FOCUS ROOTS FELLOWSHIPS

 
 
With our Focus Roots Fellowship program, Focus the Nation works closely with a small number of young leaders each year who are using high levels of creativity and innovation to activate their community around the crisis of climate change and the opportunities of the clean energy future.

In the spring and summer of 2008, Focus the Nation created a pilot program for the Focus Roots vision called "project slingshot" with support from our friends at Clif Bar and 1% for the Planet. Three young people were each awarded $10,000 each to launch climate solutions into action.

Awarded on the basis of a competitive and juried application process, the Focus Roots Fellowships support stand-out student and young adult applicants with $10,000 grants to demonstrate clean energy innovation in the name of powering their community past coal.

This past year, the program provided powerful opportunities for young leaders to build intergenerational mentor relationships with clean energy professionals, and achieve tangible, replicable results in their communities. Read about the 2008 and 2009 fellows, their projects, and their progress so far.

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