Plant For The Planet Academy October 26th, 9am – 5pm 2 locations – Jane Addams School & Cleveland HS, Seattle WA Free or all students ages 8 – 14 No cost to attend. Sign up today! Imagine planting a million trees, what you would feel like, how you would change the world… Now get started! 80 lucky […]
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If one boy can plant an entire forest on a barren sandbar in a river, then imagine how much we can accomplish working together with that same dedication. Enjoy this story of a man who planted trees! Way back in 1979, floods had washed a great number of snakes onto the sandbar. When Payeng —
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These are Ten Considerations gathered from 5 Hopi Elders, accompanied by other wise words from unnamed elders. Sweetwater and Denise shared these words at the youth rally as we prepared to march through Seattle. Those of us in the crowd repeated the words back line by line, and now I find myself still reflecting on
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Thank you Alex Garland for these wonderful photos. You can see the whole album here! For young people who want to get connected to local iMatter actions, please check back here at climatechangeforfamilies.com. iMatteryouth.org needs your signatures on petitions to the President, whose plan to host a national climate summit seems completely derailed. He needs to hear from
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Go to Alex Garland\’s facebook page to see the whole album! If you want to get connected to future iMatter actions, please stay tuned to climatechangeforfamilies.com for upcoming local events. The iMatteryouth.org website can use your signatures on petitions to the President who has signaled that he would like to host a national climate summit.
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I snapped some photos along the way, what a beautiful march!
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Rally at Victor Steinbrueck Park by Pike Place Market for a pre-march event featuring youth speakers and music. We\’ll march the amazing new \”coal train\” and awesome Backbone polar bear \”Snowflake\” through the streets to the waterfront carrying signs and banners. When we cross the (coal) train tracks kids in animal masks will transform our coal train
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While we\’re getting everything ready for the iMatter March this weekend, I started to wonder, how much has changed since the first Earth Day in 1970? Look back over the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite on April 22nd, 1970. The EPA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and many other legal
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Did you know your child is suing the federal government and all 50 states? It\’s true! Well, your child is named in lawsuits filed last year on behalf of young people and nature, now working their way through the courts. What are the kids suing for? What do they win if the judge rules in
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If you ever wondered how to send a message to the world, here\’s one country\’s answer. Enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGgBtHoIO4g] With help from a few thousand people, the people of Belgium created this amazing music video. It\’s just an old tune set to new lyrics, and the video must have taken months to compile and edit, but
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