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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Childhood Obesity
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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Leading the Fight to Get Healthy: Daniel Muller
Daniel Muller, 17, of Weston, Connecticut, 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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Creating Healthier Learning Environments
Since 2006, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program has been helping schools across the country transform themselves into healthier places—places where nutritious foods are available to students and physical activity is a priority. Back then, the program reached out to 231 schools in 13 states. Today, it supports more than 14,000 schools across...
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