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Support for climate equity is needed at the national level.

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Looking for Climate Equity? Don’t Expect Much From National Leaders

The threat to humanity from the climate crisis is one felt disproportionately across the globe. This threat was made shockingly visible in 2021 with accounts of human suffering from record-breaking,…

22 Climate Actions We Need to See In 2022

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22 Climate Actions We Need to See In 2022

Whether they’re personal changes or those made by the government and business sectors, here are the climate actions we need to see in 2022. Most are not new concepts but,…

Creating an advocacy group takes time, but anyone can do it with patience and persistence.

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Taking Action: 5 Steps to Creating Your Own Citizen Advocacy Group

If someone had told me in 2009 that a fledgling advocacy group of a few (albeit, scrappy) residents could transform their town’s views on single-use plastic by campaigning for a…

How to discuss climate change this holiday season without pissing off everyone.

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How to Discuss Climate Change This Holiday Season Without Pissing Off Everyone

Ah, the holidays… The most wonderful time of year, but also a time where tensions can run high as touchy topics pop up in conversation. Throw climate change into the…

Lobbying for change is effective when done right!

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Lobbying For Change: 7 Effective Ways To Make Your Legislators Take Notice

With a monumental climate crisis looming over the planet, individual efforts to produce meaningful change can seem a futile exercise. Nothing could be further from the truth. Lobbying for change…

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The 10 Best Books On Climate Change

As Climate Week comes to an end, what better time than to pick up a book about climate change? From Climate 101 books to climate fiction, these Best Books on…

Climate leadership is needed from our elected representatives.

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Where is The Climate Leadership in Our Government?

The unbridled impunity with which fossil fuel companies and plastics producers greenwash their activities is deeply entrenched. It’s accepted with ignorance or cynical resignation by a nation that lacks robust,…

A fun activity, like this water conservation activity, is one way to make a kid an eco kid.

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How To Inspire Your Kid to be an Eco Kid

Greta Thunberg, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Isra Hirsi. Do you recognize any of these names? They’re all young environmental activists: each one an eco kid. Along with many young people around the…

What's the cause of humanity's plastic addiction?

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Our Plastic Addiction: 5 Ways To Kick the Habit

Plastic is on my mind, and not in a good way. Despite being confronted on a daily basis with the dire news about plastic pollution, humanity’s plastic addiction continues unabated.…

The fossil fuel industry under fire. Can it last?

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A Fossil Fuel Industry Under Fire. Will it Last?

To say it hasn’t been a good week for the Fossil Fuel Industry is putting it mildly. The top news — as recounted by media outlets clamoring to spew forth…