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Young Leaders Award Recipients, Cohort 2
On behalf of the entire Walking Softer team and the nominating organizations, we would like to congratulate our second cohort's Young Leaders Award recipients.
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Fast Fashion Is Ruining Merch | Climate Town
Young Leaders Award recipient Rollie Williams dives into the realm of merchandise, examining what it takes to produce it sustainably and ethically.
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Changemaker Spotlight - Sea Change
Rowing Around Great Britain Collecting Data and Stories for Nature and Climate.
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10 Social Impact Solutions Spotlighted at Global Citizen NOW
Global Citizen is driving urgent action to tackle the world’s greatest challenges and end extreme poverty within our lifetime. During this inspiring event, Pooja learned about numerous social impact solutions, which were once ideas but have since turned into urgent action.
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Walking With - Pablos Holman
A podcast to amplify the voices of passionate leaders who are reimagining our connection with the Earth.
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Styling with Beth Jones
Watch as Beth shares exclusive insights on thrifting to reflect your individual style, all while minimizing your environmental footprint.
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Walking With - Carlos Curbelo
A podcast to amplify the voices of passionate leaders who are reimagining our connection with Earth.
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Meet 10 Changemakers from ChangeNOW
There were many amazing individuals at ChangeNow! Here are 10 standouts that are accelerating our transition to a sustainable world.
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ChangeNOW with Pooja Tilvawala
ChangeNOW 2024 recently took place in Paris - curious how it went? Dive in with Pooja Tilvawala, the Ambassador of Change for Walking Softer, as she shares an exclusive insider's perspective on how ChangeNow is accelerating the transition to a sustainable world.
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Changemaker Spotlight - Mackenzie Feldman
Mackenzie and her team at Re:wild Your Campus are on a mission to eliminate synthetic pesticides from all school campuses in the U.S. by 2030.
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Beyond The Haze
Good Climate News: March
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Thank You To Our Inaugural YLA Cohort
As the first year of the Young Leaders Award program has come to an end, our awe and gratitude remain front and center.
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2023 Impact Report
As we look ahead, we wish to express our gratitude for accompanying us on this journey. Your participation has played a pivotal role in fostering a healthier future for our planet.
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Walking With - Rollie Williams
A podcast to amplify the voices of passionate leaders who are reimagining our connection with Earth.
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Cycling for Change
Spencer McCullough's bike journey to all 51 national parks to influence policy
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Walking With - Joel David Moore
A podcast to amplify the voices of passionate leaders who are reimagining our connection with Earth.
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10 Steps To Reduce And Combat Air Pollution
Reducing and combating air pollution is crucial for the well-being of both humans and the environment.
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Climate Town: Chicago Doesn’t Own Its Own Streets
Young Leaders Award recipient continues his Climate Town series with an in-depth look at how Chicago gave up control of their streets.
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Burning Hot Takes
We presented a set of unconventional and thought-provoking climate questions to the recipients of Walking Softer's Young Leaders Award to observe their impromptu reactions.
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Walking With - Tighe Brown
A podcast to amplify the voices of passionate leaders who are reimagining our connection with the Earth.
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10 Steps to Reduce Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution is a significant environmental issue that has harmful effects on ecosystems and human health. Here are 10 ways you can help limit your plastic pollution.
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Young Leaders Award Inaugural Cohort Retreat
The Young Leaders Award is a year-long program that supports passionate, young leaders who are vital agents of change and innovators of solutions for our planet.
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10 Steps to Create a Sustainable Wardrobe
Sustainable fashion is crucial because it considers the environmental and social impacts of the clothing industry. By promoting eco-friendly practices, sustainable fashion helps reduce the immense carbon footprint caused by traditional fast fashion manufacturing processes.
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Climate Town - America's Stupidest Parking Secret
Young Leaders Award recipient, Rollie Williams, has a new Climate Town episode where he discusses "a sneaky little law in almost every city in the United States that forces private businesses and residences to build way more parking than they actually need." Hit play for some outright hilarious commentary on this issue... did you know there are approximately 1 billion parking spaces in America? That's four spaces per car and it's increasing with every new development!
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My Experience: Jacob Alder and the Young Leaders Award Retreat
My experience at Walking Softer’s Inaugural Young Leader retreat provided me with much-needed respite. I am often overwhelmed by the insurmountable devastation that climate change, biodiversity loss, and rampant global inequality pose to each of us fellow travelers on our worldly home - Turtle Island, Spaceship Earth. Yet, for two grateful days at Riverbend Ranch, I found peace and gratitude in the sage, pine, aspen, birdsong, and flowing Weber - Jacob Alder
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AY Young - 2030 Official Music Video
Check out the new music video for "2030" by sustainable recording artist and Walking Softer Young Leaders Award recipient AY Young.
