Yesterday I dropped my daughters off for a week at Grandma\’s house in Port Angeles. Driving home I stopped to meet the owner of a burger joint on Discovery Bay located between the ferries and Port Angeles, the perfect distance for an electric car quick-charging station on Highway 101 that could juice up Seattle and […]
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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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(from Valerie Serrels, iMatterYouth.org) As we enter the thick of summer heat, youth, grandparents, parents, not-parents, teachers, and heads of organizations are setting their heels to dirt and pavement for the future of the youngest and future generations. Beginning July 19th, the Walk for Our Grandchildren will include walkers from all generations who will trek from
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Tuesday July 9th 2013, Seattle Climate Justice Ambassadors from Plant-For-The-Planet met with the City Council Energy & Environment Committee for a slideshow presentation and Q&A. Seattle City Council\’s Tim Burgess, Mike O\’Brien, and Sally Clark heard the 20-minute presentation during the Energy & Environment Committee meeting and posed for a photo afterwards with our Ambassadors,
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Obama on Climate: Beautifully Insufficient
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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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[wpvideo GYmXzoeO] This video opened the 2012 UN Climate talks. We\’re going to film our own version at the Solstice Parade in Seattle! Celebrate World Environment Day today June 5th! This year\’s theme is Think.Eat.Save. a global campaign aimed at reducing food waste and spoilage. Check out UNEP\’s WED website for all kinds of fun,
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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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I\’ve been very lucky in my life, but one of the luckiest things I\’ve ever done is attend a 3-day training event led by Al Gore in August 2012, which is the reason this website exists and explains all the volunteer work that I\’ve done this year. The Climate Reality Project is Al Gore\’s educational
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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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