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THE SERVICE SUPERPOWER BLOG

Jun 6
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
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

Fridays are for Welcoming Everyone into the Climate Movement

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Apr 1
2 min

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Fridays are for Welcoming Everyone into the Climate Movement

Get Involved in Climate action today by identify YOUR strengths in service.

Leslie Gonzalez Everett

Feb 22
3 min

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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

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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

A Green Recovery: Build Back Better Bill Passes the House

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Nov 23, 2021
2 min

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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 4, 2021
3 min

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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, "

emilynfowler

Nov 2, 2021
3 min

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All Souls/Daily Practice

All Souls Day in my home. How do we want to be remembered? What world are we creating for the next generation?

emilynfowler

Oct 25, 2021
1 min

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Welcome to the Dictionary, Eco-Anxiety

Just in time for Glasgow & COP26, the climate world (and OneGreenThing community) got a bit of a nod from the Oxford English Dictionary when the publication's quarterly update included a dozen climate related terms. More than simply a resource, the Oxford English Dictionary has been the last word on words in the English language for over a century. Updates are reflections of the evolution of the language as well as society. Notable for the OneGreenThing team: eco-anxiety made

emilynfowler

Sep 15, 2021
4 min

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The Data & The Kids Don't Lie

This week a major study of 10,000 young people from 10 different countries published in The Lancet Planetary Health Journal made clear what my boss, OneGreenThing Founder & CEO Heather White, has been saying for years: eco-anxiety is real, widespread and the kids know it. According to an article by CNBC's Vicky McKeever, the study, led by academics from the U.K.'s University of Bath and the Stanford Center for Innovation in Public Health, revealed respondents, aged 16-25, fee

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Jul 8, 2021
2 min

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The Revolutionary Concept of Joy

Joy is a revolutionary concept that we can apply to climate action.

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Jul 1, 2021
2 min

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Courage & Climate Action

Courage starts with small steps. So does climate action. Your daily practice of sustainability can inspire others.

You Belong on the Mountain: Finding Your Space in the Climate Movement

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Jun 18, 2021
2 min

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You Belong on the Mountain: Finding Your Space in the Climate Movement

My #OneGreenThing is remembering this adventure - climbing Mt Kilimanjaro 25 years ago. I was studying international environmental law in Nairobi. I boarded a bus to Arusha and started my climb. Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. 1997. I'm in the green, of course! I wasn’t a “climber” - I was a policy geek. Translation - not that fit. But Kili was a different kind of climb. It’s basically a walk up. The guides told us to go slowly to acclimate to the lack of oxygen at higher elevatio

Is Eco-Anxiety Part of Modern Existence?

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Apr 3, 2021
2 min

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Is Eco-Anxiety Part of Modern Existence?

I recently gave a talk and participated in a roundtable discussion on eco-anxiety at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina. I explained my research and also connected with college students about their experience. They all were experiencing anxiety about the future -- especially as it relates to the environment -- and shared their intense feelings. I talked about starting my new nonprofit organization in November 2020 OneGreenThing, and my plans to launch it around Eart