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Local
Ag Microgrants Are A Great Way To Support Local Food Production | Article by Catherine Toth Fox for Civil Beat
Creating food security and supporting local farmers in Hawaiʻi is one step towards a more just climate future. While the Department of Agriculture microgrants given to local farmers may not be huge, it is enough to help some kickstart their projects - from harvesting coconuts and cocoa to buying chickens and vegetable beds for a home garden. If this seems like something that could help you, check out the application here!
National
‘Face it head on’: Connecticut makes climate change studies compulsory | Article by Maya Yang for The Guardian
Beginning in the summer of 2023, Connecticut will become the first state in the US to adopt a mandatory climate change curriculum in public schools. Although almost 90% of schools in the state teach climate change studies, this mandate means that no funding can be taken away from climate education. Although there is a growing number of parenting groups who want to ignore issues such as climate change, along with critical race studies and more, Connecticut’s legislators and the Board of Education recognize the importance of arming young learners with the tools they need to “to be part of a solution to a problem they had no hand in creating.”
Global
The United Nations says Denmark and Greenland must address colonialism | By Joseph Lee for Grist
Since 2000, Greenland has lost almost 5 trillion tons of ice - which may reveal valuable minerals like nickel and cobalt. But the UN is calling for Greenland to make sure that any future mining project receives free, prior and informed consent by the Inuit people and to “address the negative impacts of colonialism that translate to “structural and systematic racial discrimination against the Inuit People.” Inuit people make up almost 90% of Greenland's population, yet suffer from a lack of housing and health services, while also being disproportionately affected by the climate crisis.