Tag: climate crisis

Climate Reality Training Event in Fairfax May 16

​Join us in Fairfax, Virginia on May 16, 2026 for a FREE fast-paced, half-day leadership training. Connect with fellow advocates in your area and get a crash course on the science, the solutions, and the practical skills to confidently push for high-impact climate action in your state.

You’ll get the latest on climate science and solutions straight from former Vice President Al Gore, explore issues and opportunities for progress close to home, and start taking action. Give us three hours and we’ll give you the tools, network, and know-how to make a difference.

​NOTE: This local training event will feature Mr. Gore’s presentation via a recorded video. Mr. Gore will not be present onsite at the event.
 
​By completing a local training, you’ll also complete the first step to joining the Climate Reality Leadership Corps, with opportunities to complete your training online and at your own pace.

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Show Your Climate Action: Enter the Sustain Fairfax Earth Month Youth Art Contest

Fairfax County, Virginia – OEEC announces Sustain Fairfax Earth Month Youth Art Contest

Fairfax County’s Office of Environmental and Energy Coordination (OEEC) invites students to showcase how they are taking action for our planet in the Sustain Fairfax Earth Month Youth Art Contest. This contest celebrates the real, climate‑friendly steps young people are taking and how those actions benefit our environment and community. It connects directly to the Sustain Fairfax Challenge, an online platform where residents track and share their climate actions.

Participants will fall into one of three categories, grades 4-6, grades 7-8, and grades 9-12.  Students can submit original artwork, including designs, photographs, or drawings, to inspire residents to complete climate actions in our community.
— Read more on www.fairfaxcounty.gov/environment-energy-coordination/sustain-fairfax-earth-month-youth-art-contest

DeBriefed 4 April 2025: Scientists issue Trump ‘SOS’; EU climate goal in jeopardy; Deep-sea mining talks – Carbon Brief

A “sense of chaos has gripped” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, after Trump-sanctioned layoffs have affected 20% of staff. 
— Read on www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-4-april-2025-scientists-issue-trump-sos-eu-climate-goal-in-jeopardy-deep-sea-mining-talks/

March to End Fossil Fuels in NYC

From September 15 to 17, approximately 600,000 people around the world took to the streets to demand a rapid, just, and equitable end to fossil fuels. This wave of global mobilizations included the March to #EndFossilFuels in New York City on September 17, where Climate Reality Leaders and chapter members joined nearly 75,000 climate advocates in calling on world leaders to stop fossil fuel expansion and extraction.