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One Activist’s Mission to Protect our Planet and Break Free From Plastic
This week I had the pleasure of meeting an amazing human being. Brittany Theresa is the founder of #NoPlasticNOLA Movement as well as a mom who sees that our planet…
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Faces of the Future
The doorbell rings and hugs are gleefully exchanged between two teenage girls at the This is Zero Hour home base in Petworth, Washington D.C. What started as 16-year-old Seattle native…
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How Dakota Case and the Puyallup Nation are Protecting the Salish Sea
Dakota Case is from an urban tribe. This is not by choice, but because the city of Tacoma, Washington was built in and around the home of his ancestors —…
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This Aquarium Bootcamp Just Created One Thousand Plastic-Fighting Ocean Superheroes
Earlier this month, the first ever Ocean Heroes Bootcamp united youth leaders with high profile mentors like actor and activist Adrian Grenier, TV host Danni Washington, 5 Gyres co-founder and…
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Meet Anna, the 11-year-old Activist Saving the Ocean!
Greenpeace’s Oceans Director, John Hocevar, has an 11-year old niece named Anna. When Anna was little, she would spend hours asking John questions about the ocean. “Why are dolphins always…
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Technology in Activism: Amplifying Indigenous Injustice
In St. Petersburg Florida, “Creative demonstration” doesn’t even begin to explain how Campaign Coordinator Justin Morris chose to tell the story of stifled Indigenous voices in an ongoing battle for…
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Meet Mike, a Dedicated Greenpeace Activist!
Mike Cobb recently organized a benefit concert at a bar in Brooklyn, NY to fundraise for Greenpeace — and it was awesome! They had comedy, dance, and lots of live…
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Key Facts About Plastic Pollution
What is the current state of the plastic pollution crisis? About 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic has been produced since the 1950s – the weight of roughly a billion elephants…
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Three Reasons I’m Taking Pride in Being Green!
I didn’t exactly have the easiest coming out, but once you’re out, for me at least, the memories of being closeted recede further and further away until it’s sometimes hard…
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Pennsylvania’s Plastics Resistance
This week, the Break Free From Plastic coalition and Earthworks have launched the “Stopping Plastic Where it Starts Tour,” a two-week grassroots tour that will travel to Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania,…