - 12 to imagine what their city will look like when that time comes to pass and to use their creativity to symbolize their hopes, fears, dreams etc. The campaign asks, "Where will energy, food and water come from? How will people live, move
and work together? And what will where you live now look like in the
future?" Yet rather than draw focus to the children’s fears, the program offers a unique capacity for students to access some of the most brilliant minds of the sustainability revolution including Hunter Lovins and Van Jones and organizations such as Conservation International and National Outdoor Leadership School.

As Stacy wrote in a recent note to me, "Our intention is to present positive and creative role models who inspire and innovate every day." It seems like they’ve set up a fantastic program to do just that and though we, as EcoMoms, strive every day to help create a sustainable future for our children, it is they, who are growing up exposed to this sort of information, who will likely have the greatest impact in reinventing the world in which we live.