by Rusty West (parent) | Apr 12, 2021 | Action
My name is Jojo, I am 15 years old now, and I used to live in Seattle when I was an active member of Plant for the Planet. The global Fashion Industry uses 1.5 Trillion liters of water to produce clothes annually! This is an outrageous amount of water. For...
by Grace S (parent) | Nov 28, 2019 | Action, Justice and Equity, Resilience, Science and Education
[Jamie Margolin (Seattle) leading the Zero Hour march in Washington DC in 2017.] TODAY The news over the last few days has been particularly dire, and another thing I’ve learned is this – the kids read the news. They read on social media, and in the...
by Grace S (parent) | Sep 20, 2019 | Action
Jamie Margolin, Plant for the Planet veteran and founder of the International youth climate action organization, Zero Hour, spoke before Congress on Wednesday, alongside Greta Thunberg and 2 other youth climate leaders. Jamie has been organizing since she was 14 and...
by Rusty West (parent) | Sep 20, 2019 | Action
Youth were informed this week that if they decided to strike, their absences would not be excused, while many schools across the country pre-emptively declared that they would not punish the students for striking for the future. So, Zoe Schurman hit the pavement for...
by Sue Lenander (parent) | Sep 20, 2019 | Action
Caroline Heege, co-president of Climate Action Youth, has been an effective climate advocate for much of her life and was recently featured in Seattle’s Child and Newsweek as she prepared for the global climate strike on September 20th. A graduate of the Plant...
by Grace S (parent) | Mar 9, 2019 | Action
Last year, Plant-for-the-Planet Washington and Stand.Earth campaigned for a better cup from Starbucks – one that is both compostable and recyclable. As a result, Starbucks committed to finding a better solution. It partnered with several other businesses to...
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