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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…

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7 Ways to Make it a Plastic Free July 2022!

What is Plastic Free July? Plastic Free July is a global movement that empowers people to be part of the solution to plastic pollution. The concept is simple: Participants are…

Even if you can't get outside, you can celebrate Earth Day with a Virtual Earth Day!

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Happy Virtual Earth Day 2022! 9 Ways to Celebrate From Home

It’s been two years since the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day and over two years since the start of this devastating global pandemic. Although it has kept us…

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Easy Earth Day Tips for 2022 to Make Every Day a Green Day!

Earth Day 2022 is coming up! Before I launch into my Earth Day Tips, some of you might be wondering what on earth (!) is Earth Day? Earth Day is…

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,…

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…

A positive message is the key to engaging others in taking climate action.

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Climate Action: 5 Effective Lessons for Engaging Your Community

With the effects of our climate crisis seeping ever more into our lives, the time for climate action has never been more critical. You may be ready to do your…

Will chemical recycling solve our plastic pollution crisis?

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Greenwashing Alert: Is Chemical Recycling the Solution to Plastic Pollution?

It seems that there’s a solution to the planet’s plastic pollution crisis: chemical recycling! At least that’s the claim by proponents of this new process. Thanks to this new technology,…

How to communicate about climate change panel discussion.

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How to Communicate About Climate Change

What’s the most effective way to communicate about climate change so that it resonates with those who are doubtful or are skeptics? That was the main topic of a recent…

Protecting the environment is as important as ever.

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Why Protecting the Environment is as Important as Ever. What You Can Do From Home.

April 22nd. As the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, I and other environmental activists had been preparing eagerly to celebrate this milestone–a day that would mark the vital need for…

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

7 Ways to Make it a Plastic Free July 2022!

Happy Virtual Earth Day 2022! 9 Ways to Celebrate From Home

Easy Earth Day Tips for 2022 to Make Every Day a Green Day!

22 Climate Actions We Need to See In 2022

How To Inspire Your Kid to be an Eco Kid

Climate Action: 5 Effective Lessons for Engaging Your Community

Greenwashing Alert: Is Chemical Recycling the Solution to Plastic Pollution?

How to Communicate About Climate Change

Why Protecting the Environment is as Important as Ever. What You Can Do From Home.

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

25 Terrific Green Kitchen Gift Ideas for the Home Chef in 2022

An Eco-Friendly Gift Giving Guide to Green Your 2022 Holiday Season

9 Gifts for Good That Support Environmental Causes 2022

Leaf Mulching: 4 Easy Steps for a Green and Healthy Yard