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Solstice Parade \”Procession For Our Future\” Needs You to Stop A Coal Train!

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Sign up for the parade or to make art here! for the \”Procession for our Future\” coal train vs. sustainable energy ensemble in the Fremont Summer Solstice Parade! Please join us for a workshop, the parade, or both! Next Art Workshop is on  Saturday, June 1st 3:00-7:00 at the Powerhouse: 3940 Fremont Ave N.     This ensemble will have […]

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Vote for \”MY World 2015\” United Nations survey

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The online survey captures the opinions of people around the world to find out what priorities should drive the international community beyond 2015, which is when we enact a new treaty on Global Development. Choose your priorities from a list and tell our world leaders what kind of world you want to make!

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Youth expresses her concern for the environment

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DOWNLOAD  Ta\’Kaiya Blaney (Credit: Catherine Crouch) reposted from United Nations Radio Ta\’Kaiya Blaney is a 12 year old from the Sliammon First Nation in Canada. Listen to her short interview for United Nations Radio here: Ta\’Kaiya, who is participating in this year\’s session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues from 20 to 31 May, says our

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80 new Seattle Ambassadors for Climate Justice

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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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The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes

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[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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Art Build May 19th: Coal Train for Solstice Parade

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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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Another One Bites the Dust as Coal Exporter Kills Terminal Plan

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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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Plant For The Planet Academy: Sign Up Today

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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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Real-Life \’Man Who Planted Trees\’ in India

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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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Great photos from the iMatter Earth Day March!

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Thank you Alex Garland for these wonderful photos. You can see the whole album here! For young people who want to get connected to local iMatter actions, please check back here at climatechangeforfamilies.com. iMatteryouth.org needs your signatures on petitions to the President, whose plan to host a national climate summit seems completely derailed. He needs to hear from

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