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That’s Right, I’m a Green Freak!

May 25th, 2012 by

This is a guest post by Melanie Hunter, student at Maynard High School. 

The world’s going to end in 2012, so who cares about the planet, right? Wrong. Even if the Mayan calendar marked the end of the world, we should not give up trying to save it. In fact, we should do everything we possibly can to stop global warming, start a recycling revolution and promote local food systems. But most importantly, we must gather our friends, summon our neighbors, and rally on towards a greener future. Anything is possible when you have strength in numbers.

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Gaby is a East Coast transplant and a new addition to the ACE Oakland team. She loves coming up with and sharing new, cool ideas about green technologies and trends. Follow her on Twitter at @Gabyberk!

Transition Time

May 24th, 2012 by

This is a guest post from ACE Alumna Chloe who is currently finishing up her first year at Harvard. 

Summer has begun, is beginning, or is right around the corner for students all over the country. Now we are off to partake in various activities around the world. As we depart from school, what will happen to all of the movements, campaigns, and projects that we worked on all year as members of student groups? Will the momentum die? What happens if your leader is (or will be) a senior? How is knowledge transferred to the rest of the group members?

I’ve faced this situation a couple of times, and I wanted to pass on some of the lessons that I have learned when it comes to transition time.

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Gaby is a East Coast transplant and a new addition to the ACE Oakland team. She loves coming up with and sharing new, cool ideas about green technologies and trends. Follow her on Twitter at @Gabyberk!

The Last Day of the Climate Ride

May 23rd, 2012 by

This is a guest post from Cy Maramangalam, Lead Educator in Washington, DC. 

The roar of enthusiasm from the 200 person audience was comparable to an auditorium with twice the amount high schoolers. The enthusiasm in the room is unusually rich, because it’s backed by a unifying cause: combating climate change.

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Gaby is a East Coast transplant and a new addition to the ACE Oakland team. She loves coming up with and sharing new, cool ideas about green technologies and trends. Follow her on Twitter at @Gabyberk!

SoCal: Where Will You Be on June 16th?

May 22nd, 2012 by

This is a guest post the awesome SoCal Ladies. 

Hey Southern California student leaders, is your club struggling with effective communication? Do people on campus know about the work you’re doing? We want to help you raise your voice while lowering emissions on campus and in your community.

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Gaby is a East Coast transplant and a new addition to the ACE Oakland team. She loves coming up with and sharing new, cool ideas about green technologies and trends. Follow her on Twitter at @Gabyberk!

Project Greenway Rehearsals

May 22nd, 2012 by

This is a guest blog by Symone Baskerville, student at Kenwood Academy High School in Chicago. 

With the Teens Environmental summit approaching rapidly, what better way to prepare than a Project Greenway rehearsal. Since the fashion show concluded the entire summit, it made sense that it needed to be great!

So the models got to work by rocking the runway. Even though it was just rehearsals, the models brought their fiercest walks to the runway.

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Gaby is a East Coast transplant and a new addition to the ACE Oakland team. She loves coming up with and sharing new, cool ideas about green technologies and trends. Follow her on Twitter at @Gabyberk!

Say No to GMOs

May 21st, 2012 by

This is a guest post by Laura Shea and Sarah Jacobs, both students at Los Altos High School. They are currently working on a project to spread awareness about the abundant presence of GMOs in foods, the negative impact they have on communities, what states are doing about GMOs and how everybody can get involved. 

GMOs, also known as genetically modified organisms, are ever spreading into America’s food industry. The crop type, developed in 1986, has transitioned from nonexistent to being present in up 70% of processed foods today. For the most part, GMOs consist of plant products that have been modified to more effectively resist pesticides and to produce an overall higher yield. However, as more and more research is published regarding GMOs, it has been found that they are linked to a multitude of diseases and negative impacts on the environment. Unfortunately, American consumers are largely unaware of their existence, much less the possible dangers they pose.

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Gaby is a East Coast transplant and a new addition to the ACE Oakland team. She loves coming up with and sharing new, cool ideas about green technologies and trends. Follow her on Twitter at @Gabyberk!

Climate Ride NYC – DC

May 18th, 2012 by

Well folks, Climate Ride NYC to DC starts tomorrow and man are we excited! Some of you hard-core Hot and Bothered readers may remember Climate Rider Casey’s daily updates from last summer’s Climate Ride California, where she documented her week-long bike ride up the California coast in support of ACE. Starting tomorrow, Sam McKelvie, another powerful female and former ACE Office Manager, is riding her bike all the way from New York City to our Nation’s Capital, Washington D.C. on behalf of ACE. Go Sam, Go!

So what exactly is Climate Ride? Glad you asked. Climate Ride is a fellow non-profit organization that organizes charitable bike rides to support bike advocacy, clean and sustainable energy solutions and environmental organizations and causes. Each rider is in charge of raising at least $2,400 for an environmental organiztion of their choice.

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Gaby is a East Coast transplant and a new addition to the ACE Oakland team. She loves coming up with and sharing new, cool ideas about green technologies and trends. Follow her on Twitter at @Gabyberk!

Excitement, Creativity and Inspiration All in One Day

May 17th, 2012 by

Inspired. That’s how I left Savannah this past weekend.

As an Educator for the Alliance for Climate Education (ACE), I get the opportunity to go to high schools and educate students with our award-winning presentation on the science behind climate change. But the best part of my job is inspiring these students to take action and find solutions, because we believe these students can have a meaningful impact now.

With that in mind, The Volta Collaborative invited me to come down to Savannah to present to some local high schools and attend the Design Ethos conference. So when the opportunity to present for a class atSavannah School of Art & Design (SCAD) came up, I pounced on it. These college students really amazed me with me their ability to take complex ideas and map them into a story. I left that classroom inspired by knowing that their innovation and creativity are our future.

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Oh, Those Farting Cows

May 15th, 2012 by

Have you seen the ACE Assembly? What was the most memorable part of it for you? Was it the farting cows? (For those of you haven’t had the chance to watch our award-winning assembly, we recommend that you change that, ASAP). Okay, back to the farting cows. In our assembly, we explain that cows are one of the biggest producers of methane, because every time they fart, burp, or let out any other sort of bodily excrement  they let both methane and nitrous oxide out. In fact, some scientists say that the average cow produces 23 to 53 gallons of methane per day. Totally gross!

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Gaby is a East Coast transplant and a new addition to the ACE Oakland team. She loves coming up with and sharing new, cool ideas about green technologies and trends. Follow her on Twitter at @Gabyberk!

It’s National Bike Month!

May 14th, 2012 by

May is National Bike Bike Month! Which makes me really excited, because I ride my trusty old Trek bike, well, basically everywhere. The month of May is all about encouraging people to get out and ride to all of the places that they would normally drive to. But what if you’re new to the bike and don’t know where to start? Don’t worry, read on for tips and tricks on how to make biking to school, sports practices and friends houses as safe and fun as possible.

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Gaby is a East Coast transplant and a new addition to the ACE Oakland team. She loves coming up with and sharing new, cool ideas about green technologies and trends. Follow her on Twitter at @Gabyberk!

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