[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJJGuIZVfLM&feature=fvwp] Severn Cullis-Suzuki, daughter of David Suzuki, addresses the very first U.N. Conference on Climate Change in Rio. A 12-year old girl from Canada traveled to Brazil and spoke to the United Nations Earth Summit to speak the truth with such power and grace that she silenced the world. She called on grownups to follow […]
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If you missed the first Art Build for Earth Day, Come out and make art with us for \”Procession for our Future\” the coal train vs. sustainable energy ensemble in the Fremont Summer Solstice Parade! We\’ll be at the Powerhouse, 3940 Fremont Ave N. from 10-4 on Sunday, May 19th, making art. Please join us! A coal train
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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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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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by Judy Molland April 13, 2013 Good news and bad news: The good news is that U.S. students will for the first time receive instruction on climate change following the adoption last Tuesday of new science education guidelines. The guidelines also take a firm stand that children must learn about evolution, the central organizing idea in the biological sciences for
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The era we live in now has been renamed the \”Anthropocene\” because humans have changed the earth so completely, changing not just temperatures, and weather, but whether a species lives or dies and reshaping the land. Our filmmakers have kept a close eye on those changes. In the last few years we\’ve seen some incredible movies
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