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The Starfish: Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25
A long time ago, I entered the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)’s blogging competition, hoping to secure a trip to Africa and explore a part of the world I’ve never been to. Although I didn’t win, a stranger-turned-friend (Tuesday Phillips of ecolutionist!) led me to the wonderful path of eco-blogging I’ve been travelling on for the last few years.

Students on Ice: Youth gone wild
This summer, I participated in the Students on Ice Arctic expedition 2011. It was one of the most eye-opening experiences I’ve ever had, living on a ship for two weeks with scientists, artists, Inuit and activists both old and young.

Video – WWF: Come with us, go places
A video shoot with WWF gave this family "15 minutes of fame," and a lot more to think about.

Gwich’in Wellness Centre solar project: Investment in a sunnier future
If Thomas Edison made the case for solar power back in the 1930s, when the worst that could be imagined was that fossil fuels might be exhausted, imagine his endorsement now, when the urgency of climate change requires bold, transformative action in order to reconcile energy demand with supply and increasingly source.

WWF supports Indigenous youth on climate change canoe trip
WWF is supporting a group of seven young people from the Arctic as they paddle a traditional canoe along the west coast of North America from Vancouver to Neah Bay in the U.S. As they progress along the coast, they are stopping in communities to share their stories of the impacts of climate change in their homelands.