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Decoding Earth Day 2026: Our Power, Our Planet Earth Day 2026 highlights how community action worldwide supports environmental protections that reduce costs, manage shared risks, and strengthen public health, infrastructure reliability, and economic stability across regions and borders.

Why Imperfect Climate Action Is Better Than Perfect Inaction Eco-perfectionism fuels guilt and burnout. Imperfect, collective action creates real environmental progress.

Colorful Ghosts Haunt Our Wetlands This World Wetlands Day, discover the algal ghosts sucking oxygen from our wetlands and poisoning ecosystems from Lake Erie to the Hartbeespoort Dam.

7 Ways to Ship Greener To celebrate Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, here are seven greener replacements, their pros and cons, plus current swapping progress and alternatives in development.

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And exhibitors will include great partners like:

• March for Science NYC aims to #EducateToEmpower by standing up for science and teaching civic engagement in STEM year round.   
• Le Botaniste is the first 100 percent organic, plant-based, sustainable concept certified carbon-neutral in NYC.
• Extinction Rebellion is mobilizing to defund destruction from April 24 to 26 by protesting banks’ funding of fossil fuels.
• DeliverZero makes it easy to order takeout and delivery in returnable reusable packaging. Search your address to find a participating restaurant near you.
• Future is giving free rides on all MTA transit through April when you pay with your FutureCard Visa Debit Card.  Sign up to start getting rewarded for your sustainable purchases.
  
• OnePointFive is building an ecosystem of climate experts to help organizations grow sustainably without destroying the planet. Get smarter about climate!
  
• Visit EarthxTV‘s booth to celebrate the people, places, creatures and cultures that make our planet worth protecting.  
  
• Grow your own creations from vases to side tables out of ​​mycelium with Grow It Yourself materials from Grow.bio. Just add flour and water, then watch mycelium grow in only seven days. 
• Fridays for Future and other members of the environmental community are organizing a large-scale demonstration in DC on April 22 to call for a complete end to fossil fuels.  Join them for an art build and to get more info at our festival.
• Earth Breeze‘s liquid-less Eco Sheets are low waste and easy to use, with free carbon-neutral delivery straight to your door!  And they donate 10 loads of detergent to a charitable cause of your choice for every purchase.
• Our media partner iHeartMedia is committed to spreading the message of sustainability, green living, slowing climate change and more.  Tune in to iHeartMedia podcasts to listen about how you can make a difference. 
• Just Salad empowers guests to make eco-friendly decisions. The brand is home to the world’s largest restaurant reusable program and offers climate-conscious meals.
  
• Domini Impact Investments, a women-led investment firm, allows you to inspire a greener world, one investment at a time.
• Check out Nature’s Fynd and their nutritional fungi that’s a more sustainable alternative protein.
• Guayakí sources fair trade and organic yerba mate from smallholder and Indigenous producers who help steward the regenerative movement.
  
• Best Friends Animal Society will be at the event educating on saving the lives of cats and dogs across New York City. 
• From electrifying its own fleet, to adding one million charging stations to New York City and beyond, Con Edison making the switch to EV ownership more rewarding than ever.
  Biodegradable products can make a big difference for the health of our ocean and waterways. Learn more and check out our partners Beloved X Love Beauty and Planet at the festival.
  
• SecondMuse is an impact and innovation company that builds resilient and climate-friendly economies by supporting entrepreneurs and the ecosystems around them. 
• Plant-based PLNT Burger and Eat the Change are new additions to the neighborhood and will be sampling their sustainable food options.
• Visit the DSNY booth and learn more about how to compost in your neighborhood and make our city cleaner and greener!  

AND FOR EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD, STAY TUNED FOR OUR EARTH DAY 2023 VIRTUAL STAGE!

The Earth Day 2023 Virtual Stage broadcast in partnership with March for Science NYC on April 19 at 4 pm ET will include:

• Bill Nye in a special explainer in partnership with Environmental Defense Fund on methane’s role in climate change.
• Earth Day Initiative Executive Director John Oppermann in conversation with Philippe Cousteau on the importance of ocean conservation and the inextricable links between our oceans and climate change.
• Conversations with IZZY and Earth Day Initiative board member and actress Alysia Reiner on going zero waste in the beauty industry.

