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April 22, 2020
April 19, 2020
Is fungus the answer to climate change? Student who grew a mushroom canoe says yes.
“Mushrooms are here to help us — they’re a gift,” college student Katy Ayers said. “They’re our biggest ally for helping the environment.”
At first glance, her 8-foot vessel looks much like any other canoe — same oblong shape, same pointed ends, same ability to float on water. But upon closer inspection, it’s clearly anything but ordinary: Ayers’ canoe is made out of mushrooms. Read More
March 18, 2020
The Experiment - Prequel to the Romance Horror Trilogy Sweet...
The Experiment - Prequel to the Romance Horror Trilogy Sweet Desire, Wicked Fate - The Experiment (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/3JYPsZjaY4
A Prequel to the Young Adult Romance Horror Trilogy Sweet Desire, Wicked Fate
Hiding from the world was the only life Violet had ever known. What other choice did a genetic experiment who happened to resemble a fairy have? If found, she would be killed and dissected. Wouldn’t she? After a lifetime of living in the shadows, Violet was about to find out.
Thrust into a world beyond the four wall she’d always known as home, Violet has to fend for herself. Staying out of sight is vital to her survival, but maybe being found is just what Violet needs to discover herself.
March 1, 2020
If you are 18+ yrs old, honor your foremothers and vote
The woman suffrage parade of 1913, officially the Woman Suffrage Procession, was the first suffragist parade in Washington, D.C. It was also the first large, organized march on Washington for political purposes. The procession was organized by the suffragists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns for the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA).
February 25, 2020
Greta Thunberg and Malala Yousafzai meet at Oxford University
The teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has met Malala Yousafzai at the University of Oxford where the Nobel peace prize winner is a student. Both shot to worldwide fame after standing up for major global issues: the climate crisis and women’s education. Read more…
Yousafzai posted a photo of herself with Thunberg on Instagram. Photograph: Instagram
February 7, 2020
February 1, 2020
Column: Thanks to Thunberg, 101-year-old makes a stand against climate change
Normally I post stories about inspiring young people. But I believe being young at heart is an excellent reason to be acknowledged. With that said, meet 101 year-young Marian Sachs.
“I am 101 years old and live in an assisted living facility,” Sachs wrote, saying that she was inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg’s activism on climate change. “There is not much we seniors can do to help,” Sachs wrote. “However, I have thought perhaps we could observe one meatless day a week in our dining room. The proposal has met with remarkable acceptance by our residents.”
Her hero Thunberg, 84 years her junior, has stared down complacent world leaders and exclaimed, “How dare you … entire ecosystems are collapsing.” But Sachs — whose home is a gallery of the wildlife painting she took up as a hobby — did not want to talk politics.
“I’m rendered speechless,” Sachs said. “Don’t get me stirred up.”
Photo of Marion Marx, left, and Marian Sachs, 101 years-young
Sachs told me she recognized that she and her fellow residents couldn’t change the world on their own, but doing nothing is not an option. The meat-free menu was all she could think of, and her neighbor and friend Marion Marx embraced the idea.
“We have to do something,” said Marx, “or we’re going to be in dire straits.”
Less meat means lower methane emissions, said Sachs. And if we don’t keep cutting down trees to clear space for grazing, that would help, too, said Marx.
A small weekly sacrifice at one retirement center won’t accomplish much, the women conceded.
But it’s better than doing nothing, Sachs said, and the idea might catch on at other retirement centers. If a teenager was able to start a movement, why can’t they?
January 26, 2020
Ugandan Climate Activist Vanessa Nakate Addresses Being Cropped Out Of Davos Photo
Nakate, a 23-year-old from Uganda, participated in a news conference about climate change in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday, alongside Luisa Neubauer, Greta Thunberg, Isabelle Axelsson and Loukina Tille. But she was cropped out of group photo published by the Associated Press that only featured the white activists who were standing beside her.
The AP has since replaced the photo with an image that includes Nakate, according to the Guardian. Sally Buzbee, the AP’s executive editor, issued a statement on Friday, calling the situation an “error in judgement.” NO SH–!
“We regret publishing a photo this morning that cropped out Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate, the only person of color in the photo,” the statement read. “As a news organization, we care deeply about accurately representing the world that we cover.”
THANK YOU TO THESE AMAZING YOUNG WOMEN FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO SAVE OUR PLANET.
January 19, 2020
'You Need To Act Now': Meet 4 Girls Working To Save The Warming World
January 11, 2020
In the U.S. WOMEN WON THE RIGHT TO VOTE 100 YEARS AGO
WOMEN WON THE RIGHT TO VOTE 100 YEARS AGO -The 19thAmendment will be 100 yrs old this August 26th 2020.
Alice Paul 1885-1977, Lucy Burns 1879-1966, Ruza Wenclawska 1889-1977, Doris Stevens 1888-1963, and so many more women before them, made it possible for women to win the right to vote.
IRON JAWED ANGELS – a movie worth watching today, January 11th, on what would be Alice Paul’s 135th birthday, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Jawed_Angels
Alice Paul, her determination changed women’s lives for the better.
