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Let's hear from our children, and their advocates, on the social, environmental, cultural, and economic concerns around sustainability and the call to always act responsibly and with the next seven generations in mind. The collection will also feature, from time to time, adults who are speaking on behalf of children. 

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Curated by mokiethecat

Tiffany Carey, 2014 Brower Youth Award Winner
October 28, 2014

Tiffany Carey, an environmental studies major, believes community involvement is vital in research. For her University of Michigan project, she partnered with Detroit's Western International High School students to study urban pollen levels, a key factor in asthma and allergies.

Over three years, ninth and tenth graders placed pollen collectors, confirming vacant lots were rich in allergy-causing ragweed. Carey then explored solutions like urban reforestation and mowing. She also noted the project's positive impact, as hands-on citizen science made ecology relevant for the high schoolers.