14 Year-old Alex Lin Tackles E-waste Crisis
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Alex Lin won the 2007 Brower Youth Award for his environmental achievements. Youth ages 13-22 can apply for the 2008 Award at www.broweryouthaward.org.
In 2004, Alex read an alarming Wall Street Journal article about the growing E-Waste crisis. When he was nine, Alex had co-created a community service team called Westerly Innovations Network (WIN) and it seemed fitting to motivate his team to tackle E-Waste. Thus, Project WIN 05 was born.
Alexs leadership and dedication contributed to a slew of amazing accomplishments including a recycling drive which collected 21,000 pounds of E-Waste and the creation of a permanent E-Waste receptacle in town, which has collected more than 60,000 pounds of waste. WIN 05 helped draft and pass an ordinance in Alexs town and a statewide bill banning the dumping of E-Waste.
Alex persuaded his school superintendent and director of technology to incorporate refurbishing donated computers as part of his schools computer curriculum, resulting in the collection, restoration and distribution of 260 computers to students in his hometown, Sri Lanka, and Mexico. Alex recently helped build an Internet café in Cameroon, and is now setting up a pilot system for providing refurbished computers to international youth through the United Nations Environment Program and launching a Bridging Divides program with U.S. businesses and schools.
In 2004, Alex read an alarming Wall Street Journal article about the growing E-Waste crisis. When he was nine, Alex had co-created a community service team called Westerly Innovations Network (WIN) and it seemed fitting to motivate his team to tackle E-Waste. Thus, Project WIN 05 was born.
Alexs leadership and dedication contributed to a slew of amazing accomplishments including a recycling drive which collected 21,000 pounds of E-Waste and the creation of a permanent E-Waste receptacle in town, which has collected more than 60,000 pounds of waste. WIN 05 helped draft and pass an ordinance in Alexs town and a statewide bill banning the dumping of E-Waste.
Alex persuaded his school superintendent and director of technology to incorporate refurbishing donated computers as part of his schools computer curriculum, resulting in the collection, restoration and distribution of 260 computers to students in his hometown, Sri Lanka, and Mexico. Alex recently helped build an Internet café in Cameroon, and is now setting up a pilot system for providing refurbished computers to international youth through the United Nations Environment Program and launching a Bridging Divides program with U.S. businesses and schools.
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We need more people like Alex in this world. It's wonderful to know that there are "kids" out there who care about other people and the environment. We all can learn something from him and his friends.
Thank you Alex and company.
Love and Light- Heather -
Great work Alex. I don't know a lot of adults who can claim as many achievements as you can. Thank you for helping to improve the world we live in.
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