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“When the ocean suffers, we all suffer”: Tackling the crises of plastics and climate change
… climate crisis. This blog is the ninth in The Elders’ Intergenerational Climate Blog Series 2021 and … to a future. Young people are able to organize via social media with strength in numbers. We have grown up watching … News …
Elsa - 01/23/2023 - 14:54
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Elders+Youngers: building a sustainable and more equitable world for all
Elders+Youngers: building a sustainable and more equitable … meetings, Elders and Youngers used video, blogs and social media channels to debate the critical issues at stake in … Cardoso and Pedro, for example, appeared together on Globo News, and Gro Harlem Brundtland was interviewed with Esther …
jonathan - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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The success or failure of Rio+20 will be a defining moment for today’s youth
… world leaders gather in Brazil for the Rio+20 summit, both Elders and ‘Youngers’ stress that the outcomes of Rio+20 … of more than 300 non-profit organisations. Media inquiries media@theElders.org … collective action."In an opinion piece published in newspapers around the world, Gro Brundtland and Fernando H …
jonathan - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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The COVID-19 response shows the real potential of what united climate action could achieve
… action. Since then, I have started to use social media to create content that communicates environmental … help protect it for many generations to come. Although bad news tends to dominate the mainstream, particularly about … on people’s lives across the world. During this time, The Elders continued to deliver on Nelson Mandela’s mandate to …
gavin - 01/23/2023 - 15:04
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Rio+20 is not the response we need to safeguard people and the planet
… document is a failure of leadership." Mary Robinson The Elders welcome provisions for global Sustainable Development … and in Portuguese on ‘Younger’ Pedro Telles’ blog . Elders+Youngers is an initiative … of more than 300 non-profit organisations. Media inquiries media@theElders.org …
jonathan - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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The climate crisis is already here: Why we must listen to voices in the Global South
… can access the internet or watch television to access the news, so through these clean-ups we are able to speak to … have tried to amplify their voice, but all in vain! The media is so specific about what it reports, it is so biased … The Elders stand in solidarity with students striking for …
gavin - 01/23/2023 - 15:05
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My name is not Greta Thunberg: Why diverse voices matter in the climate movement
… can create a safer, healthier, fairer world for us all. The Elders salute Xiye’s spirit, and that of all young people … climate activist Licypriya Kangujam called out the media for calling her the Greta Thunberg of India in a … News …
gavin - 01/23/2023 - 15:01
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Northern Ireland: beyond sectarian politics
… the past still plagues our society.” After meeting the Elders last month to discuss the challenges facing young … every section of my life. The Troubles still dominates our news, our politics and sadly, unless something changes, our … thoughts to our political parties when it comes to the media, even though many of them do have good policies. …
Anonymous (not verified) - 07/21/2022 - 10:31
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'Wait for the matoke to ripen': encouraging communities to delay early marriage in Uganda
… painting community murals or working with the local media to air radio programmes about the issue. We don’t go … conflicts, water, sanitation and housing. This blog was originally published on GirlsNotBrides.org . … stop child marriage” In February 2012 four Elders travelled to Bihar, India, to meet a group of young …
jonathan - 07/21/2022 - 10:31