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DC EcoWomen EcoHour Speaker: Maxine Burkett

DC EcoWomen EcoHour Speaker: Maxine Burkett Join us on Tuesday, October 20th at 6:30pm for DC EcoWomen's signature EcoHour for a conversation with Maxine Burkett, a climate justice and migration scholar, lawyer, and Professor of Law at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. You will learn about Maxine's career path as a lawyer and in academia, as well as her pivotal research on climate change. *P...
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MoCo DEP Climate Planning Virtual Office Hours October

MoCo DEP Climate Planning Virtual Office Hours Thursday, October 15 • 4 pm - 5 pm Scheduled for the 3rd Thursday each month from June through December, the virtual office hours are an opportunity for residents to engage with County staff who are working on climate issues. There is no set agenda for these meetings, instead they are an opportunity to answer residents’ questions, receive r...
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Bethesda Green: Montgomery County Climate Action Plan Update

Bethesda Green presents: Montgomery County Climate Action Plan Update Wed, October 7, 2020 • 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EDT Did you know that Montgomery County is writing a Climate Action Plan? Join us for an update and find out how to comment on the plan. About this Event In July 2019, Montgomery County launched a planning process to develop prioritized actions and str...
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Celebration of Teen Changemakers: 6th Annual Virtual Global Celebration

Leaders in Energy to partner with Global Co Lab Network for Celebration of Teen Changemakers Watch winning videos, hear from Global Co Lab's teen winners and mentors, Smithsonian partners, and be inspired by their ten SDG Hubs led by teens on climate change, fighting plastics, hunger, preserving wildlife, gender equality, mental health, quality education, racial justice, and bringing in art...
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Audubon Naturalist Society – Save Tropical Forests and Drink Your Coffee, Too

Save Tropical Forests and Drink Your Coffee, Too September 23 at 7:00 pm Priscila Chaverri, PhD University of Costa Rica and University of Maryland Mycology Professor The livelihoods of thousands of families depend on coffee production in Latin America. Climate change has had a negative impact on this crop by making coffee plants susceptible to diseases and drought. But researche...
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MoCo DEP Climate Planning Virtual Office Hours September

MoCo DEP Climate Planning Virtual Office Hours Thursday, September 17 • 4 pm - 5 pm Scheduled for the 3rd Thursday each month from June through December, the virtual office hours are an opportunity for residents to engage with County staff who are working on climate issues. There is no set agenda for these meetings, instead they are an opportunity to answer residents’ questions, receive...
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The Climate Mobilization of MoCo: Why Resilience Matters

IT’S A CLIMATE EMERGENCY!! Engaging our Montgomery County government to act faster, bolder, and much more inclusively in developing our county’s Emergency Climate Action and Resilience Plan Why Resilience Matters, Wednesday Sept. 9th, 7.30-9pm Register for: Why Resilience Matters: Working with Social and Ecological Systems as a Key to Addressing the Climate Crisis in Montgomery County ...
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Climate and Sustainability Webinar: Climate change is bad for your health

The power of individual choice: Climate change is bad for your health Wednesday, August 26, 2020 • 3:30 - 4:30 pm Increasing summer heat (and winter cold in some areas), more severe flooding from storms and more frequent tidal flooding are health hazards. Learn how to protect yourself and your family and how the social determinants of health make the health burden of climate change unequal...
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MoCo DEP Climate Planning Virtual Office Hours August

MoCo DEP Climate Planning Virtual Office Hours Thursday, August 20 • 4 pm - 5 pm Scheduled for the 3rd Thursday each month from June through December, the virtual office hours are an opportunity for residents to engage with County staff who are working on climate issues. There is no set agenda for these meetings, instead they are an opportunity to answer residents’ questions, receive re...
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Vote for the Earth livestream series

Vote for the Earth livestream series Wednesday, August 12 • 8 pm EST The “Vote for the Earth” livestream series will premiere on Wednesday, August 12th! LEARN MORE NOW >> Protecting our communities from systemic racism and violence, as well as the climate emergency go hand in hand. That’s why your vote is critical to turning the tide in the November presidential election. On...
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