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Around the same time, Connecticut also had a Recycling Superhero, Ray Cycle (aka Chris Rowlands).

Ray Cycle was a local  environmentalist, who was featured in a CT comic book. Ray Cycle visited our schools, dressed in his Superhero attire and shared his original songs about taking care of our Earth.

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Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin was an environmentalist. He believed our environment was important. It troubled him that it was not addressed in politics or by the media, so he created the first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970.
That is 50 years ago! Happy Birthday, Earth Day! Thank you Senator Nelson

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Scroll Down in this Column and read the article from National Geographic Kids and check out the link to Earth Day Live 2020.
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Earth Day Facts/History, Tips and Tricks.

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Our planet is an amazing place, but it needs our help to thrive! That's why each year on April 22, more than a billion people celebrate Earth Day to protect the planet from things like pollution and deforestation. By taking part in activities like picking up litter and planting trees, we're making our world a happier, healthier place to live.

The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, when a United States senator from Wisconsin organized a national demonstration to raise awareness about environmental issues. Rallies took place across the country and, by the end of the year, the U.S. government had created the Environmental Protection Agency. By 1990, Earth Day was an event celebrated by more than 140 countries around the globe.

You can celebrate and protect the planet at the same time. Check out these Earth Day ideas to help save the planet any time of year.

BECOME A WASTE WARRIOR

The number of garbage trucks Americans fill each year would stretch halfway to the moon. Toilet paper tubes, made from cardboard, take two months to decompose in a landfill. A plastic bottle sticks around for way longer-it can take over 450 years to break down! But instead of turning to the trash bin, you could turn these items into an awesome telescope or a flower planter. Before you throw something away, think about whether it can be recycled or repurposed. You can also limit waste by reducing the amount of things you buy. For example, check the library for that book you have to read before visiting the store.

PLANT A TREE

Researchers estimate roughly 15 billion trees in the world are cut down each year, so help offset that loss by planting a tree of your own. Trees absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen for people to breathe. They also provide shelter and food for animals such as squirrels and owls. Depending on where trees are planted, their shade can even reduce the need for air-conditioning in hotter months. How many more reasons do you need to go green?

TURN OFF THE LIGHTS

Does that lamp really need to be on while the sun is out? Electricity doesn't just happen-it has to be produced from things around us. A lot of times it comes from fossil fuels (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) that contribute to climate change. But electricity can also be made from renewable sources like wind, water, the sun, and even elephant dung! No matter where it's coming from, try conserving electrical energy by using only what you need.

LIMIT YOUR WATER USAGE

It might seem like it's everywhere, but clean, drinkable water is a limited resource. In fact less than one percent of the water on Earth can be used by humans. (The rest is either too salty or too difficult to access.) Turning off the faucet when you brush your teeth can conserve up to eight gallons of water a day. To help save even more water, challenge yourself to take a shorter shower (but still get clean!).

OFFER YOUR TIME

With a parent's permission, volunteer to pick up trash at a nearby park, start a collection drive for recyclable items, or organize a screening of an environmentally themed movie. By getting involved and working with others, you're not just helping the Earth-you're making new friends too!

SPREAD THE MESSAGE

Talk to your friends and family members about what you're doing and ask them to help. Need to get the conversation started? Get everyone together and reconnect with nature by taking one of our Get Outside challenges, or check out some other green tips you can share. The more people do, the better off our planet will be!

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Our planet is an amazing place, but it needs our help to thrive! That's why each year on April 22, more than a billion people celebrate Earth Day to protect the planet from things like pollution and deforestation. By taking part in activities like picking up litter and planting trees, we're making our world a happier, healthier place to live.

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We can make a better world for everyone. Come back in the days ahead and join us at earthday.org as we flood the world with messages of hope, optimism and, above all - action.

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Where we stand:

On Earth Day, April 22, 2020, we have two crises: One is the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The other is a slowly building disaster for our climate.

We can, will and must solve both challenges. The world was not prepared for the novel coronavirus. But we still have time to prepare - in every part of the world - for the climate crisis.

