Youth Today
All posts tagged "climate crisis"
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998GrantsCommunity-led urban environmental health, justice and education program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Environmental Health/Justice/Education, Disadvantaged Communities, Climate Change | Amount: Unspecified | Deadline: Nov. 9, 2023
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1.8KNewsYoung farmers adapt to a hotter, drier future
A megadrought has changed the way farmers look at the future of farming.
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1.4KNewsYouth take lead in mapping heat impacts across communities
Across the country, young people are banding together to undertake surveys and create heat maps that capture their communities’ desire to mitigate...
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603GrantsYouth leaders addressing health impacts of climate change program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Environmental Education, Climate Change, Health, Youth Leadership, Civic Engagement | Amount: $25,000 - $50,000 | Deadline: Dec. 19, 2022
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1.6KNewsCampus divestment movement targets schools’ nonprofit status
Student groups argue that damage to the environment and human health inflicted by the fossil fuel industry conflicts with the schools’ missions...
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2.3KNewsYouth and climate change: How a generation is adapting while fighting for their future
Climate change is a galvanizing force for young people whose lives are being radically altered by storms, wildfires, drought, heat waves and other effects...
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2.1KNewsElectrical workers union trains Chicago youth for growing solar market
The solar academy run by Chicago’s branch of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, IBEW Local 134, is a direct path to...
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2.7KGuest Opinion EssayWhat are green jobs and how can I get one? 5 questions answered about clean energy careers
The number of “clean energy jobs” is expected to increase in the coming years as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act’s...
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3.1KNewsHurricane Maria devastated her home. Now, this teen is helping put survival kits in Florida libraries
Seven months after Nadya Rexach-Rivera celebrated her quinceañera in her beloved Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria upended her life. The catastrophic storm in...
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1.4K► ReportsClimate change and youth mental health
The Oregon Health Authority releases a report discussing how the ever-worsening impacts of climate change and dire predictions for the future are...
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1.4KNewsLatino activism leads in grassroot efforts on climate change
After experiencing global warming's firsthand effects, U.S. Latinos are leading the way in activism around climate change, often drawing on traditions from...
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1.9K► ReportsA Future for the World’s Children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission
A new report commissioned by the WHO and UNICEF lays out a bold-but-necessary vision for the future of our children in an...
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1.2KGrantsCommunity and K-12 Environmental Education Project Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Environmental Education, K-12, Community, Civic Engagement | Amount: $100,000 - $500,000 | Deadline: Mar. 26, 2020
