The IPCC Synthesis Report: 3 Big Takeaways
Three Big Takeaways from the IPCC Synthesis report. Climate change is real. The time for action is now. We have the solutions and must act.
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- Jan 18
- 1 min
New Year, New Take on Climate Action
Announcing our 2023 OGT interactive online workshops on climate action & reducing eco-anxiety.
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- Jan 16
- 2 min
2022: Gratitude in Action
2022 was a break out year for our start up nonprofit. Learn more about our "wins" as we celebrate the year ahead.
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- Dec 20, 2022
- 5 min
Sustainable Holiday Hacks: 5 Ways to Have a Happy Holiday Season with Less Hassle
It's the most wonderful time of the year when we reflect on the importance of family, friends, and joy. All the hustle and bustle often means that we create a lot of excess. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, Americans generate an additional 1 million tons of household waste, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The biggest contributors? Online shopping and associated packaging, decorative wrapping gifts and boxes, and food waste are the biggest problems. They
hwhite
- Nov 17, 2022
- 1 min
Be An Awesome Ancestor
It's time to start thinking of ourselves as ancestors. Take the Awesome Ancestor pledge and download our discussion guide.
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- Oct 20, 2022
- 2 min
Why Your Actions Matter in the Climate Emergency
Individual climate action matters. But it's not about your carbon footprint. You are a driver of culture change for big climate solutions.
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- Aug 28, 2022
- 1 min
Self-Care by Service Superpower
Self-Care is essential to climate action. Pass on these ideas for self-care via your Service Superpower, a perfect #onegreenthing for today.
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- Aug 24, 2022
- 2 min
Antique Books, Parks & Thinking Beyond Your Age
Our #onegreenthing today is contemplating one of our key principles- "Think Beyond Your Age." This antique book about Yellowstone was published in 1923. While it contains very outdated concepts and language, it's also a testament to the power of public lands, adventures in the outdoors, and the beauty of nature. As we celebrate Yellowstone's 150th Anniversary this year, we acknowledge that the land was and still is sacred hunting grounds for more than 26 Native American tribe
hwhite
- Aug 8, 2022
- 3 min
Historic Climate Win in the Senate!
Historic win for climate action in the United States Senate with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Hudson Baker
- Jun 16, 2022
- 2 min
A Quadrillionth? EPA finds essentially no safe level of "forever chemicals" PFOA & PFOS
EPA issues advisory opinion basically stating that there is virtually no safe limit of forever chemicals.
emilynfowler
- Jun 6, 2022
- 1 min
Service Superpower: The Beacon
Take the Service Superpower Assessment & begin your journey. Are you a BEACON? You speak truth to power. You possess a strong sense of justice and work to empower others. You are often the one at the podium or with the megaphone. You encourage friends to stand up, speak out, and take action. You are a natural organizer with a unique ability to articulate a clear, bold vision for the future, and an unwavering commitment to the underdog. You have so much to give the OneGreenThi
Emily Fowler
- Jun 6, 2022
- 1 min
Service Superpower - The Adventurer
Take the Service Superpower Assessment & begin your journey. Are you the Adventurer? You experience the outdoors through new challenges and hands on learning. You embrace the physicality of time outside and give family and friends opportunities to stretch their minds and bodies through nature. You are highly creative and have a hard time sitting still. You are a natural teacher and coach. You are a calculated risk-taker and excel at logistics. As an Adventurer, you have so m
emilynfowler
- Apr 17, 2022
- 1 min
OneGreenThing - Beginnings
As we countdown to the release of our CEO/Founder Heather's debut book, One Green Thing: Discover Your Hidden Power to Help Save the Planet, we are taking a look back - WAY BACK - to the origins of the idea for OneGreenThing. Take a peek at the origins of this idea from 3 decades ago. . . #ecoanxiety #climateanxiety #wellness #climateaction
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- Mar 31, 2022
- 2 min
Fridays are for Welcoming Everyone into the Climate Movement
Get Involved in Climate action today by identify YOUR strengths in service.
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- Feb 28, 2022
- 2 min
New IPCC Report Warns about Eco-Anxiety
Today the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a new report about the impacts of the climate crisis globally. The report warns that we "will miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all," if we don't act quickly and globally on global warming. The United Nations Chief called the report "an atlas of human suffering," as it details biodiversity loss, measures impacts on global communities, a
Leslie Gonzalez Everett
- Feb 22, 2022
- 3 min
The Atomic Power of OneGreenThing
By Leslie Gonzalez Everett, OGT National Advisory Council Member I had a great conversation with my sister recently. We talked about the “ists” and the “isms”; Perfectionist/Perfectionism, Activist/Activism, Environmentalist/ Environmentalism. The gist of the conversation was this: Our cultural tendency toward perfectionism often inhibits us from seeing ourselves in certain roles because we don’t execute them “perfectly” even though through our actions we have evidence of
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- Dec 12, 2021
- 2 min
The Black Box for the Planet
Yes, you read that right. On Saturday, December 11th, 2021, Washington Post reporter Sammy Westfall shared the dimensions of the 33-foot long indestructible "black box," which will record climate data for future generations. You know, in case we don't make it. Like a black box for an airplane, the Earth's Black Box will reside in the Tasmanian desert. Its algorithm will record more than 500 metrics, including atmospheric carbon, weather-related data, and news headlines from a
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- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
A Green Recovery: Build Back Better Bill Passes the House
On November, 19, 2021, the House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better legislation, H.R. 5376 in a vote of 220-212, that includes two trillion dollars worth of spending on social programs like universal pre-K, prescription drugs, and Medicare expansion and $550 billion on climate change. The legislation will face huge hurdles in the United States Senate; nonetheless, its passage is historic. The Build Back Better Act invests more than $550 billion in climate action
emilynfowler
- Nov 19, 2021
- 2 min
Listening to Gen Alpha
Climate change is front & center according to a new survey including members of Generation Alpha, children born since 2010, from The Week Junior and YouGov. In the report, 29% of respondents say we must protect wildlife, ensure there is clean water and air, and reduce climate change. Only the value of a good education ranked higher in the survey. With a quarter of respondents feeling hopeful and a similar number feeling inspired to make a difference, the message is loud and
emilynfowler
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
A Growing Wave
A call for climate policy solutions that begin with YOU. A new report shows that mental health should factor into #COP26 negotiations and policy action at every level - from the home to communities to national & international action. Mental Health and Our Changing Climate, released today by the American Psychological Association & ecoAmerica, features the effects of climate change on mental health, the inequitable impacts, and how policymakers can respond. The report notes, "
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