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Navigating Climate Justice: Empowering BIPOC Youth with Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing

NonProfit Quarterly

14 However, human activities such as burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, landfills, toxic agricultural practices, and transportation have increased the natural rate of these gases in the atmosphere. Educational institutions and industry leaders must actively work to dismantle systemic racism. degrees Fahrenheit (or about 1.36

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Tackling Eco-Anxiety Through Experiential Education

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Taking Action Beyond Activism As researchers continue delving into the topic, a growing amount of evidence suggests taking action can help significantly in mitigating climate distress, particularly before it becomes clinically significant. In 2019, the Global Climate Strike saw over 7.6 million people participate across 185 countries.

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Bringing Climate into the Classroom: New Hampshire Students Push for Increased Climate Literacy

NonProfit Quarterly

12 The resolution calls on the curriculum to provide guidance for educators on how best to incorporate a wide breadth of climate change information into their lessons as well as to inform students about jobs in the environmental space. 33 “Unfortunately, not a lot of my peers are that engaged in climate activism….They

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The EPA Launches Final Strategy on Lead Mitigation

NonProfit Quarterly

One of the stated goals of that report was to “identify communities with high lead exposures and improve their health outcomes.” Even small amounts of lead can lead to severe adverse health effects in children , including issues with learning, brain and nervous system development, hearing and speech, and arrested growth.

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Can Universities Build Community? A Conference Explores Possible Paths

NonProfit Quarterly

Universities, as Baldwin has detailed , turn their research into lucrative commercial goods and patents in a range of fields, from the pharmaceutical industries and software products to health services and military defense weaponry. A key activity was holding monthly potlucks to build trust among community members.

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Marine Mammal Medicine and Pathology Veterinary Internship

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Location of Position: Marin Headlands, Sausalito, California Reports to : Clinical Veterinarian, Emily Whitmer Position Classification: Full-time, One-year position Benefits: Full benefits including health insurance through UC Davis. OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY The Marine Mammal Center actively engages individuals from all backgrounds.

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Change Your Life, Career, Future: Why and How Starts Here and Now With Intentioning

Fundraising Leadership

The thing most trainings don’t teach is how you have to think differently as you ascend in your leadership journey,” Feldt says. With a curriculum that is innovative and responsive to the input of the community, Feldt says a key value to the series is the wisdom and energy of others.