[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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In 1992, Severn Cullis-Suzuki flew to the Rio Earth Summit with several other young women, with the money they raised, to address the delegation she probably knew would not make meaningful progress. Severn went on to lead a life of environmental leadership, serving on...
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