CBD: Women and Biodiversity: My Love Story
by Esther Agbarakwe, Youth, Gender and Sustainable Development Activist, Member of WEDO Delegation at CBD — @estherclimate
Biodiversity is the fabric that connects us all and women like myself are the medium through which nature connects with humanity. This is our love story. In every region of the world, women and men have unique relationships with, dependencies upon, and expertise regarding their environments.
Growing up in a little house with large farmland for …
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by Kyle Gracey, Originally published at It’s Getting Hot In Here
UNITED STATES (September 7, 2012)- Right now, a lot of youth are fighting to stop the tar sands. A lot more are just trying to find a job. Last year, Michael Davidson and I wrote about our work to try to understand if green jobs could be youth jobs. The results were pretty good — young people were underrepresented in green job creation …
Women Making the Case for U.S. Action on Climate Change
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (August 27 2012)- The direct and indirect effects of climate change continue to have a disproportionate impact on marginalized women, including refugee and displaced persons, sexual minorities, religious and ethnic minorities, adolescent girls, women and girls with disabilities and those who are HIV positive… our goal is to empower women who are particularly vulnerable to climate change and to encourage a more gender-sensitive approach in climate change policy- U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee
My 72 Hours at WEDO
by Deanna Drenga, High School Senior and Former WEDO Intern
A couple of weeks ago my cousin Bridget, who currently works as a Project and Communications Coordinator at WEDO, asked if I’d like to join her at work for a few days to better understand how an international non-profit organization functions. As a rising high school senior eagerly anticipating my transition to college life and exploring different areas to study, I was excited about the chance …
Rio+20 and the Social Media Fellow
by Alexis Curry, Communications Fellow at WEDO
I have a confession to make: before I started my Communications fellowship at WEDO in June, I didn’t use Twitter.
Let me clarify before all of those nonprofit organizations to which I’ve applied for jobs scold me for lying on my resume, which lists Twitter as one of my social media skills. Before I started at WEDO, I understood how Twitter worked. I knew about hashtags, handles and …