The coronavirus pandemic does not shut us down. Instead, it reminds us of what's at stake in our fight for the planet. If we don't demand change to transform our planet and meet our climate crisis, our current state will become the new normal - a world where pandemics and extreme weather events span the globe, leaving already marginalized and vulnerable communities even more at risk.

On Earth Day 2020, we say enough is enough.

We say we believe in science.

We say that everyone can make a difference.

We say that the protection of our planet and the wellbeing of the people who live upon it are the top priorities.

On Earth Day 2020, we say that we're committing to vote, we're registering to vote and we're showing up to vote.

And if we can't vote, we're exercising our power to demand more action from our leaders.
On Earth Day 2020, we seize all the tools and actions that we have, big and small, to change our lives and change our world, not for one day, but forever.
While the coronavirus may force us to keep our distance, it will not force us to keep our voices down. The only thing that will change the world is a bold and unified demand for a new way forward.

We may be apart, but through the power of digital media, we're also more connected than ever. While you may feel isolated, you're never alone, because we're all in this together, here on Earth.

Human health and planetary health are inextricably linked. To protect one, we must protect the other.

Millions rallied behind this idea to create the first Earth Day in 1970, and, 50 years later, we must rally behind it again.

On April 22, join us for 24 hours of action in a global digital mobilization that drives actions big and small, gives diverse voices a platform and demands bold action for people and the planet.

DISTANCE, NOT SILENCE

Don't let our global fight against coronavirus make you feel helpless - the 50th anniversary of Earth Day needs you.

Help us flood the digital landscape with actions - big and small - and with hope, optimism and action!

Over the 24 hours of Earth Day, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day will fill the digital landscape with global conversations, calls to action, performances, video teach-ins and more.
While Earth Day may be going digital, our goal remains the same: to mobilize the world to take the most meaningful actions to make a difference.

No matter where you are, you can make a difference. And you're not alone, because together, we can save the Earth.

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If you're looking for Earth Day crafts for your kids as April 22nd approaches, you'll find some great ones here. I've rounded up 23 Earth Day crafts, treats and activities for toddlers and preschoolers to make, eat and do on Earth Day.
These fun and easy Earth Day crafts and activities can be used to accompany Earth Day discussions or planet Earth studies at home or in the classroom. They're easy enough for toddlers and preschoolers to enjoy but elementary kids will love them too.

Of course, every day should be Earth Day, and the kids and I do our best all year round, here in my home daycare, to honour and respect our planet.

We compost, we recycle, and we make our own earth-friendly laundry detergent. We repurpose our old jeans into bibs and aprons for the daycare, we shop-second hand, we use a rain-barrel and most of our crafts are made from used or recycled materials.

Never-the-less, it's important to set one day aside to really focus on the earth and the environment, and to be consciously aware of the importance of our impact on the planet.

When is Earth Day?

Earth Day falls on April 22nd every year.

We'll talk a lot today about the measures we can take to reduce our carbon footprint, and of course, to make things fun, we'll do some Earth Day crafting, and do some activities that will encourage awareness as we observe this special day.

We've made some fun and easy Earth Day crafts in past years, and I've teamed them up with a few more Earth crafts I've found on the net, to share with you.

Enjoy!

23 Earth Day Crafts, Treats and Activities for Kids:

I do love a good paper plate weaving craft! Isn't this Earth Day woven craft beautiful? - Pre-K Pages!

This simple paper plate Earth is easy enough to make with a paper plate and some repurposed tissue paper. - Happy Hooligans

Here's another really easy Earth Day craft made with tissue paper. There's a fun Q&A at the end of this activity. Even the baby got in on the fun here! - Happy Hooligans

Kids will love experimenting with colour and water absorption while they make this pretty coffee filter Earth Day craft! - J Daniel 4's Mom

These "stained glass" Earth Day Sun Catchers by Mum in the Madhouse are gorgeous! You'll never guess what they're made out of!

Turn some broken crayons into Earth crayons and your kids can hand them out to their classmates on Earth Day!

Make an Earth Day sun catcher like Kids Activities Blog did, using, what else? Real dirt!

