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Don’t give Congress a Break this Recess!
Educators agree that allowing children a recess during the school day gives them a needed break, a chance to socialize and play. We need to make sure that during this Congressional Recess our elected...
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Focusing the Heartland on a Clean Energy Future
From St. Louis and Philadelphia, to Columbus and Denver, Focus the Nation‘s Clean Energy Town Halls bring youth, community members and elected officials together to find clean energy solutions and plan...
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April: The Turning Point in the Climate Movement
Co-authored by Mollie Ruskin and Mark Kimbrell On Tuesday morning Markese Bryant woke up in his Atlanta apartment, quieted his nerves, and attempted to go about his day as if it were any normal school...
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From Coal to Copenhagen: An Opportunity for Leadership
This April, the roots of leadership were laid in the Climate movement. From Powershift to the FTN Town Hall Campaign, young people across the country moved into positions of leadership, and engaged...
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Brita Climate Ride – Sept 26 to 30
This year’s 2nd annual Brita Climate Ride and “climate conference on wheels” will see 200 cyclists pedal 300 miles from New York City to the US Capitol in Washington DC to raise money and awareness to...
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Change We Can Really Believe In!
The youth climate movement is being bombarded with advice and criticism from all directions! Whether it’s Thomas Friedman bemoaning our generation to get off the “facebook” and into some “faces,” or...
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Thinking About Running for Office? “Just Do It!” Says One of Oregon’s...
This is an excerpt from a podcast and interview I just posted with Oregon State Representative Jules Kopel-Bailey. A young, passionate and pretty brilliant legislator, Representative Bailey is a clean...
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Clean Energy Forums are popping up in target states across the country. What...
Cross posted from grist: From coast to coast, teams of young volunteers are organizing Clean Energy Forums. As part of Focus the Nation‘s campaign Community and the Road to Copenhagen, young...
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COP15: From the streets to the meeting room with Todd Stern and Jonathan...
Cross-posted from Watthead.org Guest Post by Garett Brennan, Executive Director- Focus the Nation The other morning, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) released their AOSIS Text. The first...
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Iowa City promotes environmental education in local high schools
Cross-posted from Solutionaries.net by Kerri Sorrell Focus often eludes high school students with seven different classes covering seven different subjects and too much homework to jam in their...
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