OMNI CLIMATE
MEMO MONDAYS, #186, JULY 8, 2024. Compiled by Dick Bennett.
ORGANIZATIONS
FOR THE PEOPLE
UNESCO.
Students
for a Green New Deal.
Move to
Amend (corporations not persons).
UNESCO
Green
Citizens
A GLOBAL VOICE FOR
LOCAL ACTORS OF CHANGE. July 1, 2024
Dear UNESCO
Green Citizens Time to unwind and
explore! Our latest newsletter
edition is brimming with exciting updates, valuable insights, and handy tips
for sustainable travel! With the holiday season approaching for
many, let’s immerse ourselves in nature and reflect on how to protect
it. Welcome to this special edition about Biodiversity
Education. From building school greenhouses to cultivate sustainable
farming practices in Peru, to supporting schools near wildlife
habitats in Kenya, discover UNESCO Green Citizens projects
sparking environmental awareness in children around the
world. You’ll also find
exciting updates from our projects, including a TEDx talk all about zero
waste, the latest conservation news, and stories from community members such
as Pacha Light and Tamara Klink who
are leading the charge in environmental action. Finally, read on for the
latest from UNESCO news! Join us in celebrating
biodiversity and educating the next generation of environmental
stewards! Keep
reading to find out! |
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STUDENTS FOR A GREEN NEW
DEAL
Student-Led Climate Action Is Flourishing In Florida
By Nick Engelfried, Waging
Nonviolence. PopularResistance .org
(3-24-24). The University of Florida
made history last month when its student senate became the first at a public
university to pass a climate resolution in support of Green New Deal
policies. The “Green New Deal for UF” is a statement of support for bold,
progressive climate action put forward by students at a time when the far-right
holds a near monopoly on power in the state. “This is big news for the climate
movement at universities — not just in Florida, but everywhere,” said Cameron
Driggers, a UF freshman. “It’s a first of its kind resolution that pushes back
against the narrative that some... - more -
“Young people
push for a Green New Deal for schools across the U.S.” YCC TEAM FEBRUARY 23, 2024. AUDIO.
As a result of student activism, a
school district in Colorado will include climate change in the curriculum and
implement clean energy initiatives.Many young people want their schools to help prepare them
to face the climate crisis. So students
in the Sunrise Movement have been lobbying their local school boards
across the country to pass a Green New Deal for Schools. In the Boulder Valley School
District in Colorado, they
recently celebrated a win. Student
activist Tilly Testa says the new resolution requires the district to implement
clean energy initiatives, include climate change in the curriculum, and create
disaster plans. . . .
6-7-24 MOVE TO AMEND opposes corporate seizure of inalienable constitutional rights and corporate personhood and seeks to build a vibrant
democracy that values people over profits.
Controlling money creation has made giant (banking) corporations so
strong they have succeeded in corrupting the courts into highjacking our
constitutional rights. Corporations
now spend all they want on politicians and media, shielded from public
accountability. But it doesn’t have
to be this way! That is why we are working to firmly establish that money
is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations (including
banks), are persons entitled to constitutional rights as proposed in the We the People Amendment
(HJR 54). Since
its inception, we have grown into a coalition of hundreds of
organizations and hundreds of thousands of
individuals committed to social, environmental and economic justice and we
have achieved that by thinking outside the realm of what we’ve been taught to
believe is possible and exploring big questions as well as unsettling truths.
Please forward to friends and
officials.