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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Releases Green New Deal Outline With the pandemic taking center stage, it seems like eons ago when AOC released the Green New Deal in February of 2019. She said, “It could be part of a larger solution, but no one has actually scoped out what that larger solution would entail. And so…

Finland’s Prime Minister, Sanna Marin “The Government is committed to taking action that will create a path towards a carbon neutral Finland by 2035. Climate change is the greatest threat to humankind. Instead, the fight against climate change offers opportunities for Finland to create viability, growth, employment and wellbeing. The transition into a carbon neutral society will be…

Greenpeace Executive Director, Jennifer Morgan Greenpeace’s Jennifer Morgan has said that “multilateralism can make a real difference in finding solutions. And these are valuable lessons as we turn to the bigger crisis upon us, the climate crisis.” In just five years, Morgan has been promoted from head of regulated businesses at SAP to overseeing all of…

Swedish Environmental Activist, Greta Thunberg  “The climate and ecological crisis can unfortunately no longer be solved within today’s systems,” said Greta Thunberg to the Davos Group in January. Thunberg, a Swedish teen and worldwide phenomenon, is now 18 years old and has become internationally known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action against climate change….

American Poet and Activist, Amanda Gorman​ 22-year-old poet Amanda Gorman “stole the show” for her dramatic reading of her six-minute “The Hill We Climb” poem on January 20 before a global TV and online inauguration day audience. The poem celebrates the U.S. not as a “perfect union,” but as a country that has the grit…

Recycling is Broken. How can we fix it? Do you try to recycle all your plastic – or even some of it?What if we said you could we be doing something else instead of recycling plastic? Remember the 3R’s – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle? You can REDUCE the amount of plastic you use by adding another R =…