RSVP to receive a reminder for the festival and virtual stage at the link here.

WHAT CAN YOU DO RIGHT NOW? Be a climate communicator.  People are dramatically more likely to get involved in activism and take action in their own lives and communities if they are invited to do so by someone they know.  Forward this email to three friends, family members, or coworkers and invite them to come with you to our events this spring!

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1. Carbon Dioxide Is a Pollutant. Please Help Establish That Fact.

May 2022 Temperature Update

17 June 2022
James Hansen, Makiko Sato and Reto Ruedy
CO2 fits perfectly EPA’s definition of a chemical substance that presents “an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.” Congress, with strong bipartisan agreement, established the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA; acronym pronounced tosca) in 1976 and – with bipartisan support again – strengthened the law in 2016. This law has been used successfully to phase out or reduce many substances, including asbestos, lead in paint, PCBs, and CFCs[1]. EPA has broad latitude in how to achieve reductions and can work with other agencies for that purpose.

Citizens may petition EPA on the need to address a pollutant under TSCA. EPA must respond to a petition within 90 days. Yesterday several of us[a] delivered to EPA a petition[2] for phase out of greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution to restore a stable and healthy climate. The prospects for EPA to accept their obligation will be much improved if we can present them with an impressive list of endorsers of the petition. Please examine the petition and consider adding your name as an endorser of the petition. United States citizens are especially relevant as endorsers, but there is also value in support of world citizens for what is a global problem.

Fig. 1, our global temperature update, is a reminder that the world is headed inexorably toward hotter conditions, as the cooling effect of the current strong La Nina barely got global temperature down to the increasing trendline of global temperature. The 12-month running-mean temperature is already heading toward the next global record that will occur in conjunction with the next El Nino.[3]

[a] Dan Galpern (Hansen’s long-time attorney, who worked for months on this petition), Donn Vivianni (retired EPA scientist who alerted us to the TSCA potential for greenhouse gases), Lisa Van Susteren (physician, writer and world’s leading authority on the psychiatric effects on young people of daily news about growing climate impacts while adults do little to alter the course), and atmospheric chemist John Birks, and Hansen. (Co-petitioner climate accountability analyst Richard Heede could not be present for the delivery to EPA).

Fig. 2. Cumulative 1751-2020 fossil fuel carbon emissions (tons C/person; 2020 populations). Horizontal lines are multiples of the global mean. The order of individual nations from left to right is based on cumulative national emissions.
Fig. 2 is a reminder that the United States is most responsible for the fossil fuel CO2 emissions that are the dominant cause of human-made climate change. We can also be leaders in the solution if we begin to make the polluters pay via a steadily rising carbon fee with the funds distributed to the public (a conservative, bipartisan approach). Of course, the timing has to be right. The best time was years ago. If the rising price had started a decade and a half ago, when Obama and Biden were elected and had the opportunity afforded by a global financial emergency, U.S. emissions and fossil fuel use would be down at least 40% and we would have plenty of excess energy capacity to help Europe with its near-term fossil fuel energy demands.

Evoking TSCA will not demand an instant carbon price – the timing needs to be sensible. However, it will be a huge step, putting us on a course with the potential to address the climate problem globally. The huge U.S. economy allows the opportunity to affect the global approach via border duties on products from countries that do not have a carbon fee.

Other policies also need to be sensible. Whose idea was it to immediately halt import of Russian fuels? The predictable effect was to raise the price of fossil fuels, causing huge pain in the West – and in the rest of the world, which thus must choose to look the other way as Ukraine suffers.

What courage. When Putin says that he will get angry if we send the weapons that Ukrainians need to defend their nation, our leaders quake and instead take actions that sacrifice Ukrainian lives, raise our own energy costs, and increase Putin’s profits needed to wage war.

It’s expecting a lot to ask young people to understand what their political leaders are doing, but as we mentioned in last month’s temperature update, that seems to be necessary, and young people have tremendous potential political power. More on that later.

Hansen, Van Susteren, Vivianni and Galpern about to deliver petition (Birks was photographer).

