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If you missed out last night, you still have one more chance to catch this month’s green film series “Bigger Than Water.” Tomorrow at 7pm in SWG 115! This film goes hand in hand with this year’s shared read “Poisoned City” and tells the story of those who were effected by the water crisis in Flint Michigan. #broncsgogreen #rideruniversity #biggerthanwater (at Rider University) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9jn-1NhSmB/?igshid=l8yqtv0acgyx

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@cupanion is killing the sustainability game & you can be a part of it here at Rider! Grab a #broncsgogreen #cupanion sticker for your bottle or grab a free reusable hot/cold scannable bottle to get involved! On Tuesday 2/10 will be in the SRC from 11:30-1pm giving free bottles away! The scan code works with the app Fill It Forward to provide clean water to those in need and create positive change for plastic waste reduction and awareness♻️ Every time you scan you get points toward prizes like a free @cupanion bottle or a 50% discount to the @rider_university bookstore! Check out how many plastic bottles we have saved just here at Rider! (at Rider University) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9RxSbuBdVf/?igshid=1qy3uivbxo8p3

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Neat infographics show how the U.S. ranks in regards to environmentalism (KB)

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As college kids, we truly strive to be the adults everyone expects us to be so this should definitely help. (KB)

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...and I second that! (KB)

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Yes, biodegradable lol. Happy Valentine’s Day! (KB)

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Superbowl 2016 commercial gives this hybrid a “badass” image because well... being eco-friendly is badass! (KB)

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The coolest portable cup ever

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Never thought about it this way but definitely will be using this excuse next time! (KB)

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14 spectacular ice caves to ease you into the winter spirit

Whether they’re hiding beneath massive glaciers or tucked away inside a mountain, ice caves are without a doubt some of the strangest and most surreal landscapes found on our amazing planet.

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A hand sign for climate action

People around the world flash the climate sign! 

Hadley Greswold, former NRDC intern, recent graduate of the University of Southern California, and impassioned advocate for the planet, animals, and humans, created a hand sign for climate action she hopes to make as ubiquitous as the peace sign. 

The origins of the peace sign are a little surprising: Although a variety of peace symbols, like the olive branch and the dove, have existed since antiquity, the V hand symbol first appeared in victory parades after World War II. Anti-Vietnam protesters adopted the hand sign during the late 1960s. But in both cases, the goal was to convey a desire for peace, for the end of war. 

Maybe that’s just what we need to spark global climate action: a symbol that shows we’re united in the mission to protect every person, every place, and everything we love. To protect our home, Planet Earth.

I asked Hadley a few questions about why she’s motivated to start this movement right now, and how she plans to take it global.

Hadley and friends unite for climate action. 

What made you believe that we needed a hand sign for climate action? From the day I was born, I’ve been told the world is in crisis. Climate change, ocean acidification, extreme weather: This is heavy stuff to grow up with. It’s no wonder millennials like myself often feel overwhelmed and powerless to influence our future. The inspiration for a climate sign came out of a need for collective empowerment. When we work together with our friends and peers on overwhelming issues, they become less daunting.

After the People’s Climate March in September of 2015, Frances Beinecke, former president of NRDC, emphasized the need for a unifying symbol that all of the diverse groups at the march could use to exemplify their collective drive for climate action. 

Bill McKibben, cofounder of 350.org, flashes the climate sign. 

How did you land on a hand sign? Individuals around the globe contributed their ideas. The climate sign was selected through a collaborative process powered by a team of millennial volunteers. It was chosen because it could visually represent “one earth.” It’s a d in American Sign Language, and it stands for decarbonization, the transition away from fossil fuels that is key to addressing the climate challenge.

What’s your plan to make it catch on? The climate sign resonates with people of all generations because it is easily accessible, unifying, positive, and universal. It has already been used at climate events, college campus climate initiatives, organizational meetings, farmers’ market gatherings, nature museums, and other public venues. Furthermore, people are sharing climate sign photos on social media under the #ClimateSign hashtag to unite for climate action. 

Actor Mark Ruffalo and the President of Dickinson College, Nancy Roseman, raise the climate sign after Ruffalo received the Sam Rose ’58 and Julie Walters Prize at Dickinson for Global Environmental Activism.  

NRDC President Rhea Suh and other NRDC staff hold up the climate sign in Bristol Bay, Alaska, to send a clear signal of climate action at this vulnerable site. 

What’s the plan for disseminating it in Paris? The climate sign will be projected on the Eiffel Tower as part of the incredible Human Energy art exhibition taking place during the 2015 U.N. climate talks. Climate sign photo booths will be accessible to the public so that anyone visiting the tower can take an iconic climate sign photo during this historic time. Leaders from around the globe including members of the United Nations, presidents, mayors, and other public figures like actors and musicians will be visiting the venue, and we hope they will raise the climate sign to demonstrate their unity for climate action. The 2015 U.N. climate talks will have an immense impact on our shared future, and it is more important than ever that people around the world come together to advocate for climate action. The climate sign is a simple tool to demonstrate this unity.

Thanks for chatting with me, Hadley! 

Learn more about the climate sign at climatesign.org and join the movement on its Facebook page, through Twitter, and on Instagram. Share your climate sign photo today with the hashtag #ClimateSign to unite for climate action! 

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The scene at Hyde Memorial State Park in New Mexico—by Erika Nortemann.

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YES WE DID IT... NOW LET’S KEEP IT UP! (The Penn East pipeline needs rejecting too!) (KB)

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So easy to do and look how cool these upcycled decorations look, especially that neat cat! (KB)

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Lion populations will halve in next 20 years. That is not cool.

From @newscientist​: The lion may be losing its position as king of the savannah. Almost all large populations of the animal in West and Central Africa are declining and may halve within 20 years. The situation is similar in East Africa.

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28390-lion-populations-to-halve-in-most-of-africa-in-next-20-years/

Also check out @onearth‘s fascinating piece by Jason Bittel about how lion bones are replacing tiger bones as a hot illegal wildlife trade commodity. 

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Greenland is melting away

If he fell in, “the death rate is 100 percent,” said Mr. Overstreet’s friend and fellow researcher Lincoln Pitcher.

But Mr. Overstreet’s task, to collect critical data from the river, is essential to understanding one of the most consequential impacts of global warming. The scientific data he and a team of six other researchers collect here could yield groundbreaking information on the rate at which the melting of Greenland ice sheet, one of the biggest and fastest-melting chunks of ice on earth, will drive up sea levels in the coming decades. The full melting of Greenland’s ice sheet could increase sea levels by about 20 feet.

Excerpted from a beautiful @nytimes piece on the Greenland ice sheet. Go read the original piece because there are amazing interactives and video we can’t do justice to here!