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We are excited to introduce you to the Climate Reality Chapters/Branches who are sponsoring the 2020 International Climate Action Challenge Impact Summit!

Meet Climate Reality Chapters:

• Eagle County, Colorado
• Atlanta, Georgia,
• Newark, Delaware
• San Antonio, Texas
• and Calgary Climate Hub

Learn what they are doing. Discover how they are making a difference and how to get involved!

The Impact Summit is Dec 13-17, 2020 and includes challenger interviews, happy hours, and next steps intensives. Register to attend the Dec 13-17 Impact Summit for free at https://www.climateactionchallenge.net/summit.

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2020 International Climate Action Challenge Impact Summit

From September 1 to November 30, over 100 challengers took up the charge to make an impact...fast! Hear what they've achieved in the Impact Summit, December 13 - 17, 2020.

In this podcast, Joan gives a preview of the summit schedule and sponsorship opportunities. Learn more at www.climateactionchallenge.net

The Philippines is very low on the carbon emission scale and yet is one of the countries with the highest risk for experiencing issues from climate change. Tune in for my chat with Dann Diez, SEED4COM Founder, and CEO, to hear how they are responding and what all of us can do. 

Typhoons, flooding, solar lamps, and gardens

Let's talk issues and solutions with Dann Diez, founder of SEED4COM

- Responding to Typhoons Rolly & Ulysses with flooding at depths of 5 meters in the Luzon area

- With every disaster: energy access, food, and communications are issues

- With flooding, lots of plastic trash washes us. Looking to build housing from eco trash with eco bricks

- Partnering with Eagle Scouts to build solar lamps. These are built and repaired in the communities

The Philippines is one of the most at-risk countries from the climate crisis, though they are low on carbon emission output. https://www.amnesty.org.uk/philippines-country-most-risk-climate-crisis

As a mentor in the 2020 International Climate Action Challenge, Dann is working with Earth Fairies and Juan for Nature as part of the Philippines Food Gardens Movement

https://www.facebook.com/foodgardensmovementPH/

https://www.facebook.com/SEED4Com/photos/a.696199917083399/3470419182994778/

2020 International Climate Action Challenge https://www.climateactionchallenge.net 

Green Team Academy Podcast

https://greenteamacademy.com/99-dann-diez-climate-justice-philippines/

How can you create a sustainability nonprofit or a business, that is sustainable for you?

Many people run into the problem of creating a startup that ends up wearing them down, instead of energizing them. Tune in to my discussion with business and communications strategist, Ashlee Tate, to learn how to avoid the common mistakes, so you can create a life you’ll love.

Register for the Dec 13-17 Impact Summit at https://www.climateactionchallenge.net/summit

Half of the earth’s shallow-water corals have disappeared in the past 30 years. The remaining half is at risk of disappearing in the next few decades. What can be done?

Tune in for my interview with Jolyon Collier to find out how Counting Coral uses coral sculptures to transform the relationship between communities and protect coral reefs.

https://www.countingcoral.com/

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Register for the Dec 13 - 17 Impact Summit

Meet the featured challengers from the 2020 International Climate Action Challenge and find out how you can make a big eco-impact fast!

https://www.climateactionchallenge.net/summit

 

We are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction. Yet, biodiversity loss often fails to get as much attention as pollution, climate change, or other environmental issues.

What can be done to raise awareness? How can we prevent and reverse the collapse of ecosystems and restore biodiversity?

Tune in for a discussion with Derrick Mugisha, Earth Day Africa Director and Coordinator of the Uganda Biodiversity Youth Network.

Derrick shares findings from recent biodiversity reports and the big ideas in the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Discover how to take action with Restore Our Earth, the Earth Day 2021 theme.

2020 International Climate Action Challenge

Derrick is a mentor with the 2020 International Climate Action Challenge. Meet the mentors and challengers, and register for free to attend the Impact Summit at https://www.climateactionchallenge.net

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Shaina Oliver is an Indigenous Peoples' Rights Advocate and Field Organizer Moms Clean Air Force In this live podcast episode, Shaina shares how you can make a difference by testifying at hearings and understanding what the different commissions are doing that impact air quality. This is an important way we can all work to improve conditions for less-affluent neighborhoods and communities of color.

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Take Action with Moms Clean Air Force at https://www.momscleanairforce.org/petitions/.

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Shaina Oliver, a tribal member of the Navajo Nation from Shiprock, New Mexico, is an advocate for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights. In 2015, after the EPA’s toxic mine spill affecting the Animas and San Juan Rivers, which supply water to the Navajo Nation, Shaina became more aware that the environmental disasters that happen in Colorado—where she now lives with her husband and four boys—also impact her tribe’s well-being and future. Shaina began to feel her responsibility to do her part as a mother, aunt, sister, descendant, and survivor of genocide. Living in northeast Denver, Shaina is just south of the Suncor refinery. Sometimes she and her family can’t step outside for a breath of fresh air. On very cold days, her asthma flares, and she must be cautious and stay indoors. She worries about her youngest son, who has more allergies than his older brothers—allergies that may be asthma-related. Testifying with Moms Clean Air Force at EPA hearings and in support of environmental bills at the U.S. Capitol is one important way Shaina lives up to her responsibility to protect all living beings and secure a future for all children. https://www.momscleanairforce.org/state-chapters/colorado/

Should Denver residents vote yes on Proposition 2A: Climate Action Sales Tax?

Tune in for a discussion with Sebastian Andrews and Jasmin Barco to dig into the details. Climate Action Denver FAQ's https://climateactiondenver.com/faqs

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Background: In 2019, the Mayor of Denver created an Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, & Resiliency to prepare the city for the future. A Climate Action Task Force with 26 community representatives spent the first several months of 2020 gathering data and community feedback to create a Climate Action Plan for Denver. On the November ballot, 2A is a small sales tax increase in order to begin to fund the work that has been laid out in the plan to create a greener, more resilient city. Learn more about the report and the ballot initiative that will put Denver in a position to be a leader on climate issues. Support the podcast! Become a member on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/greenteamacademy

Think you can’t find the green career of your dreams during a pandemic? Think again!
Join me to hear from Lisa Yee-Litzenberg, Green Career Advisor. Lisa shares her insights as a green career coach and advice from job seekers who secured green jobs and internships during the pandemic.   Lisa will be sharing the tips from recent successful job seekers:
Where do you find jobs?
What got you hired?
How did you make yourself stand out from other candidates?
What sectors had the most green job opportunities?   View complete show notes at  https://greenteamacademy.com/095-find-a-green-job-during-challenging-times/   Resources:
Finding a Green Job During Challenging Times, Linked In, Lisa Yee-Litzenberghttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/finding-green-job-during-challenging-times-lisa-yee-litzenberg-gcdf/
Green Career Advisor, LLChttp://www.greencareeradvisor.com/

What's one simple thing you can do to help heal the racial divide? Albert Kueffner shares his initiative to get more people talking with each other in this episode of the Green Team Academy Podcast Live.

 Hear how the idea is taking off in faith communities and opening up shared housing opportunities to benefit all.

Albert is a challenger and mentor with the 2020 International Climate Action Challenge. www.climateactionchallenge.net

Albert Kueffner is an avid eco-justice advocate member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, CA. From 2010 until COVID-19 he did outreach and recruitment for Western Service Workers in West Oakland, and played key roles in the successful Faith Against Fracking and No Coal in Oakland campaigns.