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MANGROVE ART CONTEST
Mangrove Action Project (MAP) invites youth to join the 22st annual mangrove art competition. The selected winning artworks will be published in MAP's 2024 calendar, to raise awareness of mangrove forests while encouraging and listening to the voices of the next generation. Check out requirements here: mapchildrensmangroveartcontest@gmail.com.
UNITED NATIONS OCEANS CONFERENCE- ongoing action
From June 24-26, 2022, Will Charouhis, Founder of We Are Forces of Nature, represented the United States at the UN Ocean Conference Youth and Innovation Forum. The ocean covers 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, is the planet's largest biosphere, is home to up to 80 percent of all life in the world, generates 50 percent of the oxygen we need, and absorbs 25 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions as our planet's largest carbon sink.
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Scale it up-join us in creating solutions around the Five Tipping Points for a Healthy and Productive Ocean
The Mangrove Photography Awards 2023 is open for entries. The Mangrove Photographer of the Year and entries will be showcased on World Mangrove Day, on July 26, 2023, is an online exhibition. Contact leo@mangroveactionproject.org.
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE, December 1-12, 2023
The 56th session of the subsidiary bodies geared up at the UN Headquarters from 5 to 15 June 2023, at the World Convention Center Bonn, Germany. Forces of Nature will be on the ground reporting on the important work done at these pre-sessional meetings before COP28 in Dubai, December 1-12, 2023. If you're at SB57 or COP28, get in touch on WhatsApp and join us from the streets of Dubai where we will be videoing a mini webcast on the action.
RESTORE MANGROVES
If you're in South Florida, join our next mangrove restoration, listed here.
Or scale it up from wherever you are by planting your own seedlings; some instructions here.
Forces of Nature and the Roots & Shoots National Youth Leadership Council is joining with other organizations around the globe to eliminate single use plastics. Watch the video. Take the pledge. Put these ideas into practice at home.
Our generation is the last generation who can save this planet. Join us in this call.
-- Will Charouhis, Forces of Nature
