Investing in youth is an investment in a sustainable future By Brigitte Griswold, Director of Youth Engagement Programs at The Nature Conservancy In a recent New York Times op-ed, President of the Ford Foundation Darren Walker critiqued America’s current culture of unpaid internships – which he believes creates a system where “contacts and money matter more than talent [and] contributes to an economy in which access and opportunity go to the people who already have the most of both.” We in the non-profit environmental community must take his points seriously and invest in deeper efforts to empower youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds to achieve their full potential as environmental...
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