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Education All-Stars Competition
Congratulations to University City High School in San Diego, California for winning our inaugural All-Stars competition.
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Stop The Perpetual Plastic Machine
Young Leaders Award recipient Von Wong constructed a colossal 15-foot tall art installation laying out the toxic union of fossil fuels and plastic production.
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Checking In With AY Young
Young Leaders Award Recipient AY Young is a producer, singer, songwriter, entertainer, and entrepreneur. He first began writing poetry at 14, a reaction to the great disparity in Kansas City known as “the Troost divide”. While touring the USA, AY learned that over 1 billion people lack access to electricity. So AY began powering concerts using renewable energy, raising awareness about sustainability, and fundraising to bring people electricity.
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Checking In With Turner Wyatt
Young Leaders Award recipient Turner Wyatt is a social entrepreneur focused on reducing food waste and improving our environment and economy. Turner is the co-founder of four award-winning organizations: Denver Food Rescue, Bondadosa, Fresh Food Connect, and Upcycled Food Association.
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Checking In WIth Von Wong
Young Leaders Award recipient Von Wong's work lies at the intersection of fantasy and photography and combines everyday objects with shocking statistics. It has attracted the attention of corporations, like Starbucks, Dell, and Nike, and has generated over 100 million views for causes like ocean plastics, electronic waste, and fashion pollution.
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Checking In With Rollie Williams
YLA recipient Rollie Williams is a Brooklyn-based comedian, video editor, and guy with both student debt and a Climate Science & Policy degree from Columbia University. He is the creator and host of the digital comedy series Climate Town which has been described as a low-budget Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Over the past two years, the channel has amassed 421,000 subscribers, over 10 million video views, and has won a handful of digital video awards.
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Think Of The Mother
We need more changemakers to address the unsustainable impact people are having on all societies and species. Walking Softer is on a mission to inform, inspire, and support change makers to take bold and immediate action in the conservation and regeneration of our planet... How will you reimagine our world?
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Checking In With Pooja Tilvawala
Young Leaders Award recipient Pooja Tilvawala is a climate justice community connector who was born in India, but grew up in the US. She has degrees in Economics and International Studies and first worked at the Meridian Institute to advance ocean policy in Mexico and federal climate policy in the US, form alliances to act on plastic pollution, and more.
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Checking In With Amanda Sun
Young Leaders Award recipient Amanda Sun studies computer science and environmental studies at Dartmouth College. She is the founder and executive director of Green2Go, advisor of Environmental Students of Dartmouth, and a Youth Leadership Councilor on EarthEcho International.
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Checking In With Apurva Iyengar
Apurva Iyengar is a 20 year old environmental activist and changemaker based in Boston. She is focused on creating a more cohesive and effective youth climate strategy and broadening access to this movement for young people around the world through her non-profit Youth.ify.
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Food Rescue for the Environment
A Q&A with Ali Dunford, Founder of Hole Food Rescue in Jackson, Wyoming.
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Checking In With Jasmin Graham
Jasmin’s work encompasses the areas of science communication, social justice, outreach, education, and conservation. She cares deeply about protecting endangered and vulnerable marine species, particularly elasmobranchs.
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Checking In With Mackenzie Feldman
Young Leaders Award recipient Mackenzie Feldman is an environmental activist from Honolulu, Hawai'i. She is the Founder and Director of Re:wild Your Campus, an organization that works with students and groundskeepers around the country to advocate for an end to the spraying of synthetic herbicides at schools and a transition to organic land management.
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Von Wong's Skull Of Satoshi
Meet the 11-foot skull that Young Leaders Award recipient Von Wong built to terminate Bitcoin’s impact on climate change.
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Checking In With Dyson Chee
Young Leaders Award recipient Dyson Chee is a youth activist living on the Hawaiian Island of Oʻahu. In 2018, Dyson founded Project O.C.E.A.N. Hawaii to take on single-use plastics, and since 2019 he has been serving as a director for the Hawaiʻi Youth Climate Coalition.
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Checking In With Allison Begalman
Young Leaders Award recipient Allison Begalman is the CEO of YEA! Impact, the co-founder of Young Entertainment Activists (YEA!), as well as the co-founder and EP of the annual Hollywood Climate Summit.
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Checking In With Jade Algarin
Young Leaders Award recipient Jade Algarín is a community organizer and agriculturalist from Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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Young Leaders Award Recipients
On behalf of the entire Walking Softer team and the nominating organizations, we would like to congratulate the Young Leaders Award recipients.
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Walk With Us
With eight billion people on the planet deserving a quality life, we must reinvent how we live - our endless cycle of hyper-consumption with a use, trash, repeat mentality must be challenged.
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