April, 2023

A crowd of people with signs and banners pose for a photo. The biggest banner reads, "STOP FORMOSA".

Young Leaders Converge and Skill-Up to Shift the Power at the 2023 Power Shift Convergence

Earlier this month, hundreds of youth climate activists came together in Bvlbancha (the original Chahta name for New Orleans, LA) at the New Orleans Convention Center for the first in-person … Read more

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Breaking the System: How to Create an Equitable Clean Energy Future

Trust, inclusivity, recognition—these are the elements of an equitable clean energy future. And they are just as important as solar panels or batteries or engineers. That was the message of … Read more

Earth Day on the Caja: Caring for Our Common Home

In honor of Earth Day, this week I had the opportunity to take out 70 students and faculty from Menaul High School in Albuquerque, NM, for a guided hike and … Read more

Two people near the bank of a body of water pick up trash and place it into a white trash bag.

Invest Your Time, Invest in Our Planet: Earth Day 2023 Volunteer Events

Since 1970, April 22nd has been designated as Earth Day to encourage responsible stewardship of nature and to educate each other about environmental issues. Although the holiday was founded by … Read more

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Bridging the Power of Youth and the Wisdom of Age: Technology as a Space to Resist and Uplift

Imagine 500 acres of rural Alaskan wilderness transformed into the extraction grounds for 180,000 barrels of oil every single day – a horrific image, right? That image is one step … Read more

Stories from the Eco-Green Schoolyard – A Medium for Healing, Student Learning and Managing Climate Change

NWF Eco-Green is in its eighth year of supporting schools across Southeast Michigan and beyond that are making real change on their campuses to mitigate climate change through action-based Eco-Schools … Read more

An orange and brown-gray fox with large ears lays in the sand.

Seis Razones para Aprobar el Proyecto de Ley Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

Miles de especies en los Estados Unidos de América, se encuentran en situación vulnerable. National Wildlife Federation, urge al Senado aprobar el proyecto de ley Recovering America’s Wildlife Act.  Estas son seis … Read more

Guilt-free indulgence: A guide to buying sustainable and ethically sourced chocolate

The Chocolate Scorecard can help you to differentiate between companies that make good chocolate and those that simply make chocolate. If you love chocolate like me, you may be buying it … Read more

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Plant 70% Native – Benefit More Wildlife

Native plants have tight relationships with wildlife, formed over many thousands of years, providing natural sources of food, cover and places to raise young. Without healthy native plant communities, wildlife … Read more

Water flows downhill through large rocks. Dark greenery surrounds the river bank.

We Need WOTUS

This blog is the fifth in a six-part series. Here are the first, second, third, and fourth parts. Waters of the United States (WOTUS) are bodies of water protected by … Read more