Puerto Rico Climate Migrations Could Reach 500K
A CUNY report suggests that some 500,000 people could leave Puerto Rico following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. One month after the hurricane, 80% of the island remains without power, approximately 1/4 of its residents lack access to clean drinking water,...
What’s In Your Water?
By 2050, experts predict the global need for fresh water will increase more than 40%, as 1/4 of the world's 9.7 billion people reside in regions experiencing "chronic or recurrent" lack of clean water. Malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea and heat stress could cause...
Resilient Cities & Oceans Themes of Youth Climate Change Contest
Young people from around the world are invited to share stories about their climate actions in 3-minute video presentations in the third annual Global Youth Video Competition on Climate Change. The two themes this year, Climate friendly and resilient cities and Oceans...
CloseTheGap: Gender Equity In Tech
If women hold up half the sky, why will it take over 138 years to close the gender pay gap? Why is the gap between men and women's access to the Internet estimated to be 250M? Why are women and girls not only under-represented as tech "consumers" but as tech...
Support Biochar Cookstove Challenge!
2050kids welcomed a wonderful community of supporters to our first fundraiser on Earth Day, April 22. Hosted by Yoga of Sausalito, the event was a celebratory success, with inspired young people talking about their experience building cookstoves, a moving vocal...
Climate Change Fueling Massive Migrations
“Policy decisions made today will determine whether migration becomes a matter of choice amongst a range of adaptation options, or merely a matter of survival due to a collective failure by the international community to provide better alternatives.” – In Search of...
Planetary Healing: A 2050kids Fundraiser
It’s possible to reach a carbon free global economy by 2050. If we act now. The community is coming together to combat climate change this Earth Day at a 2050kids fundraiser at Yoga of Sausalito. The 7-9 pm April 22 event features inspirational poetry, dance, and...
Join The Cookstove Challenge
[row][col type="4"] [title type="h4"]Downloads:[/title] Infographics Preparing and Using Biochar Troubleshooting & Tips Options [/col] [col type="8"] 2050kids invites people from around the world to take part in The Cookstove Challenge, an interactive global learning...
Local Kids Take On Climate Change
Emerging young Marin climate activists are incorporating Traditional Environmental Knowledge to produce an ancient soil amendment which sequesters carbon while increasing crop yields in their school and community gardens. Students at the Marin City Conscious Kitchen...
A “Hot Topic” Challenge: Disaster Risk Reduction
What can we do about climate change? The Best Climate Practices Observatory has just announced its fifth challenge "Building local resilience to climate disaster risk, in a search for innovative best practices to address the severe danger from extreme weather events....