Essay Bank

Celebrating Student Writing

YES! Exemplary Essay Project

posted May 14, 2009

Our education outreach program is pleased to launch the YES! Exemplary Essay Project. The project demonstrates how teachers can use YES! resources, and provides students an opportunity to voice their opinions and show off their stellar writing.

Exemplary Essay :: National Hunger

by Courtney Kisner

posted May 14, 2009

Our education outreach program is pleased to launch the YES! Exemplary Essay Project. Students in Julie Ruth's sophomore language arts class at West Valley High School in Fairbanks, Alaska read and responded to YES! article, The City That Ended Hunger, by Frances Moore Lappé. Honorary mention went to this essay by Courtney Kisner.

Exemplary Essay :: True Democracy

by Katelynne Lingaas

posted May 14, 2009

Our education outreach program is pleased to launch the YES! Exemplary Essay Project.

Brower Youth Awards

posted Mar 18, 2008

Earth Island Institute established the Brower Youth Awards to honor founder and legendary activist David R. Brower. The Brower Youth Awards recognize six young people in North America annually for their outstanding activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and environmental justice advocacy.

Focus the Nation

by Sarah Kuck

posted Feb 15, 2008

Sarah Kuck reports from the Focus the Nation at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Top 10 Youth Activism Victories in 2007

by Nicole McClelland, Kristina Rizga

posted Jan 28, 2008

From shutting down toxic waste facilities to making colleges more affordable, young people all over America put their energies into remarkable actions for their communities, and for the world.

Students Unite for a Department of Peace

by Rob Atkinson

posted Dec 27, 2007

Southwestern University student Rob Atkinson describes his commitment to peace and involvement with the Student Peace Alliance.

Immigration through the lens of Sixth Grade Girls

posted Jul 26, 2007

Hear how one committed and innovative Seattle teacher personalized immigration through an exchange between Daisy’s rural, mostly migrant, Hispanic school and Seton’s urban, mostly white, middle class school.

China's Future

by Bonny Chau, Isa Lim

posted Nov 09, 2005

An American high school student visits a steel factory near Shanghai and explores the economic and health issues.

Making Fire: Finding Happiness in Wild

by Kyle Chamberlain

posted Mar 11, 2005

A story about how being in nature teaches more than is found in books.

Book Review of "Tree of Life"

by Ariana Mann

posted Oct 29, 2004

A children's book about the diverse species of the Earth, reviewed by eighth-grader Ariana Mann.

Without a Home

by Julie Neumann

posted Sep 27, 2004

 

Mother Nature and Her Dedicated Sweethearts vs. the Problem Children

by Nicole Levy

posted Aug 08, 2004

written by Nicole Levy, a 7th grade student at Hunter College High School in New York City. It is a response to Donella (Dana) Meadows' column "Just so much, and no more" published in YES! magazine.