We used one of our favourite art techniques (it involves shaving cream) to make this marbled Earth Day craft. It looks very much like our earth when viewed from outer space. Kids will love the process used for this craft. It's so fun and it smells so good!

With just 3 kitchen ingredients, you can whip up a batch of puffy paint to make this puffy Earth. You just paint a paper plate and then pop it in the microwave, and it puffs right up!

Little Bins for Little Hands are experts when it comes to slime recipes! It's no surprise that they've whipped up a batch of green and blue slime for Earth Day!

Have you heard of seed bombs? You pack these little bombs with flower seeds, and give them as gifts or toss them into the garden! I love these Earth Day seed bombs by Plantables and Paper.

Look at this fabulous homemade Earth Day play dough! Meet the Dubiens made enough colours to teach her kids about the layers of the earth!

Here's a fun Earth Day activity that teaches kids how to sort items for trash, compost and recycling. There's a free printable in the post to go along with the activity.

Earth Day Treats! Great for home or the classroom!

How about some Earth Day popcorn? Mmmm! The perfect treat for Earth Day! - Simple As That

These Earth Day cupcakes by ABC Creative Learning have a fantastic surprise inside! Check 'em out!

You've probably seen this gorgeous batch of Earth Day cookies all over pinterest! They were made by Munchkins and Munchies. Don't they look yummy?

And who wouldn't love the classic Rice Krispy treat served up as an Edible Earth. - Crafts by Amanda

Crafts by Amanda shows us how to make a simple mosaic earth ornament for Earth Day.

I always loved making collages when I was a kid. Use your old magazines to make this Earth Day Collage! - I Heart Crafty Things

Have a look at the smoosh painted Earth craft we made a few years ago. The kids LOVED this Earth Day art project. - Happy Hooligans

And lastly, we'll finish up with some awesome Earth Day sensory activities!

Make a set of Earth Day Discovery Bottles for your children to explore and examine! - Little Bins for Little Hands

Whip up an Earth Day small world for your kids to play with. It feels so good! - Pre-K Pages

Coloured Rice is an amazing sensory material for kids to explore and play with. It keeps forever too! Mix up a batch of Earth Day coloured rice, and your kids will be busy for hours! - Fun-A-Day
Happy Earth Day!
I hope you enjoyed all of these easy Earth Day projects! Hopefully you'll choose to do a few with your kids or students today!

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This is a digitized version of an article from The Times's print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them.

Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions.

Schools are booking the song-and-dance act of Ray Cycle, ''superhero'' of the state recycling program.

Ray Cycle, whose real identity is Chris Rowlands of Dayton, Ohio, is booked two months in advance at elementary schools in southern towns, where the recycling programs are strongest.

His two routines, 40 minutes each for kindergarten through third grade and fourth through sixth grades, earn hearty applause from crowds that are as appreciative as they are diminutive.

''There's so much trash, there's so much waste, it's polluting our water and taking up space,'' Mr. Rowlands sings in an opening number as he encourages his audience to make circles in the air with their hands and chant, ''Re, re, recycle.''

Ray Cycle comes out in green tights and yellow shorts and a cape, with dark goggles and copper-colored boots, gloves and a belt buckle shaped like Connecticut.

Mr. Rowlands tells the youngsters that his character was born in a dump when lightning struck a cartoon character drawn on a piece of paper. After coming to life, he said, he used his X-ray vision to see the ''dump juices,'' including motor oil and other nasty substances, moving toward drinking-water supplies.

''Let's hear you say, 'Landfills stink,' '' Mr. Rowlands urged he introduced a song with that title.

Children eagerly participate in the show, which is peppered with pop, rock and rap music. Afterward, the pupils line up to ask for Ray Cycle's autograph.

''I can't believe he kept their attention,'' said a kindergarten teacher at Mary F. Morrison Elementary School in Groton, Leslie Spees, said. ''Do you know how hard it is to get a kids that age to sit for an hour?''

''It's our hope that Ray Cycle will become for the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and its recycling program what Smokey Bear is for the National Forest Service,'' said Marc A. Breslav, a consultant who is overseeing the tour.

