from Earth First! News Saturday July 27th, 2013, in a day-long affair involving hundreds of activists, the Portland Rising Tide and 350.org collaboration, Summer Heat, went off yesterday without a hitch. Activists congregated in the morning at the Vancouver Landing in Vancouver, Washington, where this week port authorities approved a …
This is how democracy can flourish! Posted by Donald Lee on July 18, 2013 Reposted from Global Social Change and Free Arabs website His name is Ali Ahmed, age 12 and a half. He was interviewed in October 2012 by Egyptian newspaper El Wady, after huge demonstrations against then-president Mohammed Morsi were held in Cairo. Ali defended the anti-Morsi point …
Living on Earth: Saving Ourselves- The Green Boat Click on the link above to listen to \”Living On Earth\” radio interview with Mary Pipher, best-selling author of Reviving Ophelia, as she describes her inspiring journey into activism, and discusses her new book, The Green Boat, Reviving Ourselves in Our Capsized Culture. In her …
We need to be out in the streets. For Them. To stop the one problem that threatens LIFE as we know it. [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/16979032 w=500&h=375] Moms Against Climate Change \’Demonstration\’ from 567vfx on Vimeo. If they knew, our kids would teach grownups to clean up our mess, to sharpen our fuzzy awareness of their climate …
(from Valerie Serrels, iMatterYouth.org) As we enter the thick of summer heat, youth, grandparents, parents, not-parents, teachers, and heads of organizations are setting their heels to dirt and pavement for the future of the youngest and future generations. Beginning July 19th, the Walk for Our Grandchildren will include walkers from all generations who will trek from …
http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=2351337&file=1 Watch our Ambassadors introduce Seattle City Council\’s Energy & Environment Committee to Plant-For-The-Planet and get down to business. In their first public appearance, 8 Ambassadors share the famous slideshow, originally developed by Felix Finkbeiner, but with special information for Seattle City Council. And then they make some big requests! They told the Committee how …
Tuesday July 9th 2013, Seattle Climate Justice Ambassadors from Plant-For-The-Planet met with the City Council Energy & Environment Committee for a slideshow presentation and Q&A. Seattle City Council\’s Tim Burgess, Mike O\’Brien, and Sally Clark heard the 20-minute presentation during the Energy & Environment Committee meeting and posed for a photo afterwards with our Ambassadors, …
Click to view City Stream: Plant For The Planet Academy a 5-minute video report on the first Academy in Seattle. City Stream is a local news program on the Seattle Channel. The program broadcasts during the week at regular times. Check local listings. Writer and producer Feliks Banel came out to Golden Gardens and put together this wonderful …
Reposted from The Everett Herald By Andrea Brown, Herald Writer photos: Jennifer Buchanan / The Herald Heiman, 13, checks on a newly planted cedar tree June 29 in Mukilteo. Isaac Heiman is on a one-man tree spree. With the help of family and friends, Isaac Heiman put in 50 trees June 29 at a Mukilteo park. Since …
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On July 9th, in Seattle City Hall, our team of young Climate Justice Ambassadors will present their 3-Point Plan to Councilmembers on the Energy & Environment Committee. The Ambassadors were invited to brief the committee after the Plant-For-The-Planet Academy in May. Coming on the heels of the unanimous passage of the Seattle Climate Action Plan, …