[1] CFCs hardly seemed toxic. In early advertisements, the chemical industry showed a person breathing in “harmless” CFCs, but then we discovered their impact on the ozone layer and their greenhouse gas effect. Likewise, CO 2 was initially thought to be a beneficial gas; and so it is, if you limit the dosage.
[2] Viviani, D.J., J. Birks, R. Heede, L. Van Susteren, J.E. Hansen, Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions, and Climate Protection & Restoration Initiative, Petition to the Environmental Protection Agency to Phase-out Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions and Remove Legacy GHGs, 16 June 2022. Part I and Part II (Select scientific and economic considerations).
[3] The promised discussion about the record current planetary energy imbalance will need to wait a while.

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BOSTON (March, 2020) — Fenway Community Center (FCC), an independent nonprofit neighborhood space, will hold its annual fundraiser “Love, Fenway,” at 6:30pm on March 19 at its address, 1282 Boylston Street. FCC’s mission is to serve as a gathering place to share information, deliver programs, and provide services that enrich the lives of all Fenway residents, while also exemplifying its values of collaboration, community, enrichment, equity, innovation, and sustainability. This is the center’s second yearly benefit to celebrate, support, and generate more awareness of its organization and the services it provides. It will include awards, live music, an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, a raffle, and a silent auction. Tickets for “Love, Fenway” are $75 and available via the FCC website or Eventbrite.

Last year, the fundraiser was a huge success, raising more than $25,000 for the Center. The attendance and participation demonstrated the passion of residents to contribute to their neighborhood and the organization’s influence within Fenway. FCC serves its neighborhood residents as its priority but welcomes surrounding communities as well. The Center is determined to hold a successful fundraiser to bring awareness and expand on their services. This year, with the sustained support of its members, friends, and sponsors, it hopes to continue building a more united community.

At “Love, Fenway” this March, Executive Director of FCC Robert Kordenbrock will present the 2020 Community Spirit Award to Brenda Clark, as well as honor the late Stephen Sorkin. Clark first came upon FCC in September 2018 and has been an active member since. She currently serves on multiple committees, including those for Programming and Health & Wellness for All. Sorkin moved to the area in 1978 to pursue his passion for teaching theatre. He taught his own “Acting is Believing” class and subsequent January 2019 performance at FCC, showcasing the community of diverse people and talents he cultivated.

Reflecting on the progress the nonprofit has made, Kordenbrock said, “we’ve experienced unprecedented growth since last year’s Love, Fenway as far as membership, attendance at FCC programs and events, and financial support from local businesses.” He added, “we have exciting plans in store for the rest of 2020 and can’t wait to share them with the Fenway community!”

Fenway Community Center at The Viridian is a 501(c)(3) organization established to provide a safe, vibrant, and inclusive neighborhood gathering space for Fenway and Audubon Circle residents and organizations; to provide multigenerational programming of benefit to the community; and to partner with local groups, colleges, universities, and institutions to provide creative and useful classes, exhibitions, and workshops in arts and culture, health and wellness, education and enrichment, and civic engagement. The mission of the Fenway Community Center is to serve as a gathering place to share information, deliver programs, and provide services that enrich the lives of all Fenway residents. FCC firmly believes in the importance of supporting those who live in Fenway and, in line with our mission, our stated values are: collaboration, community, enrichment, equity, innovation, and sustainability.

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For more information and sponsorship opportunities, including a complete schedule of events and fees or to register, please call 857-246-9053 or visit the FCC website and its sponsorship page.

Fenway Community Center
1282 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215
o: 857.246.9053

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Omega’s Theme Weeks Deliver Something for Everyone

A growing trend in travel, learning vacations pair fun getaways with educational opportunities that appeal to those who want more than just downtime. Omega Institute, a hub for lifelong learning in New York’s Hudson Valley, offers more than 325 varied opportunities, including three distinct theme weeks on its 200-acre Rhinebeck campus. Omega Arts Week, Retreat Week, and Family Week are three of the most popular programs and include a wide range of classes to choose from.

“By dedicating specific weeks on the campus to each of these areas, Omega creates a unique environment where people not only relax and have fun, but also meet others who are also interested in exploring new things,” said Carla Goldstein, chief external affairs officer at Omega.