The recycling coordinator in Groton, Diane C. Small, said Ray Cycle's message reminded her of the anti-smoking drive by the American Cancer Society in schools in the 1960's.

''Programs like this can have a lot of impact at the elementary level,'' Ms. Small said. ''It's important to get attitudes like this shaped early.''

Ray Cycle was actually created last summer by Everett Studios of White Plains, to publicize the recycling effort. Under the program, dumps and garbage incinerators will be prohibited by 1991 from accepting such recyclable materials as newspapers, tin and aluminum cans, and yard wastes. Such other materials as tires and batteries are recommended for recycling.

The Greater Bridgeport Solid Waste Advisory Council has been awarded up to $5 million to plan, design and construct a recycling center. The South Central Council of Governments has received a $75,000 grant for a similar plant in the New Haven area, and the Southeastern Connecticut Regional Resources Recovery Authority has been given $1.1 million to expand recycling in the New London region.

In other areas, talks are proceeding to determine the sites for recycling centers. To obtain a grant, a center has to serve a population of at least 250,000.

Mr. Rowlands said he was working on his degree in education last year in Ohio and teaching courses on the environment at an Audubon Center in Dayton when he was approached by Billie B. Brennan, who has produced three records about the environment.

Mr. Brennan and Paul Seydewitz of Takoma Park, Md., had been commissioned to write the songs for the Connecticut campaign and were looking for a performer. Mr. Rowlands, who has not had formal theater training, agreed to take the job.

Mr. Breslav said he sought towns with active recycling campaigns for Ray Cycle's appearances. Secondly, he looks at towns trying to set up a program. ''But by 1991 all towns are going to have to be recycling, by law, so he'll be available all over the state,'' Mr. Breslav said.

Although Ray Cycle has made appearances at adult functions, including the recent Environment 2000 conference in Norwich, he is mostly booked for schools, Mr. Breslav said.

''In a lot of families, children are the ones who take out the garbage, so they can have a lot of impact on recycling,'' Mr. Breslav said. ''Besides, once we convert young people, it could actually cause a change in life style.''

Mr. Rowlands, when he is putting on a show for a school group, forms a chorus for each song, picking a half-dozen or more children from the audience, as well as one or two adults.

''I think I need some co-stars,'' Mr. Rowlands said, a play on Costar, for Constitution State Recycles.

At Morrison, when Mr. Rowlands picked Mrs. Spees as a backup singer, her students responded with their own chorus of howls. ''That's always gets the troops going,'' said Ms. Armstrong, who has also been chosen to sing in a couple of choruses.

Mr. Rowlands also has a script he follows between songs to start the children thinking about the reasons for recycling.

''You guys think recycling's a good idea?'' Mr. Rowlands asked. When they responded, ''Yeah!'' Mr. Rowlands continued:

''Well, good ideas only work when people work. And sometimes people get a little lazy. Recycling is a lot of work. and we've all got to help if it's going to work in Connecticut.''

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In 1977, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an organization that focused on planting trees., supporting environmentalists, conservation, and women's rights.,
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Al Gore was a Vice-President from 1993-2001, before he became famous for his work as an environmentalist. He has done a lot of work, addressing Climate Change and the damaging effects we are seeing on our Earth. A 2006  movie called, An Inconvenient Truth, featured Al Gore and his work with Climate Change. He still makes many appearances to teach people about what they can and should do.

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It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 4 Episode 44 | 5m 21s |

News about climate change is often full of doom, guilt, and anxiety. This can make many people reluctant to pay attention to or discuss it. We asked former Vice President Al Gore to help us find a different way to talk about climate change.

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Wait? I thought the Planeteers were fictional!?!?

Turns out there are REAL-LIFE environmentalists, who are children that have been inspired by the make-believe characters in Captain Planet.

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From petitioning schools to cut single-use plastics, to speaking out for the environment all over the globe, these young heroes are combining their powers to take pollution down to zero!

