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Is Climate Change to Blame for Food Inflation?
…I’ve seen similar signs and similarly vacant egg coolers at a variety of grocery stores around town. Bird Flu! Is bird flu a consequence of our changing climate? In part, yes, and we should expect continued fluctuations in grocery prices because of it…
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Empowering Youth Leadership: Our New Partnership with Project Green Schools
We’re excited to announce our new partnership with Project Green Schools, an organization dedicated to developing the next generation of environmental leaders…
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Sparking Climate Conversations: The “Climate at the Dinner Table” Skit Kit
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the ‘Climate at the Dinner Table’ skit kit! Are you looking for ways to talk about climate that are positive and engaging? Our new skit toolkit is for you and anyone passionate about using the power of performance to move climate action forward…
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Community Resilience and COVID-19
This week everyone’s attention is focused on COVID-19 and the spread of this particular coronavirus. Our hearts go out to those who have lost loved ones; to those who are sick and in isolation; to the healthcare workers who continue to do their jobs while putting themselves in harm’s way; and to all in authority…
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American Climate Leadership Summit 2020 Rescheduled
In the interest of our individual and collective health and wellbeing, ecoAmerica is rescheduling the American Climate Leadership Summit to August 26-27, 2020. Given current guidance on COVID-19, and the input from ACLS 2020 partners and speakers, we believe this reschedule is the most responsible and favored decision. All who attend ACLS value the in-person…
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Bringing Climate Into Our Conversations
I recently had the opportunity to attend a lecture at Davidson College by renowned climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. These days I speak about climate a lot, and when it comes to the actual science I always preface my remarks, “I am not a climate scientist.” Then I give a brief overview of the changes that…
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Reflecting and Re-charging for Climate Action in 2020
The beginning of a new year is a time for reflection, re-charging, and goal setting. Reflection leads to some negative realities: the COP 25 meetings last month in Madrid were labelled a failure by many; we are seeing devastating images of the worst fires Australia has seen, exacerbated greatly by the warming climate; and the…
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Join us at the American Climate Leadership Summit 2020
At the American Climate Leadership Summit 2019, you gained insights and inspiration from America’s foremost visionaries and industry experts, and collaborated with your peers on strategies to transform climate action into a true national priority. The American Climate Leadership Summit 2020 (ACLS 2020) is coming soon! We hope you’ll join us on March 25…
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Climate Ambition for 2020
The year 2019 is drawing to a close. Delegates from around the world are gathering in Madrid for the COP 25 talks. In his address to the attendees, UN Secretary General Guterres spoke about the failure of many countries to limit their emissions and to act with enough urgency. He warned that climate change is…
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Holiday Travel and Offsets
Guest blog from our Path to Positive partner in L.A., Jonathan Parfrey, with Climate Resolve: In September, Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist, sailed across the Atlantic to attend the UN Climate Action Summit in New York. She didn’t take an airplane — which happens to be the most carbon-intensive thing regular people do. Instead,…
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A Time to Give Thanks
It is a month of Thanksgiving. In the realm of climate action, that means we need to acknowledge that a number of America’s cities are doing great work in stepping up to the plate on climate action. We are thankful that cities are moving forward, and are changing the way they grow and build, in…
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Surprising Successes in Utah
Last month, youth and community leaders from all over the world met in Salt Lake City to convene on Building Inclusive and Sustainable Cities and to agree on a resolution for UN member states to use as guidance to their future actions as part of its 68th Civil Society Conference. On climate, the resolution urges…
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When Politics, Science, and Faith Come Together
This blog is a collaboration between the National League of Cities and Path to Positive: For many world religions, a respect for nature and a desire to care for our planet lies at the heart of their practices and rituals. In 2015, Pope Francis surprised the world with Laudato Si, a papal encyclical on “care…
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Why Some Americans Don’t Worry About Climate Change
National polling data — including ecoAmerica’s — reveals that the vast majority of Americans are concerned about our changing climate. But there remain a staunch group of Americans who believe that the science is wrong, that the crisis is manufactured, and that we do not need to take action to change anything. The Americans who…