Rhode Island Youth Leadership Initiative
The Institute is honored to be invited to develop relationships with sustainability leaders in Rhode Island. We are impressed with Rhode Island’s commitment to building a sustainable economy. We welcome the opportunity to develop a multi-year initiative with schools, organizations, companies, and government to build a resilient economy.
- Innovate Newport hosted the Institute’s Sustainable Workforce Development Network Design-A-Thon: 2019
- Salve Regina University hosted 15th Youth Leadership Summit for Sustainable Development: 2019
- U.S. Senator Whitehouse’s Energy, Environment and Ocean Leaders Day 2018 & 2019
- Roger Williams University hosted The Institute’s 14th Sustainability Summit: 2018
- RI youth received citations from U.S. Senator Whitehouse, U.S. Representative David Cicilline
- Rhode Island schools/environmental organizations nominated youth to Sustainability Summit
- Partnered with Sail Newport and Clean Ocean Access for our Summit Sustainability Tour
- Member of Rhode Island Environmental Education Association.
- Invited to Volvo’s Ocean Summit, Newport 2018
- SeaAhead’s Bluetech Innovation World Oceans Day, Providence and Blue Tech Night, Boston.
- EC4 with The Governor’s Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council presentations.
Summit Tech Team
Reading story: TreePeople
Youth who set a goal of planting a 1,000,000 trees!
