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The Ecologist is a British environmental news and analysis website with a focus on ecological, social and economic justice. This article sums up this moment: kids are getting real about losing the natural world.
We talked about how prizes after pledging will work, what they will be, and how we will get them.
We looked at the work plan and resources for Screen-Free Week and adapted them to Beef-Free Week, assigning the tasks to our three team leads (Communications, Organizing and Outreach).
This was a critical meeting for us. We had been exploring different campaigns and actions, and settled on running a Beef-Free Week in June. We then formed three teams: Sponsor Outreach, Web Presence, and Student Organizing.
We met with Ollie May, lead organizer of Youth Climate Action Now, who encouraged us and shared what she's been doing so far (since she was 11!) She shared resources and left us feeling like we would be able to make a difference.
In this article from the Washington Post, we learn that we are destroying the Earth's ability to take carbon out of the air, clearing the Amazon Rainforest to grow grass for beef that Americans eat.
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