| National Partners
Action for Nature
Encourages young people to take personal action to nurture and protect a healthy environment on which all life depends.  Animal Planet R.O.A.R.
Inspires Animal Planet viewers to make the world a better place for animals. Reach Out, Act and Respond.
APOPO
Trains sniffer rats, called HeroRATS, to save lives in Tanzania by detecting explosive landmines and diagnosing diseases, like Tuberculosis.  Barefoot Books
Celebrates art and story that opens the hearts and minds of children from all walks of life, inspiring them to read deeper, search further and explore their own creative gifts.
Bioneers
Promotes practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring the earth and its communities.
 BeadforLife
Trains Ugandan women to create beautiful, unique beaded jewelry from colorful recycled paper, which becomes income, food, medicine, school fees and hope. Buy BeadforLife jewelry through Roots & Shoots.
Clare Walker Leslie, Nature Journalist
Authors many books, including Keeping a Nature Journal, which won the acclaimed John Burroughs Award for Nature Literature for Junior Readers. The Cougar Fund
Protects the cougar (also known as a mountain lion, puma or panther) throughout the Americas by educating children and adults on the value of cougars, by funding and promoting the use of sound science, and by monitoring state policies to assure a lasting place for this graceful creature. Earth Charter, an initiative of the United Nations
Seeks to inspire in all peoples a sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the human family and the larger living world.
Earthwatch Institute
Supports scientific field research by offering paying volunteers of all ages the opportunity to join research teams around the world on short-term expeditions. Environment Online (ENO)
Offers a global, virtual school and network for sustainable development, through which schools around the world study environmental issues and share the results at a local level and globally on the website. The Roots & Shoots ReBirth the Earth: Trees for Tomorrow youth campaign supports ENO's "100 Million Trees By 2017" campaign. Four Worlds Native American Education Programs
Supports an international network of people and organizations bound together by a set of common principles based on the traditional teachings of North American tribal peoples combined with Western science and technology. The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
Honors outstanding young leaders who have made a significant positive difference to people and the planet. Global Education Motivators (GEM)
Helps schools meet the complex challenges of living in a global society by emphasizing human rights and human responsibility.  Global Explorers
Brings middle and high school teachers educational programs that enable their students to discover the wonders of Classroom Earth.
Global Security Institute
Dedicated to strengthening international cooperation and security based on the rule of law, with a particular focus on nuclear arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament. Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital
Builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the Washington D.C. area, and the world, a better place. A Roots & Shoots patch program is available for D.C.-area Girl Scouts from Daisies to Seniors, which explores projects that promote care and concern for animals, the environment and the human community. The International Rescue Committee
Provides emergency relief, rehabilitation, protection of human rights, post-conflict development, resettlement services and advocacy for people who are affected by violent conflict and oppression.
Meet the Greens
Offers an upbeat and optimistic site for kids about looking after the planet.  The National Arbor Day Foundation
Inspires people to plant, nurture and celebrate trees. Supports the Roots & Shoots "ReBirth the Earth: Trees for Tomorrow" youth campaign.
National Environmental Education Foundation and Environmental Education Week
Provides objective environmental information to help Americans live better every day. EE Week is the largest organized environmental education event in the United States.  Nature for Kids
Teaches disadvantaged African schoolchildren how to preserve their natural resources and sustain their local environment through screenplays starring local children.
Office of Overseas Schools, Department of State
Promotes quality educational opportunities at the elementary and secondary level for dependents of American citizens carrying out programs and interests of the U.S. Government abroad. Polar Bears International
Supports projects to protect the world's polar bears and their Arctic habitat, including scientific research, public education and conservation activities. Provided educational tundra buggy webcasts for Roots & Shoots members. Puppet Farm Arts
Works to improve the health of human communities and the earth by teaching people the process of transforming waste materials into imaginative art. Supports the Roots & Shoots Giant Peace Dove Campaign. RESPECT International
Introduces refugee students to non-refugee students in its flagship global letter exchange program. Reusablebags.com
Offers effective, affordable, high-quality products for sale that help reduce plastic bag consumption. Supported the Roots & Shoots Reusable Bag Campaign. Roots of Peace
Works to rid the world of landmines by transforming toxic minefields into thriving farmland. State University of New York at Buffalo, Center for Applied Technology and Education
Forwards the development, integration and application of technologies to promote and enhance human development, learning and communication. Teachers Without Borders
Supports teacher-leaders worldwide, because they play a vital role in their communities. Teachers Without Borders members open Community Teaching and Learning Centers, provide Teaching Mastery courses, host Conferences, and promote the Millenum Development Goals.
Troubadour Music
Produces music and other entertainment resources, created with Raffi, that promotes child-honoring initiatives in many arenas, including the academic, cultural, economic and educational. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Leads and coordinates international action for the world-wide protection of refugees and the resolution of refugee problems. United States Wolf Refuge
Protects and promotes the welfare of wolves throughout North America by providing information, education, refuge
and adoption services. Dr. Jane connects with U.S. Wolf Refuge.
Warren Wilson College
Provide an education combining liberal arts study, work and service with a strong commitment to environmental responsibility and experiential opportunities for international and cross-cultural.
Weekly Reader
Publishes materials for elementary and secondary schools, with over 90 percent of the school districts in the United States using their materials. World Ambassadors
Provides individuals and organizations with advanced resources that are designed to address the whole person, including physical, emotional and intellectual aspects, as well as core values and beliefs.
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