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Youth Writers: Share Your Story of Earth w/ Us
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In honor of Earth Day, and in celebration of our richly diverse international community of writers, Write the World and Patagonia are asking you to write a personal essay about the planet we call home:
How is the Earth part of you and your story?
Where do you consider yourself at home?
And how has the changing climate changed you?
As we recognize what our planet is losing every day—loss of biodiversity, wisdom, and ways of living together—we invite you to consider how your sense of place serves as an antidote to nature's peril, or as a reminder of the earth's anguish, or both. Your essay should be personal to you and your life, as you explore how the environments you have lived in have shaped your experiences, your family, your perspective, your health, your values, and/or your culture. This writing competition is open to youth writers, age 13-19.5 years.
Learn more at pat.ag/T/WriteTheWorld
Are you the mighty oak OR a weeping willow?! Maybe it's something in-between. Take part in this fun and easy tree astrology for Earth Month!
Celtic Tree Astrology is based on the idea that the time of our births is related to the formation of our personality and behavior. The Celtic Tree Astrology system was developed from the Druid’s knowledge of earth cycles and their profound connection with trees. They believed trees were vessels of infinite wisdom and that our own human personalities could be associated with different species of trees.
🌳 Check your birthday to find out what your "tree personality" is! https://onetreeplanted.org/pages/what-kind-of-tree-are-you
📸: What's Your Sign
The NBA is on a mission to live greener, and we have to applaud them. They're aspiring to reduce their carbon footprint by 50% (by 2030). Whether its significant reduction of plastic bottles or the upcycling of waste into something good, stay tuned in the Helping News for what the NBA has going on.
Now, they'd like 1 minute out of you! Take this free-and-easy carbon quiz to calculate your footprint. Find out how you compare to the average American too!
After all, it's Earth Month! Get started here 👉 https://cares.nba.com/clever-carbon-quiz/
📸: NBA
We use recycled polyester more than any other material (we’ve been using it since 1993). When compared with virgin polyester it makes no compromises on quality, durability, weight or drying time. Learn more about what goes into our gear (and what doesn’t) pat.ag/T/Quality
HAPPY EARTH DAY! So how did the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 come to be? As the 1960's progressed, numerous environmental issues were in the spotlight: an oil spill in Santa Barbara, the Cuyahoga River (in Ohio) catching on fire, and efforts to save whales. Then-Wisconsin Sen. Gaylor Nelson was among the first leaders to spearhead the movement.
PS - Whether today or any day, "Do a Green Good" for Earth. Details 🔗☝️
📸: Charles Harrity, AP (Pictured above: Dennis Hayes, head of Environment Teach-In, Inc., the Washington organization coordinating activities for Earth Day)
It's Earth Month and we're spreading the news about 6 (FREE!) ways to plant trees along with the incredible impact being made so far. 🌳 If you're eco-minded and would like to bank at an environmentally-friendly one, check out Aspiration Bank. Just by banking with them, they've planted 101 MILLION trees since 2020! For all the details 🔗☝️
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