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Events, Water Planet Challenge, Everything You Do Makes a Difference, What You Do, Youth In Action
Defend Your Drain Webinar with Philippe Cousteau and Seventh Generation Foundation’s John Replogle
Did you realize that everything you send down the drain—including things that you wash off your body or that first pass through your body—can end up back in local waterways, the ocean, and even the water supply?
Join EarthEcho International and Seventh Generation Foundation for an Earth Month webinar that explores the connections between everyday products and the health of our water planet. This lively panel discussion—which will include EarthEcho’s Philippe Cousteau and Seventh Generation’s John Replogle—will address toxins often found in personal and home care products, the impacts these have on marine environments, and how youth can take action to bring about meaningful change. Learn how to defend your drain and enter the Campaign for a Toxin Free Generation video contest with a chance to win fantastic prizes.
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Everything You Do Makes a Difference, Media, Youth In Action
Philippe Cousteau answers your ocean questions
Click the link to check out the videos below to see environmental advocate Philippe Cousteau, Jr. answering four questions about oceans asked by at Global Conversations: Our Planet fans from around the world.
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WPC Action Areas, Marine Debris, Stories, Everything You Do Makes a Difference, What You Do, Youth In Action
Sean Russell, Stow It-Don’t Throw It
Sean Russell is the Project Director for the Stow It-Don’t Throw It Project, a youth-driven marine debris prevention and ocean conservation initiative dedicated to protecting marine environments and their inhabitants. In 2012 alone, Stow It-Don’t Throw It assembled and distributed 2,565 personal-sized monofilament fishing line recycling containers, made from repurposed tennis ball containers, activating 550 youth volunteers in the process.
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Everything You Do Makes a Difference, What You Eat
LA ‘Meatless Mondays’: Los Angeles City Council Endorses Healthier Eating Habits
From the City Council that declared war on trans-fats and fast-food restaurants comes the latest way to make residents feel, well, guilty about what they eat. The Los Angeles council, in a 14-0 vote on Friday, adopted a resolution urging residents to adopt a personal pledge to have a "meatless Monday." While it does not have the force of law and police will not be checking what you brought to work for lunch, city officials said they hope it will start a trend, make residents healthier and reduce the impact on the environment.
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EarthEcho Updates, Everything You Do Makes a Difference, What You Buy
Make a Splash! A Kid’s Guide to Protecting Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, & Wetlands
From service learning expert Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A., and environmental advocate Philippe Cousteau with EarthEcho International, comes an opportunity for kids to shape the future of the planet. In their new book, Make a Splash! A Kid’s Guide to Protecting Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, & Wetlands (Free Spirit Publishing, $13.99), Kaye and Cousteau reveal facts about our waters, their inhabitants, and the threats they face, while presenting inspiring stories of kids in action around the globe and practical tips and ideas for making a difference.
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Everything You Do Makes a Difference, What You Buy, What You Do, Youth In Action
“The Big CleanUP” Recycling Contest is a Big Success
TerraCycle Founder and CEO, Tom Szaky, and environmental advocate and Co-Founder of EarthEcho International, Philippe Cousteau Jr., partnered in June to sponsor a summer-long challenge designed to engage youth in tackling the growing issue of ocean debris. The results were fantastic with an astounding 400,000+ pieces of packaging collected from 47 different participating schools and organizations.
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Events, Water Planet Challenge, Everything You Do Makes a Difference, What You Do, Youth In Action
Cutting Through a Sea of Excuses: Equipping Youth to Save the Ocean
When confronting the issue of ocean debris and pollution, it’s easy to become overwhelmed and find a quick excuse to focus on something else, anything else, other than the cold hard facts. It’s an understandable impulse because the problem isn’t pretty and it’s getting worse. The issue of plastic debris in the ocean is startling on its own. A United Nations study found that every square mile of the ocean has approximately 46,000 pieces of floating plastic in it.
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Everything You Do Makes a Difference, How You're Powered
Winner of American University’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking’s Eco-Comedy Video Announced
The Center for Environmental Film Making at American University recently announced the winner of its annual Eco-Comedy Video Competion. The center, headed by distignished film producer in residence Chris Palmer, annouced Alexander Lucas as the winner with his video "Clean Coal" by the Bituminous Marketing Company. The annual contest is open to anyone who prepares a short, funny video for YouTube, which communicates a clear message about clean energy and/or green jobs.
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Everything You Do Makes a Difference, What You Do, Youth In Action
Apply for the 2012 GenerationOn Youth Advisory Council today
GenerationOn is now seeking 12 youth (ages 13-18) who are passionate about making a difference in their communities for the next generationOn Youth Advisory Council. These 12 youth leaders will act as ambassadors and advisors to generationOn and serve as role models for other youth in their communities.
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Everything You Do Makes a Difference, What You Do, Youth In Action
Students Bring Awareness to Lake Erie Algal Blooms
Jim Trogdon's middle school student's have been hard at work learning about environmental issues in their community and taking action to help our water planet. Does your classroom have a story you'd like us to feature? E-mail us at info@earthecho.org! -- The summer 2011 algal bloom outbreak in the western section of Lake Erie was the worst that has ever been recorded according to a new report by the National Wildlife Federation. Researchers have different opinions on what caused this “perfect storm” of algal growth this summer, but all agree that immediate action must take place to prevent this from happening again. Akron’s Coventry Middle School students have been studying this environmental catastrophe through their Disney Planet Challenge project, What is an algal bloom?...You are about to enter the Dead Zone! Disney’s Planet Challenge (DPC) is a project-based learning …
