Greening Our Planet, One Bulb at a Time
by Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
At 6,500 miles, Los Angeles has the largest network of streets and roads and the second largest number of street lights – 210,000 – to light the way. In 2009, the City of Los Angeles teamed up with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to find out how much those lights were costing the City - and our climate.
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Voices from Team Healthier Generation
On Sunday, November 4th, I will run the greatest race in the world—the New York City Marathon—and I am proud to be running my first marathon as a part of Team Healthier Generation. This year, for the first time, the William J. Clinton Foundation and Alliance for a Healthier Generation are joining forces and creating a team...
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Creating a Culture of Wellness: El Monte City School District
The Clinton Foundation and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation continue to assist the El Monte City School District (EMCSD) in creating a “culture of wellness” with its school community. EMCSD has participated in the Alliance’s Healthy Schools Program for...
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Academic Vibrancy: A New Way to Do School
One core belief Americans hold is academic opportunity and beyond that, academic excellence. Each year our educators aspire to instill knowledge and passion into our future generation with the hope of greater success than all the generations previously. With the rise of childhood obesity, our youngest citizens stand...
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Helping Others Live Healthy: Danyel Johnson
Danyel Johnson, 11, a Native American from the Navajo Reservation of the Sanostee and Tohatchi area, along with 20 other outstanding young people, has been selected to serve on the 2012-2013 Youth Advisory Board for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, an organization founded by the American Heart...
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Alliance Helps Schools Reach 90 Percent Reduction in Beverage Calories
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation just announced that the Alliance School Beverage Guidelines have contributed to a 90 percent reduction in beverage calories shipped to schools between the 2004-2010 school years, according to a report published in the American Journal of Public Health. Established in 2006...
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