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 […]
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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
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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,
A beautiful, moving video from the iMatter Earth Day March back in April, reminding us to love our kids, and our only home. Our children have some strong words for us to hear and honor. They depend on us to protect their future. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33QrgnP9mNA?rel=0&w=560&h=315] The children were protesting the proposal to expand coal exports
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\”If it\’s wrong to wreck the climate, then it\’s wrong to profit from that wreckage.\” — Bill McKibben, 350.org University of Washington students coordinated 5 powerful, articulate speeches before the Board of Regents meeting today in a passionate call to divest university funds from fossil fuel investments. The meeting room was filled with supporters who then
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Earth Day gets all the love here in the States. But since I am the human garbage disposal at our house, where only the chickens can eat the stuff I won\’t, the World Environment Day 2013 theme grabbed my attention. Definitely take a moment to enjoy \”Breakthrough\” the funniest video I\’ve ever seen on global
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On Friday, 80 students from 13 different Seattle schools attended the free Academy for the international children\’s organization Plant For The Planet. In only 6 years, over 18,000 students worldwide have trained as Ambassadors for Climate Justice, who give presentations on climate, and organize tree-planting. There was plenty of laughter, fun, snacks, and sunshine, but
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Seasonally adjusted, our global average CO2 is now 395ppm; but May 9th marks the first day in human history when we crossed the 400ppm threshold at Mauna Loa. –M. Foster May 10, 2013 Heat-Trapping Gas Passes Milestone, Raising Fears By JUSTIN GILLIS http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/science/earth/carbon-dioxide-level-passes-long-feared-milestone.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130511&_r=0 The level of the most important heat-trapping gas
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The battle over coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest has shifted dramatically with the announcement on May 8 by Kinder Morgan that it would walk away from plans to build a massive coal export terminal near Clatskanie, Oregon, along the Columbia River. The announcement is sending shockwaves across the Northwest, where coal export
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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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