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Joined January 2019
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BeaconsDEC retweeted
Today grade 6 did the #1tweet challenge. @ZachRBrain asked his students, "If you had one Tweet that the entire world could read, what would you say?"
This thread shows those tweets!
With your retweets, I wonder how many people can see the words of these students?
BeaconsDEC retweeted
Meet the Petitions Team at @UNHumanRights Geneva.
Every year, they process thousands of complaints related to human rights violations, bringing real meaning to the rights contained in human rights treaties.
Watch the full video here: facebook.com/UN.Geneva/posts…
#HumanRightsDay
BeaconsDEC retweeted
Wildfires are still scorching the West as a hurricane hits the South; we're in an unprecedented season of climate disasters via @nytimes fal.cn/3amw4
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A little good news. Thanks to #wind & #solar, Canberra just became the first city outside of Europe to go 100% #renewable.
We have the solutions to the #climatecrisis, implement them. #Go100re.
#ActOnClimate #climate #energy #tech #climatestrike #GreenNewDeal @GretaThunberg
BeaconsDEC retweeted
Reporting is not enough.
Connecting the dots is not enough.
Mentioning the link to the climate crisis is not enough
(even though it would kind of help...).
If we are to have a small chance, this needs to be our main focus.
It needs to dominate the news.
All the time.
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“The last fully intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic has collapsed, losing more than 40% of its area in just two days at the end of July”
Larger than the island of Manhattan...
#FaceTheClimateEmergency huffpost.com/entry/canada-la…
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Denmark is producing so much #windenergy it may soon be powering the U.K. as well.
We have the solutions to the #climatecrisis. Let' implement them.
#ActOnClimate #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal #JustRecovery
BeaconsDEC retweeted
July 2019-June 2020 was tied as the warmest 12 months on record. That’s +1,39°C above preindustrial levels and rapidly closing in on 1,5°.
So I ask again: where are the breaking news? Where are the front pages? Where are the emergency meetings? Where are the adults?
++BREAKING++
New data from @CopernicusECMWF shows that July 2019-June 2020 was tied as the warmest 12 months on record...
BeaconsDEC retweeted
5 🗝️benefits of food safety
It:
🗑️ Reduces food loss & waste
💚 Sustains life & enables healthy diets
🍽️ Helps safely produce & prepare foods
🥕 Facilitates trade & access to new markets
🦠 Keeps food borne illnesses away
#ThinkEatSave
🎨 @FAO
BeaconsDEC retweeted
Ocean Waves can be a source of unlimited #cleanenergy. This Wave Power Plant, could power countless homes.
We have the solutions to the #climateemergenecy. Let's implement them.
#ActOnClimate #climate #Tech #climatestrike
BeaconsDEC retweeted
Wind turbines in Scotland now generated almost twice the entire country’s domestic power requirements.
We have the solutions. Let's implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #Renewables #climate #energy #GreenNewDeal
BeaconsDEC retweeted
4 countries that are almost entirely powered by #renewableenergy:
1. Iceland 🇮🇸
2. Paraguay 🇵🇾
3. Norway 🇳🇴
4. Costa Rica 🇨🇷
We have the solutions, we have the workforce. Let's get going.
#ActOnClimate #climate #energy #tech #climatestrike #GreenNewDeal @GretaThunberg
BeaconsDEC retweeted
#ThanksHealthHeroes
For enduring long days and nights away from your families so that ours can be safe from #COVID19.
For continuing to deliver babies, care for pregnant women and keep #EveryChildALIVE.
For every moment of expertise and compassion you have to give.
BeaconsDEC retweeted
Thank you!
#WorldHealthDay
Not just on #WorldHealthDay , but every day we applaud you. Thank you to healthcare workers all over the world on the frontline looking out for each and every one of us.
Tag a healthcare hero you know 🌠
#ClapForOurCarers #COVID19
BeaconsDEC retweeted
Our partner #PSI sent us this from Jamnia in #MadhyaPradesh. You can see the chalk circles on the ground to help people keep their distance. #PSI have started a text campaign to encourage #handwashing. It's as much as they can do with India in lockdown but it will save lives
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Cabin fever? Here are some good climate-related activities to keep you busy! #EarthOptimism s.si.edu/2R2kfyp
BeaconsDEC retweeted
Time to speak up for our rights and for those who have been silenced, stigmatized, and shamed for far too long.
#GenerationEquality involves all of us!
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Germany, Denmark and The Netherlands are building an island to house 7,000 wind turbines. It could provide electricity for 80 million Europeans.
We have solutions, implement them.
#ActOnClimate #climate #energy #innovation #renewables #GreenNewDeal #PanelsNotPipelines
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”Planting trees is good, of course, but it is nowhere near enough of what is needed, and it cannot replace real mitigation and rewilding nature.”
We have the solutions. No planet B. No time to waste. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #Renewables #GreenNewDeal
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Humans are creating the third great extinction. If we don't change our ways 99.9% of critically endangered species will be lost & take the earth more than 3 million yrs to recover.
We have solutions to the #climate crisis, let's implement them.
#GreenNewDeal #COP25 #COP25Madrid