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Gopher Tortoise – A Model for Humanity

Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Web of Life from Charles Tsai on Vimeo.
Forgive this personal post but on this global Blog Action Day, I’d like to share with you a story I did back when I worked for CNN.  It was the first in a series of videos about biodiversity, a subject I had just learned about at the time.
Biodiversity [...]

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VOLUNTEER: Climate Crusaders in India

Posted on 27. May, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

The Indian Youth Climate Network is now recruiting passionate youth to be part of the Asian subcontinent delegation to the Copenhagen conference on climate change.
Interested youth can apply to be part of the IYCN’s Agents of Change program.
The IYCN Agents of Change program takes the IYCN movement from the grass roots to the international arena. [...]

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VENTURE: Turn It Off

Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Sagar Naupada, 19, India - While we walk out of a room having a 60W bulb without switching it off, the power wastage snow balls to approximately 22,000W per year. If this is the case of a single bulb what about the other appliances in our house hold.
My idea is to develop a electronic system which [...]

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VENTURE: Kids vs Global Warming

Posted on 04. Mar, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Alec Loorz, 14, USA – Kids vs Global Warming is a youth-inspired and youth-led non-profit organization, dedicated to educating kids about climate change and empowering them to take action. We, as youth are standing up and taking the lead to stop the climate crisis before it’s too late.
Kids vs Global Warming (web) makes it [...]

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Indian Youth Climate Network

Posted on 19. Feb, 2009 by Jim Bach.

We are the youth of India. Climate change is going to affect OUR future. The decision makers of today, won’t be around in 50 years time to see the effects of their inaction. Hence we need take the action required to ensure that our future will be bright, clean and green.
The Indian Youth Climate Network [...]

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EVENT: The 2009 TUNZA International Children’s Conference on the Environment

Posted on 22. Jan, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Status: Active
Deadline: January 31, 2009
The United Nation Environment Programme in cooperation with UNEP National Committee for the Republic of Korea will be hosting the 2009 TUNZA International Children’s Conference on the Environment in Daejeon, Korea from the 17 to 21 August 2009. The Conference whose theme will be Climate Change: Our Challenge will collectively bring [...]

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IDEA: Improved Ceramic Stoves

Posted on 12. Jan, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

Cindy, 24, Dominican Republic - Heat “magically” appears to cook food for the majority of U.S. citizens. Life was not that simple when I became a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic. Outside of major cities, families use wood burning open fires to cook their food.
Standing over a fire is nostalgic, but certainly not environmentally [...]

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INTERVIEW: Chloe Maxmin on Leadership

Posted on 12. Jan, 2009 by Charles Tsai.

If any progress is being made on the global fight against climate change, it is because of Youth Venturers like Chloe Maxmin.  Just 16 years old, she is an eloquent voice for our planet – both at her school and in her community. She founded Climate Action Club at her school in Newcastle, Maine, and [...]

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IDEA: Composting Toilet

Posted on 30. Dec, 2008 by Charles Tsai.

Teniera, 15, Vanuatu - Climate change is affecting nowhere on earth more seriously than in the South Pacific, where rising sea levels and increased storms are slowly drowning our small islands. In our coastal village, we have already noticed the impact of sea level rise because our underground wells are mixing with sea water. We have [...]

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Al Gore Honors Alec Loorz

Posted on 07. Nov, 2008 by Charles Tsai.

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