Art of the Week
Art by Ras Elijah Tafari, a Black American visual and musical artist based out of New Mexico. The following is a poem written by the feeling it inspired in him
Formed in the well of worry, in the tears of what would come. She sits alone waiting for her son to rise, feeling the first rays after the long night.
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Sustainability Food for Thought
This is an excellent article by Sushobhan Mahanty exploring exploring the dietary connection to the climate crisis with powerful facts like this from an Oxford University study, “people who eat meat are responsible for almost twice as many dietary greenhouse-gas emissions per day as vegetarians and about 2.5 times as many emissions as vegans.
Weekly e-Newsletter
February 1, 2022
Editors: Rae'Jean Alford & Terry Gips
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Take Action
Last week, the US House Natural Resources Committee passed the bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. The bill would provide much needed funding to every state and territory to help protect 12,000 species that are currently at risk. Iconic species such as the rare whooping crane, monarch butterfly and the wood bison would benefit greatly from the bill. Moreover, the Act could create more than 30,000 new conservation-related jobs.
To learn more about the act, check out this insightful report by PBS.
Urge your Senators and Representatives to pass the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
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