NATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION

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  The Climate Change Movie That Doesn't Care if You Believe in Climate Change

  Don't believe in climate change? Don't give a shit about the polar bears? This new documentary is for you.

  by Ben Jervey +

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  Motivating Middle Schoolers Around Climate Action

  At the ripe old age of 9, Dylan Mahalingam formed a non-profit organization to engage children to help meet the UN’s Millennium Development...

  by Ben Jervey +

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  Blog Action Day

  Today is the first (annual?) Blog Action Day. A tech blogging couple decided to try to get as many bloggers as they could to write about a single...

  by Andrew Price +

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  Will We Legislate Climate Change Action? Follow the Money.

  Yesterday, the Center for Public Integrity released a report on a new lobbying industry springing up in Washington: The climate change lobby. Not...

  by Morgan Clendaniel +

• News

  

  "Capitol Climate Action" Gets Congress off Coal

  "This civil disobedience stuff kind of works. How many coal plants are there?" So wrote Bill McKibben, one of the climate movement's leading men...

  by Ben Jervey +

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  It's Hard to Argue for Climate Change Action from Self-interest

  Matt Yglesias has a piece in The American Prospect arguing that it's time to stop trying to use the nationalistic appeal of "energy independence"...

  by Andrew Price 3

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  Meet Our Nation's Climate Villains

  Wondering where to direct your anger at the lack of climate legislation? Look no further than Rolling Stone's list of "the 17 polluters and...

  by Ben Jervey +

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  Happy National Doughnut Day!

  Today is National Doughnut Day. It's the first I've heard of said day, but it seems that both Krispy Kreme and Dunkin Donuts giving out free...

  by Patrick James +

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  Youth Take the Climate Change Fight to the United Nations

  Young Americans are, on the whole, disengaged from negotiations over critical climate policy questions.

  by Alex M Stark +

• Culture

  

  Stop Shopping, Start Hearing on the National Day of Listening

  StoryCorps's National Day of Listening broadcasts dialogues between regular folks as a rejoinder to the loud consumer chaos of Black Friday.

  by Theo Schell-Lambert +

• Education

  

  Will 'National Opt Out Day' Spark a Testing Backlash?

  National Opt Out Day wants to put a stop to high-stakes testing.

  by Liz Dwyer +

• Lifestyle

  

  On National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Hands-On Solutions to End the Epidemic

  National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day brings attention to new grants for community based efforts.

  by Ann Marie Gardner +

• News

  

  The National Day of Unplugging Starts Tonight. Are You Ready to Accept the Challenge?

  The National Day of Unplugging starts tonight. Are you ready?

  by Allison Arieff +

• News

  

  @GOOD Asks: What National Political Issue Is Most Important to You these Days? The Community Answers

  Yesterday on Twitter and Facebook, we asked our friends: What national political issue is most important to you these days? We pose a question to...

  by Hillary Newman +

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  The Power of 10/10/10: The Day the World "Got to Work" on Climate Change

  Looking back on 7,347 actions in 188 countries on 10/10/10.

  by Ben Jervey +

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  The Trial of Bidder 70: Show Your Support for Tim DeChristopher's Powerful Act of Civil Disobedience

  After throwing a government land auction into chaos, Tim DeChristopher's trial date is set. He's refusing plea deals; he wants a jury of his peers.

  by Ben Jervey +

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  Yes, Even the Great Groundhog's Day Blizzard of 2011 Has Ties to Climate Change

  Another massive winter storm that pummels the country means another occasion to explain climate change's connection to weather.

  by Ben Jervey +

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  Get to Work on 10/10/10, a Day to Celebrate Climate Solutions

  What are you doing on Sunday? Hopefully celebrating climate solutions as part of the massive 10/10/10 Global Work Party.

  by Ben Jervey +

• Education

  

  Why the Day After Labor Day No Longer Means the First Day of School

  The tradition of starting school the day after Labor Day isn't much of a tradition anymore.

  by Liz Dwyer +

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  ABC News Talks to Climate Scientists About Extreme Winter and Climate Change

  ABC News (again!) delivers quality climate and weather reporting to a mainstream nightly news audience. Their secret: talking to climate scientists.

  by Ben Jervey +