Click to view City Stream: Plant For The Planet Academy a 5-minute video report on the first Academy in Seattle. City Stream is a local news program on the Seattle Channel. The program broadcasts during the week at regular times. Check local listings. Writer and producer Feliks Banel came out to Golden Gardens and put together this wonderful …
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 …
The Plant-For-The-Planet team in Germany spotted this article about Seattle online. An exciting project in our own city that sparks the imagination for the rest of the world. Monday May 13, 2013 by Bob Wiebes, re-posted from popupcity.net ↓ A forest in the midst of a turbulent, roaring city; it sounds like something from an …
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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 …
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 …
How would you like to be a leader in a democratic global youth organization that has begun transforming the planet one tree at a time? Sounds like a dream, doesn\’t it? You have to be old enough: 8 years old and under 21. If you are 7 and a 1/2 you\’ll just have to wait …
Plant-for-the-Planet Global Boards need Youth Candidates from the U.S.A. Read More »