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by Stella Foster, Plant-For-The-Planet Ambassador Me and my friend Elinor did a lemonade stand outside the farmer\’s market last wednesday at meridian park. It was really fun, because we got to just hang out together and sell free lemonade. Yeah, I wrote that right, we Sold Free lemonade. On our poster we said that the […]

Reposted from Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment website             Do you have a love of all things green and want to share that passion with others? Seattle Parks & Recreation is looking for you to be part of their Urban Forest Educators team. Urban Forest Educators  – a branch of

Seattle opens registration for FREE TREES on August 4th at 10 AM. Thanks Denis for the heads-up!  If you\’ve never planted a tree before but you have a spot in mind, ReLeaf will teach you how and give away free trees to residents, first-come, first-serve. They usually run out in a few hours, so sign up on the 4th for

Someone asked me today about how to plant a special tree in their Seattle neighborhood to honor an important family birthday coming up next week. Since the Plant-For-The-Planet Ambassadors inspire people to plant trees to save the world, my immediate thought was, Great Idea! We can plant Birthday Trees all year long! In Western Washington, dropping

This is Climate Justice Ambassador Zoë Foster, Michael\’s daughter. Watch an awesome (see what I did there?) video from Greenpeace, made of Legos, that wants to show you how everything is NOT awesome \”when we\’re living on a dream\”. It has some fairly harrowing ideas and symbolism, but a really great message, especially for kids, so

OurChildrensTrust.org/WashingtonOnlinePetition Learn More. A rulemaking petition was filed June 17th on behalf of several amazing youth climate activists asking the WA Department of Ecology to recommend and establish greenhouse gas emissions limits based upon \’best available science\’. The youth who filed this petition are a remarkable group of kids who want their government to take immediate action

  Like Earth Day in the USA but the whole world celebrates! World leaders plan how to make a difference, and people across borders pledge to take action. Click to go to the website, join a team and take the World Environment Day Challenge. UNEP Goodwill Ambassadors Gisele Bündchen, Don Cheadle, Ian Somerhalder and Yaya Touré

One family rallies their state to take on a giant.  Arizona: Fight for Clean Air and Clean Energy Inspires a Family of Activists by Mary Ann Hitt, Director, Sierra Club\’s Beyond Coal Campaign Read entire article on HuffPost 5/30/2014 Kathy Mohr-Almeida and her daughter Anna — along with millions of others in Arizona and surrounding states —

By Stella It\’s been a year and a week since the 1st plant for the planet academy in Seattle. Since then we have talked to city council, met the mayor, testified to the Governor, had a meeting with our Senators and Representatives\’ staff, been to more rallies than we can count, planted 1000s of trees.