1. Hannah Testa

Hannah Testa is the founder of Hannah4Change, an organization dedicated to fighting issues that impact the planet. An environmental activist and speaker, she partners with businesses and government to influence them to develop more sustainable practices. Hannah has received numerous honors and awards, including the Teen Earth Day Hero by CNN, the Young Superhero for Earth Award by Captain Planet Foundation, the Action for Nature International Young Eco-Hero Award, the Gloria Barron Prize. Learn More about Hannah

2. Erin Schrode

Erin Schrode started Teens Turning Green at thirteen years old with her mother, Judi Shils. Through Teens Turning Green (now Turning Green), Schrode is leading the efforts to raise awareness about global sustainability while influencing young adults to make the transition to utilize eco-friendly brands in their everyday lives. Turning Green gets teens involved through a series of campaigns and projects, such as Project Green Dorm and the #ConsciousCollege Tour campaign. They also promote advocacy of environmental health through campaigning and lobbying for change that will protect the Earth. In Currently, Schrode is helping the people of Puerto Rico with the #ChefsForPuertoRico campaign. Working with Chef José Andrés, Schrode is the COO of #ChefsForPuertoRico, World Central Kitchen's disaster relief initiative in response to Hurricane Maria. Since being there, Schrode and her team have been able to prepare and distribute 3.3 million balanced meals across the island of Puerto Rico. Learn More about Erin

3. Steff McDermot

Estefania (Steff) McDermot has stepped forward as a fierce defender of the blue seas surrounding her home of the Cayman Islands. For generations, her family has dived, fished, and built boats to live on the waters teeming with life, but today it's more common for her to see plastic floating across the harbor, dead coral, algae blooms, and mountains of trash on the beaches. Steff attended the Ocean Heroes Bootcamp to build international support to back her work to pressure the island nation to take meaningful action to address the problem. In partnership with Plastic Free Cayman, Steff created the 345 Pledge that provides businesses and individuals a stepwise plan to reducing their plastic consumption by committing to make 3 immediate changes, 4 changes within 6 months, and 5 changes within the next year towards achieving a plastic-free Cayman Island. Learn More about Steff

4. Carter and Olivia Ries

In 2009, Carter and Olivia Ries created One More Generation, an organization seeking to keep endangered species protected for one more generation and beyond. Through OMG, they seek to advocate for wildlife and environmental issues, as well as empower youth around the world to stand up and help create solutions for the pressing issues of today. They have made their voices heard on several platforms across the globe, including a presentation at TEDxYouth and an address to the United Nations on World Wildlife Day. Learn More about Carter and Olivia

5. Chloe Mei Espinosa

Chloe Mei Espinosa's passion for scuba diving among tropical reefs inspired her work to protect the oceans by reducing plastic straw pollution. In April 2018, the then 11-year-old researched and created her own logo and website, skiptheplasticstraw.com, as part of a 6th grade project to educate people about the harmful effects of single-use plastic straws. On her website, she created a Skip the Plastic Straw pledge counter for people to commit to not using singleuse plastic straws. To date, more than 800 people have signed the pledge! After attending the 2018 Ocean Heroes Bootcamp, Chloe Mei lobbied her school district to go "straw-free"; in July they agreed, and it was announced all 32 schools of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District would stop using plastic straws and instead offer paper straws on request. Not satisfied with getting just her own school district to go straw-free, in August Chloe Mei managed to convince Saddleback Valley Unified School District to stop using single-use plastic straws in all 34 schools in that district!. Learn More about Chloe Mei

6. Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, (his first name pronounced 'Shoe-Tez-Caht') is a young indigenous climate activist, hip-hop artist, and on the front lines of a global youth-led environmental movement. At the early age of six, Xiuhtezcatl began speaking to crowds at conferences and demonstrations from the Rio+20 United Nations Summit in Rio de Janeiro to addressing the General Assembly at the United Nations New York. He is the Youth Director of Earth Guardians an organization of young activists, artists and musicians from across the globe stepping up as leaders and working together to create positive concrete action in their communities to address climate change. He also uses original eco hiphop music to educate and inspire his generation into action. He is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Obama administration for their failure to protect the atmosphere and their future. He has worked locally to get pesticides out of parks, coal ash contained and moratoriums on fracking in his state.

