By Lauren Boritzke Smith November 9, 2021 GLASGOW, SCOTLAND COP 26 – Being on the ground in Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26 is a strange and humbling experience. A quick search for news coverage on COP26 online brings up headlines that feature what Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is saying about the conference. I applaud her work tenfold, but […]
By Paul Huttner November 11, 2021 LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE ONLINE HERE Indigenous people from around the world are sharing their knowledge and advocating for their communities at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. That includes University of North Dakota assistant professor Kyle Hill. Hill focuses on Indigenous health and is part of this year’s Climate Generation delegation. […]
By Dan Kraker November 15, 2021 Listen to the full article online here More than 60 students, academics, nonprofit leaders, politicians and other Minnesotans have returned from the UN’s climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, disappointed that more concrete steps weren’t taken to get greenhouse gas emissions under control, but also energized to push Minnesota more […]
By Jennifer Bjorhus November 3, 2021 60 Minnesotans travel to Scotland to show state’s environmental efforts. As Minnesota entrepreneur Jamez Staples sees it, the high-level climate change conversations filling the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, are crucial. But he’s in Glasgow to help ensure the ideas involve people on the ground, lower-income folks […]
November 4, 2021 LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE On this edition of Your Call, we get youth reactions to COP26. Young delegates from around the world took to the stage and the streets to demand an urgent response to the climate crisis. Later in the show, we’ll hear from a young climate activist who began […]
By John Burr November 1, 2021 The Invading Sea contacted three women from Florida who are attending the United Nation’s COP26 conference in Glasgow Scotland. Here’s what they hope to accomplish. Solemi Hernandez She has been to one prior COP conference, but this one has special meaning for her. Her mission at Glasgow is to […]
By Zaria Romero October 25, 2021 Zaria Romero is representing the Outrider Foundation at the 16th International Climate Conference of Youth in Glasgow, Scotland. How did her climate advocacy start and what does she hope to learn in Scotland? My name is Zaria Romero and I am a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying […]
By Munira Berhe October 26, 2021 Munira Berhe is representing the Outrider Foundation at the 16th International Climate Conference of Youth in Glasgow, Scotland. How did her climate advocacy start and what does she hope to learn in Scotland? My name is Munira Berhe and I am an art student at The New School in […]
September 24, 2021 Collective action is required to achieve the scale of change that’s needed. This week saw Minnesota mark climate week, and it comes in the wake of a series of studies showing that Earth is facing catastrophic consequences if drastic, immediate action isn’t taken to address greenhouse gas emissions. While we can make changes on an […]
Aug. 19 2021 AFTER ANTARCTICA with Will Steger Polar Explorer and environmentalist (author, activist, teacher, Internet education pioneer) Will Steger has been eyewitness to some of the greatest climate changes to our planet. He talks about how his expeditions have led him to where he is today – a defender of our planet. He shares […]