Tag: climate-action
July 24, 2018
NYC Youth Lead the Charge on Climate Change
by Jennifer Lauren Sixteen year old student Jamie Margolin had always been interested in creative action against climate change. Just last year, she developed a multidimensional, youth-fueled response to climate change aptly entitled Zero Hour. Today, Zero Hour is a full scale, national movement that is also gaining traction abroad. Inspired by Margolin’s. Read more…
July 26, 2017
No Paris? No Problem: Governor Jerry Brown and Michael Bloomberg Launch “America’s Pledge”
by Pamela Berns Last month, GreenHomeNYC published “No Paris? No Problem: Climate Action Marches On” to demonstrate how the initial disappointment with the White House decision to withdraw from the Paris accord had “morphed into strengthened resolve and galvanized coalition building within and across public and private sectors, U.S. localities, and around the world.”. Read more…
June 23, 2017
No Paris? No Problem: Climate Action Marches On
by Pamela Berns As though sending a portentous message, the movie “Paris Can Wait” was playing at the Paris theater just one block from Trump Tower in New York City, when Donald Trump announced the U.S. pullout from the Paris Climate accord. But commitments to climate change action and strategy march on: the initial disappointment. Read more…