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Rapper Prince Ea’s Viral Video Tells Future Generations ‘Sorry’

Rapper Prince Ea’s Viral Video Tells Future Generations ‘Sorry’

Activist and spoken word artist Prince Ea has released his newest video, “Dear Future Generations: Sorry,” to urge young people to take immediate action to stop climate change. His previous videos have become viral sensations and his latest is no different. It was released on April 20 to coincide with Earth Day and garnered 28 million views on Facebook in the first two […]

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    World Premiere of Chloe & Theo and Its Extraordinary Behind-the-Scenes Story

    World Premiere of Chloe & Theo and Its Extraordinary Behind-the-Scenes Story

    Connect4Climate hosted the world premiere of Chloe & Theo Wednesday night, a film demonstrating how storytelling motivates people to do extraordinary things. In the film, a homeless girl (Dakota Johnson star of 50 Shades of Grey) befriends an Inuit, who has traveled to New York City from his tiny Arctic hometown with a big message […]

    School Kids Weigh in on Helping the Planet at Earth Day Festivities in DC

    School Kids Weigh in on Helping the Planet at Earth Day Festivities in DC

    Some of the smallest visitors to the Alcantara Magic Garden-Connect4Climate pavilion for the Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day had big ideas about climate. The Alcantara Magic Garden-Connect4Climate pavilion is powered by the first solar panel field in the National Mall in Washington, DC constructed by Building Energy. Kids #TakeOn climate at the Alcantara Magic Garden-Connect4Climate pavilion for the Global […]

    Chloe & Theo Embodies the Power of Storytelling

    Chloe & Theo Embodies the Power of Storytelling

    I’m always amazed at how a good story can move people. I was reminded of this again while watching the world premiere of Chloe & Theo, a film in which a homeless girl befriends an Inuit who travels to New York City from his tiny village in the Arctic to deliver an important message: “My […]

    Divest From Fossil Fuels Movement Explodes Across the U.S.

    Divest From Fossil Fuels Movement Explodes Across the U.S.

    Many students have vowed to ramp up their divestment campaigns at universities across America this spring. One group who has garnered much media attention is Divest Harvard, which is wrapping up a week-long campaign known as “Harvard Heat Week.” Harvard has the largest endowment of any university in the world at $36.4 billion, and hundreds of alumni including Bill McKibben, founder […]

    NOAA: Overfished Stocks on the Rebound

    NOAA: Overfished Stocks on the Rebound

    The number of U.S. domestic fishing stocks listed as overfished or threatened by overfishing declined to the fewest number since 1997, according to the 2014 Status of U.S. Fisheries report to Congress from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA has only been compiling the report since 1997, so that’s the lowest number yet, which indicates significant […]

    Toxic Smog Puts Cancer as Leading Cause of Death in China

    Toxic Smog Puts Cancer as Leading Cause of Death in China

    Beijing’s 21-million residents live in a toxic fog of particulate matter, ozone, sulphur dioxide, mercury, cadmium, lead and other contaminants, mainly caused by factories and coal burning. Schools and workplaces regularly shut down when pollution exceeds hazardous levels. People have exchanged paper and cotton masks for more elaborate, filtered respirators. Cancer has become the leading […]

    9 States Report Record Low Snowpack Amid Epic Drought

    9 States Report Record Low Snowpack Amid Epic Drought

    California gets most of the attention in drought news coverage because so much of the state is in exceptional drought—the highest level—but 72 percent of the Western U.S. is experiencing drought conditions, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor data. 72 percent of the West is experiencing drought conditions and 25 percent is in extreme or exceptional drought. […]