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Alignment & Sustainability: Why Your Daily #OneGreenThing Matters

Feb 222 min read

Alignment & Sustainability: Why Your Daily #OneGreenThing Matters

Aligning your values with your daily practice of sustainability can ease eco-anxiety and drive culture change for climate policy solutions.

The IPCC Synthesis Report: 3 Big Takeaways

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Mar 27, 20234 min read

The IPCC Synthesis Report: 3 Big Takeaways

Three Big Takeaways from the IPCC Synthesis report. Climate change is real. The time for action is now. We have the solutions and must act.

Why Your Actions Matter in the Climate Emergency

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Oct 20, 20222 min read

Why Your Actions Matter in the Climate Emergency

Individual climate action matters. But it's not about your carbon footprint. You are a driver of culture change for big climate solutions.

Antique Books, Parks & Thinking Beyond Your Age

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Aug 24, 20222 min read

Antique Books, Parks & Thinking Beyond Your Age

Our #onegreenthing today is contemplating one of our key principles- "Think Beyond Your Age." This antique book about Yellowstone was...

hwhite

Aug 8, 20223 min read

Historic Climate Win in the Senate!

Historic win for climate action in the United States Senate with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.

hwhite

Feb 28, 20222 min read

New IPCC Report Warns about Eco-Anxiety

Today the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a new report about the impacts of the climate crisis globally....

A Daily Practice of Sustainability: It's the Action that Matters

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Dec 15, 20212 min read

A Daily Practice of Sustainability: It's the Action that Matters

Climate action is tough. We all know we need global and national climate policies and market dynamics to create the systemic change we...

hwhite

Dec 12, 20212 min read

The Black Box for the Planet

Yes, you read that right. On Saturday, December 11th, 2021, Washington Post reporter Sammy Westfall shared the dimensions of the 33-foot...

A Green Recovery: Build Back Better Bill Passes the House

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Nov 22, 20212 min read

A Green Recovery: Build Back Better Bill Passes the House

On November, 19, 2021, the House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better legislation, H.R. 5376 in a vote of 220-212, that...

emilynfowler

Nov 19, 20212 min read

Listening to Gen Alpha

Climate change is front & center according to a new survey including members of Generation Alpha, children born since 2010, from The Week...

emilynfowler

Nov 4, 20213 min read

A Growing Wave

A call for climate policy solutions that begin with YOU. A new report shows that mental health should factor into #COP26 negotiations and...

emilynfowler

Nov 2, 20213 min read

All Souls/Daily Practice

All Souls Day in my home. How do we want to be remembered? What world are we creating for the next generation?

emilynfowler

Oct 25, 20211 min read

Welcome to the Dictionary, Eco-Anxiety

Just in time for Glasgow & COP26, the climate world (and OneGreenThing community) got a bit of a nod from the Oxford English Dictionary...

Jamie Fraser Wants You . . . to Pay Attention to COP26!

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Oct 25, 20212 min read

Jamie Fraser Wants You . . . to Pay Attention to COP26!

Can you hear the bagpipes? Are your kilts ready? Are you watching Outlander on repeat? Is your IPCC report ready? Are you psyched about...

EPA Announces New Plan on Forever Chemicals

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Oct 19, 20212 min read

EPA Announces New Plan on Forever Chemicals

Attention Adventurers & Sparks: Monday, October 17, 2021, the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced a new plan to...

hwhite

Oct 17, 20212 min read

Why You Should Care about COP 26

Five reasons you should care about COP26.

Racial Justice & the Built Environment: Non-White Communities Suffer from Hotter Temperatures

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Oct 17, 20212 min read

Racial Justice & the Built Environment: Non-White Communities Suffer from Hotter Temperatures

Attention Sages & Philanthropists! "Money doesn't grow on trees but it is certainly concentrated underneath them across the U.S.,"...

The Climate Crisis is no longer a threat, it's reality. What now?

hwhite

Sep 4, 20212 min read

The Climate Crisis is no longer a threat, it's reality. What now?

"Eco-Anxiety" now means generalized anxiety about the state of the world. Now what?

How to Buy Carbon Offsets for Your Next Trip

hwhite

Jul 21, 20213 min read

How to Buy Carbon Offsets for Your Next Trip

Buying carbon offsets for your next trip is simple and can help create momentum for culture change for big climate solutions.

Fire Season: "Things Have Changed & We're In Uncharted Territory"

hwhite

Jun 25, 20212 min read

Fire Season: "Things Have Changed & We're In Uncharted Territory"

We are in unprecedented territory with respect to fire season, according to a MPR interview with a fire ecology professor.