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Imagine cleaner air, less polluted waters, and very little waste being put into our landfills.  Choose your area of interest: astronomy, robotics or the environment and discover how you and green technology can help make these dreams a reality. Astronomy participants will learn about the night sky, technology that is used to explore the universe, and how astronomers have become instrumental in research regarding global climate change and space debris. Robotics participants will explore the importance of robots in exploration, health care, and helping to make the world “green.” They will then design, build, and program their own robot to meet certain challenges.  Environment participants will explore the eco-challenges and successes of the San Francisco Bay.

 

The first 8 nights you will be staying at the Presentation Center nestled in the redwood forest of the Santa Cruz Mountains. This facility has received the Gold LEED Certification Award for its new Welcoming Center and has a strong “green” mission. At the center you will participate in hands-on activities related to your area of interest and take fieldtrips to the California coast, NASA Ames Research Center, Monterey Bay Aquarium and Research Institute, and other local areas of interest. The last two nights you and the other 68 girls and chaperones will go to San Francisco for the “San Francisco Experience” including a visit to the California Academy of Sciences and a ride on a hybrid ferry in San Francisco Bay.

Who: Girls must be 13-18 years old (entering at least 9^th grade at time of event)
Where: San Francisco Bay Area
When: July 22-August 1, 2010
Cost: $750 per girl (financial aid is available to qualified applicants)
Deposit: $200 due within 2 weeks of acceptance and will be applied to event fee.

To Register:

Click here to download the application and financial aid information for The Future is Green. 

Please include answers to the following questions in your essay:

• In what ways do you think technology and nature are merging?
• Explain how you think technology can help nature and/or how nature can help technology.
• What do you find most interesting about these topics:  technology, environment, astronomy, robotics? (May include all topics or just those in which you are most interested.)

Be sure to indicate your area of interest on the application:

• Robotics
• Astronomy & the Universe
• Environment

More Information:

Contact Marisa Cidre

 mcidre@girlscoutsnorcal.org

 1310 S. Bascom Avenue,

 San Jose, CA 95128

 fax 408-287-8025

To learn more about Girl Scout destinations visit GSUSA's destination page: http://www.studio2b.org/escape/destinations/