Each year, the world produces 350 million tons of plastic waste with devastating effects for human and climate health. Social injustice is a part of the narrative, too: the people and communities most affected by plastic production and pollution are disproportionately the most vulnerable and least culpable. The United Nations is set to continue negotiations for a legally-binding global treaty on plastic waste, and I need your help to get the strongest version of it approved, which could result in: -A 50% reduction in plastic waste -A significant reduction in emissions from the plastics industry -Protections for frontline communities -A reduction the amount of plastic pollution entering the environment Sign the petition at the link in bio if you agree! #GlobalPlasticsTreaty #Plastics #Plastic #PlasticWaste #PlasticWasteCrisis

These grandparents in Mexico helped save their community from being destroyed by a hurricane, and it’s all thanks to mangrove trees. David and Ana María Borbón got into mangrove restoration after seeing the impacts that climate change, overfishing, and mangrove deforestation had on their tiny fishing village in Baja California. Now they lead a multi-generational team of over 20 people who have planted and cared for over 1.2 million mangrove trees around. David and Ana María’s work has been so important for the area that when a hurricane made landfall near El Delgadito in 2022, researchers determined that the community would’ve been destroyed if it weren’t for all the mangrove trees surrounding it. Only time will tell if David and Ana María’s work will restore the local fishery, but either way they’ve made a profound positive impact on their environment. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateSolutions #Mangroves #MangroveForest #MangroveRestoration #NatureBasedSolutions #NatureSolutions

4/17 🌍 Good Climate News I’ve partnered with @Conservation Int to show you all that conserving nature is not only possible, but actively happening on every continent. So check out Conservation International, and let me know in the comments how climate optimism helps you! 🌳 Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest has decreased 50% over the past year, making it the fourth year in a row the largest tropical rainforest in the world has seen a reduction in deforestation. 🪸 A new study published by researchers in Indonesia and England has shown that restored coral reefs can grow at the same rate as healthy ones in as little as four years. 🐢 Over 100 critically endangered baby hawksbill turtles were released in Timor-Leste in an effort to restore both their populations and coral reefs since hawksbill turtles play a vital role in maintaining reef ecosystems. 🧑‍🌾 Recent research has shown that agro-ecological solutions are better than pesticides at fighting the fall armyworm which has infested crops across Africa. Sources (Linked In Bio): Reuters, Science Daily, Conservation International, Mongabay #GoodClimateNews #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateSolutions #ClimateOptimism #ConservationInternational #Conservation

Murray Auchincloss is this week’s ✨Big Oil Bad Guy✨ Murray Auchincloss is the CEO of British Petroleum which made $66 billion in profit and spent $12 billion in shareholder payouts last year. Murray has a net worth of around $15 million, and he decided to prioritize shareholder payouts instead of clean energy investments in his first year as CEO. We can hold Murray Auchincloss and British Petroleum accountable for their crimes against humanity by demanding the insurance industry stop insuring new fossil fuel projects. Link in bio to send a letter to the biggest insurance companies and don’t forget to tag BP in the comments to let them know how you feel about them prioritizing shareholders over the planet. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #FossilFuels #BigOilBadGuys #MurrayAuchincloss #BritishPetroleum #BP

Get outta here with your nihilism 👋 It only benefits the very bad actors you're so bent out of shape over, but it hurts pretty much everyone else. It hurts momentum in movements fighting for change, other's mental health, and ultimately YOU 🫵 because living in a chronic state of doom will wreck your health and your relationships with loved ones. Listen to elder changemakers, spend time in nature, put your phone down, seek out joy, working on building resiliency, and stop trying to destroy other people's optimism.