Omega Arts Week, July, 6–11: During Omega Arts Week, a popular program for the past 20 years, the campus comes alive with music, dance, visual and written arts, and trapeze. Accomplished and budding artists, and creative spirits immerse themselves in their art, communing at meal times and showcasing their work at evening gatherings. Participants choose from more than 10 workshops spanning the arts, including photography, painting, trapeze, drumming and dance, screenwriting, rustic furniture making, and more. This year’s Arts Week also offers a special tribute to Babatunde Olatunji, a world-renowned Nigerian drummer who brought African drumming and dance to the United States. Olatunji was a perennial favorite at Omega, and his legacy has endured.

Omega Retreat Week, July 13–18: Omega Retreat Week brings together a group of extraordinary teachers from many traditions to add breadth and depth to the spiritual path. Retreats range from inward contemplation to outward celebration, all equally sacred. Participants choose from nine workshops, such as Relax & Write® with Maia Danziger, Awakening Your Authentic Soul Signature with Panache Desai, Qigong Empowerments with Robert Peng, A Yoga and Meditation Retreat with James Higgins, and more.

Omega Family Week, August 3–8: Omega Family Week offers parents and kids a unique balance of time together and time spent apart in age-appropriate workshops. Adults choose from workshops like The Story You Have to Tell with Cheryl Strayed, Tennis Inside the Zone with Rob Polishook, Afro Flow Yoga with Leslie Salmon Jones and Jeff W. Jones, and more. Workshops for kids include Super Soccer Stars Camp, Beyond Rock, RoboFun Stop-Motion Animation, and more.

To learn more or to register, please visit eOmega.org, or call 800.944.1001. A limited number of media passes are available. To apply for a media pass, visit eOmega.org/press. Follow Omega on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Instagram.

About Omega Institute for Holistic Studies

Founded in 1977, Omega Institute for Holistic Studies is the nation’s most trusted source for wellness and personal growth. As a nonprofit organization, Omega offers diverse and innovative educational experiences that inspire an integrated approach to personal and social change. Located on 200 acres in the beautiful Hudson Valley, Omega welcomes more than 23,000 people to its workshops, conferences, and retreats in Rhinebeck, New York, and at exceptional locations around the world. eOmega.org

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THIS SUMMER, ASCLERA HELPS WOMEN

TAKE A STAND AGAINST SPIDER VEINS

Merz Aesthetics and Asclera®(polidocanol) Empowers Women to Not Only Look and Feel Good, but Do Good Too

GUEST: Heidi Waldorf, MD, Director of Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, N.Y.

Background:

Does summer ever make you worry about your body’s small imperfections, so much so, that it hinders the way you live your life? Although small in appearance, 50 percent of women will experience spider veins, which can make a big difference in the way women feel about their legs and themselves. This summer make sure you look, feel and do good with Asclera®. Asclera® is a prescription medicine used in sclerotherapy. This minimally invasive procedure can treat the appearance of these small, unsightly spider veins to help women look and feel better about themselves, thus giving them the confidence to do good in their communities.

Recently, Merz Aesthetics, the distributor of Asclera®, created the STAND AND DELIVER program which celebrated women who took a stand and were committed to solving important issues affecting their communities. The grand prize winner, Michelle Rubin – who received $10,000 for her local charity and a beauty makeover, exemplifies how when you look and feel good, you do good.

For more information about the Asclera and the STAND AND DELIVER initiative, visit www.Asclera.com.

Topics of Discussion to Include:

— What causes spider veins?

— How many women are affected by this condition?

— What is Asclera?

— What is sclerotherapy?

— What is the STAND AND DELIVER Program?

— Why did Merz Aesthetics Create STAND AND DELIVER?

— What is the connection between looking good, feeling good and doing good?

More About Dr. Heidi Waldorf:

As Director of Laser and Cosmetic Dermatology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Dermatology at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Heidi A. Waldorf, M.D. is a respected expert in the field of dermatology, including skin rejuvenation, soft tissue augmentation, cosmetic use of botulinum toxin and laser technology, as well as skin cancer prevention and treatment.

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