The Seattle City Council Monday resolved to maintain and develop the environmental standards of the Paris Agreement. Before the vote on Monday, 12th of June 2017 two Plant for the Planet Climate Justice Ambassadors spoke in support of this resolution. 15 year old CJA Jamie Margolin spoke out for labeling Gas Pumps with Warming Labels …
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My name is Jamie Margolin, and I’m a 15-year-old climate justice ambassador with Plant for the Planet, a member of the Seattle People’s Climate Movement, and co-founder of Future Voters for 350 parts per million, a budding Teen environmental action network linked to Plant for the Planet. Watch the video or read Jamie\’s full speech …
Jamie Margolin Writer, activist, aspiring politician & Plant for the Planet Climate Justice Ambassador “I’m 15-years-old and scared about what rising carbon levels mean for my generation. Currently, there are two bills in Washington’s Legislature that propose targets for reducing carbon levels — but they have critical differences.” Read more on huffingtonpost.com
When Jenny moved away from Seattle, it meant she could no longer take part in the kids\’ climate lawsuit asking our Washington Dept of Ecology for clear emissions targets to protect her generation. So she made her voice heard from China by writing a beautiful letter instead. Dear Governor Jay Inslee… \”Hi, my name is Jenny …
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7-XQoSphb8&w=560&h=315] “You are the future generation. You are the ones who are going to have to deal with this mess that everybody else behind us has gotten us into!” says ten-year-old Grace from Seattle. On Earth Day, HBO aired SAVING MY TOMORROW PART THREE, the latest in a six-part series on children taking action to …
Ambassadors enjoyed a great day at the Bullitt Center on a no-school day. Since then we\’ve been too busy to share about it. As one Plant-for-the-Planet Ambassador recently wrote, \”I\’d rather save the world than do my homework.\” Well, yeah! Me too. So thank goodness, Ambassador Nick now files this report, As a whole, Plant for the …
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Tonight President Obama steps onto the world stage for the annual State of the Union, but on Saturday morning, Ambassadors for Climate Justice deliver \”State of the Planet 2015\” at Seattle City Hall. How is Earth doing in 2015? Find out Saturday as Ambassadors, who range in age from 9 – 14, share the latest climate update …
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ed. — Earth Corps held the Fall Planting Challenge this year in Seattle. In 6 weeks, volunteers surpassed the 10,000 tree goal. Thanks to Clare for her guest blog describing the final event. Hi, I\’m Clare. I planted the 11,000th tree for Earth Corps Fall Planting Challenge in Seattle. It was a really interesting experience because even …
December 4th, 2014 Video from the Seattle Westin ballroom in front of 800 people with VP Gore and Governor Inslee. [wpvideo NZfGsdpr] Governor Jay Inslee Introduction by Abby I am here to tell you today that every person can make a difference. It does not matter how old or how young you are. I don’t …
After 45 days, Itzcuauhtli completed his silent strike with 1.5 million people joining his Thunderclap. If you ever needed a reason to smile about climate disruption, listen to his first message after ending a courageous silence. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj4z-ehs7mg&w=560&h=315] What does he mean, YOU are the world leaders? Hear more at SilenceIntoAction.org and become a leader. This week NY …