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How The Ocean Cleanup Is Funding Its Mission With Sunglasses

Today might have seemed like a normal day for you. In fact, it probably seemed like a normal day for a lot of people. However, today was a little different. Today, The Ocean Cleanup announced its plan on how they are going to fund their mission of cleaning the world’s oceans of plastic pollution. Interestingly…

Introducing The Dear Earth Challenge

In these times of difficulty, we all probably have more time on our hands than we anticipated going in to this work from home and online schooling type of environment. These means more time to be creative, go outside, and introduce ourselves to new adventures. That’s why GLOBR is taking advantage of all this time…

Eating Animals: The Film That Might Change Your View On Meat Consumption

I’ve been a vegetarian my entire life. That’s what my parents raised me to be, and I’m happy with their decision. At first, it was just my part of my normal eating routine, but after I became more aware of our changing world, my being vegetarian changed into a fight for the climate, and somewhat…

This Is One Of The Biggest Environmental Stories Of 2020…

In case you haven’t heard already, one of the big environmental stories right now is about the island nation of Mauritius, a country located just off of the coast of Madagascar. For the months of July and August, it has been written about in multiple major news networks mostly because of one specific reason. This…

Are Political Yard Signs Being Recycled Correctly?

It’s 2020. That means that this year, the United States will vote for who should be president for the next four years, who should be in Congress, and who should be mayor of their city. This also means that there are hundreds of political yard signs that are in the yards of homes in most…

An Update On The Summer Solar Challenge

About two months ago, I revealed plans to begin the second Summer Solar Challenge, and invite everyone else to join in on this project. Well, now we’re two months on, and things have changed in our lives. As COVID-19 continues to be a challenge, the need for social connection has grown more and more. This…

The FinalStraw – My Opinion On One Startup Product That Might Change The World

The company, Kickstarter, has helped a lot of startups reach their goal of making something different. I’ve long considered the platform as the place to go when I want to look for something new and out of the ordinary. Most of the time, something that will benefit the health of the Earth, or something that…

Why You Need To Know What Greenwashing Is

In the midst of climate change and coronavirus, you might find plenty of extra time that you can use to learn something new. Today, I’ll teach you about something that should be known throughout the world – greenwashing. This idea could be counted as a nemesis to planet Earth, or could be counted as one…

Introducing The 2020 Summer Solar Challenge

In the Summer of 2019, I grabbed my portable charger that had been sitting in the corner of my room for two years, and placed it in the sun. That was the start of a personal challenge that I had started to see if I could go the whole summer without having to plug my…

Happy World Oceans Day!

Today, June 8th, 2020 is World Oceans Day. It’s a day where the world can come together during this challenging time for a few minutes. To recognize this day, this year GLOBR is taking submissions of photos of people who are doing the right thing – picking up trash, not using single-use plastic, etc. If…