Xiuhtezcatl has traveled across the nation and to many parts of the world educating his generation about the state of the planet they are inheriting and inspiring them into action to protect the Earth. His movement has grown to over 1,500 youth lead Earth Guardian crews globally working on the frontline to combat climate change. His work has been featured on PBS, Showtime, National Geographic, Rolling Stones, Upworthy, The Guardian, Vogue, CNN, MSNBC, HBO and many more. In 2013, Xiuhtezcatl received the 2013 United States Community Service Award from President Obama, and was the youngest of 24 national change-makers chosen to serve on the President's youth council. Learn More about Xiuhtezcatl

7. Dyson Chee

An avid water advocate, Dyson Chee has a deep passion for the ocean surrounding his home on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Dyson believes that the world is his classroom where he has the opportunity to explore his interests of ocean conservation, scientific research, and politics. While interning at a world-renowned coral research lab and at the Hawaii State Capitol, Dyson started Project O.C.E.A.N after attending Ocean Heroes Bootcamp in 2018, with the goal of rallying youth support for environmental issues that affect the health of the ocean and local community. His greatest hope is to inspire youth to be engaged citizens and to make a positive difference in their community. Dyson currently serves as an ambassador to Philippe Cousteau Jr.'s EarthEcho International and for Student Voice. In June 2018, he was awarded The National Billy Michal Student Leadership Award by the National WWII Museum for his strong record of volunteerism, school and community activism, and helping to implement creative solutions to recognized problems. Learn More about Dyson

8. Ta'Kaiya Blaney

Ta'Kaiya Blaney is an actor, singer-songwriter and Native Children's Survival (NCS) Youth Ambassador from Tla A'min Nation, Turtle Island. From the Idle No More Movement to the United Nations Ta'Kaiya has performed and spoken at grass-roots Indigenous gatherings and rallies and at International conferences and forums across the globe. Ta'Kaiya's engagements have included, the TUNZA United Nations Children and Youth Conference on the Environment, the United Nations Rio+20 Conference, and the United Nations Permanent Forum On Indigenous Issues. In 2014, Ta'Kaiya was the youngest keynote speaker for Powershift (an annual global youth summit focusing on climate change policy) at Pittsburg, P.A. and Victoria, B.C. and the youngest Indigenous youth to present an intervention at the United Nations Headquarters Permanent Forum On Indigenous where she introduced the NCS "Indigenous Children's Fund". Learn More about Ta'Kaiya

9. Robbie Bond

Robbie Bond is truly a young champion for our nation's beautiful National Parks & Monuments. At just 9 years old, Robbie founded Kids Speak For Parks, an organization created to stand up and speak for national parks and monument, largely in response to the Trump administration's executive order that stands to threaten 27 national monuments. His goal is to build a chorus of young voices for those national treasures. Robbie attended the 2018 Ocean Heroes Bootcamp and soon formed a partnership with Klean Kanteen and Litterati to extend his campaign to eliminate single-use plastics in national parks and marine protected areas. "Our government needs to hear from us, the youngest amongst us, that our national parks are not for sale," Robbie said about his work. "You can't get the parks back once they are taken away." Robbie recently received the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes and the Action for Nature International Eco Hero Award. Learn More about Robbie

10. Melati and Isabel Wijsen

Sisters Melati and Isabel Wijsen started campaigning against plastic bags in Bali when they were 10 and 12 years old. They founded an organization called Bye Bye Plastic Bags and started a petition to get plastic bags banned from their island. Permission was obtained to collect signatures behind customs and immigration at Bali's airport and, eventually, they got over 100,000 signatures.

