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News: December 13, 2021
This New Year Resolve to Reduce Food Waste
What is the connection between food and the climate crisis? When we hear concern about the rising surface temperature of…

News: December 13, 2021
New Year, New Decade: Reflecting on 20 Years of SGA
IOF students at COP26 2021 Micro Brew Review The SGA team celebrates Apple Crunch Gary Cuneen and Darnell Johnson at…

News: November 15, 2021
Gourmet Gorilla Brings the Farm to the Cafeteria with Healthy Local Meals
Gourmet Gorilla is a Chicago-based food service provider that creates local, sustainable meals for early childhood centers, K-12 schools, and…

News: November 9, 2021
Youth Activists Speak Out at COP26 – Livestream with IOF
This year’s UN Climate Summit (COP26) in Glasgow arrived with much anticipation and urgency. In the wake of the latest…

News: November 8, 2021
Getting Back on Track with Zero Waste
Determined to overcome pandemic challenges and interruptions, schools in SGA’s Zero Waste Schools-Lake County Program have made it a priority…

News: November 8, 2021
IOF Youth Dispatch – Fighting for the Future in the Streets
I began my day not with going to the Blue Zone for the UN climate change conference as I have…

News: November 8, 2021
Al Gore Brings More Inconvenient Truths and Some Hope
Al Gore Should Be Knighted Al Gore in front of a packed house in the heads of states plenary room…

News: November 5, 2021
Words are One Thing. Actions are Another.
The 2021 Production Gap Report, by leading research institutes and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), finds that despite increased climate ambitions…

News: November 4, 2021
Small Island Nations Show Big Leadership on Oceans and Climate. Big Nations Must Follow.
While the world’s expectations were that COP26 would be a culmination of raised commitments and a turning point in the…

News: November 3, 2021
IOF Student Dispatch – Centering Indigenous Voices and Youth Activism
My day 3 began with a visit to a Pavillion on Nuclear Energy. When we reached the pavilion, a woman…

News: November 3, 2021
IOF Student Dispatch – Learning from Tonga and Gina McCarthy
I began my second day with a laterflow COVID test, a requirement to enter the blue zone to ensure the…

News: November 3, 2021
IOF Student Dispatch – Bill Gates Sighting and NPR Interview
Today was the first day that the five of us high schoolers attended the UN Climate Conference, and the day…