For over a year, Bali's Governor failed to meet Melati and Isabel's request for a hearing. In frustration, the sisters threatened a hunger strike. Twenty-four hours later, they were escorted to meet with the governor. During that meeting, the governor signed a memorandum to help the people of Bali say no to plastic bags by January 2018. Additionally, the Indonesian government has pledged to invest $1 billion towards reducing marine waste by 70% by 2025, as part of the UN's Clean Seas program. Bye Bye Plastic Bags has grown into an internationally recognized organization, and has teams all over the world working to git rid of plastic bags. Learn More about Melati and Isabel

11. Coda Christopherson

A surfer and advocate, Coda Christopherson is an active defender of the planet's oceans. After attending the 2018 Ocean Heroes Bootcamp, she left determined to convince her school to stop offering plastic straws to her peers. Coda started advocating in her community and at her school. Her presentation of "Plastic Pollution SUCKS but you don't have to" resonated and the Manhattan Beach Unified School District agreed to go strawless! To guide and help others that are trying to do the same thing, Coda established Strawless School, an initiative to stop the use and disposal of plastic straws at schools by educating students about their impact on the ocean and providing eco-friendly alternatives. Her first eco-event was held at the Manhattan Beach Pier where she enlisted 800 community members to take the Strawless School Pledge and stop using single-use plastic straws and flatware. In return, she gifted 800 sets of reusable metal forks, spoons, and straws. Together with the Strawless School Squad, an organic supporter group that sprang from her campaign, she plans on educating and inspiring other schools to go strawless. Coda's compassionate nature and belief that the ocean has rights remains the heartbeat of her work. She is grateful to live in a world in which she can use her voice as a force for good. Learn More about Coda

12. Charles Orgbon III

Charles Orgbon III's journey as an environmentalist began in 2008 - he was only 12-years-old. Charles noticed his school's littered campus, and wanted to organize an effort to resolve the problem. He later developed Greening Forward, which would become a leading organization in the United States devoted to training and funding environmental leaders, ages 5-25. Greening Forward has distributed over tens of thousands of dollars in funding to youth environmental projects that plant trees, build compost bins, install rain barrels, monitor streams, recycle tons of waste, and advocate for a number of other environmental issues.

In addition, Charles completed an Arctic Science Expedition that has helped informed his role as an informal environmental educator, has integrated his award-winning blueprint for youth environmental leadership into Chilean and Colombian school systems, and consults numerous governmental and international agencies on their youth engagement strategy around environmental issues. Now, Charles is leveraging his environmental organizing and non-profit leadership to effect change in corporations. Charles supports Deloitte's Sustainability Advisory and Environmental Liability practices, helping his Fortune 500 and public sector clients understand and ultimately reduce their environmental impact.

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an expert on environmental problems.

any person who advocates or works to protect the air, water, animals, plants, and other natural resources from pollution or its effects.

a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, especially in moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by environmental factors, as surroundings, upbringing, or experience (opposed to hereditarian).

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Join us for a virtual screening of the Changing Seas episode "Manatees: Conserving a Marine Mammal" to celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd at 6 PM.

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Manatees: Conserving a Marine Mammal - Full Episode

Every winter, hundred of manatees aggregate at Crystal River, Florida, attracted by the warmer, clear waters. This sanctuary is also a treasure for scientists, who take advantage of these manatee gatherings to study them. From decades of visual ID studies to the most cutting-edge DNA research, experts hope that science will help conserve this beloved marine animal.

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Dr. Powell, author of multiple books and scientific publications, is the Executive Director of Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute and a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation. For more than 40 years, Dr. Powell has worked to conserve manatees and other endangered species around the world and his efforts have contributed to the establishment of coastal protected areas in Florida, West Africa, Central America, and now Cuba. His approach integrates science and education to unlock solutions to conservation issues.

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Dr. Margaret Hunter is a research geneticist at the U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct faculty member at the University of Florida. Dr. Hunter's research focuses on conservation genetics and genomics of imperiled and invasive species for conservation and management efforts. She uses environmental DNA (eDNA) to characterize species' range-boundaries and movement pathways. Her research with the Florida manatee includes eDNA detection, identifying genetic management units for conservation and assessing manatee health and adaptive potential in changing environmental conditions. She also develops genetics tools to study invasive species, such as the Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Genetic studies of invasive species can determine breeding groups and source populations to target for management actions and removal.

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Let's play a fun game! In the last column you saw CT's Comic Book hero, Ray Cycle from the 1980s. Remember! Not All Superheroes Wear Capes.

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