Sunday, June 16, 2019

Learn About Environmental Activism With Kailey Hopkins

American Girl Doll, Kailey Hopkins,
came with only one book, simply titled
"Kailey" by Amy Goldman Koss.
       Kailey Hopkins lives near tide pools in California and is an avid swimmer and surfer. When development threatens to destroy the tide pools she loves and surfs in, she and her best friend engineer a protest to make a difference. Kailey's collection included various beach outfits and accessories. She was the second girl of the year, released in 2003, retired in 2004.
Our Artifacts for the Kailey Hopkins Doll:
Themes Associated With Kailey's Story:
Saving Our Shorelines:
Learn About Tide Pools:
Research How Women Can Make A Difference Through Environmental Activism:
  1. Learn About Dana Miller director of Grow Local Colorado.
  2. Sylvia Earle pioneered a movement called Mission Blue for ocean exploration.
  3. Winona LaDuke is the Executive Director of Honor the Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project at the White Earth Reservation, Minnesota. A Fight for the People's Land.
  4. Climate activist Anna Jane Joyner working with the Western North Carolina Alliance and co-founder of creation care alliance and videos from The YEARS Project.
  5. Dr. Bhatt works with many women through the Navdanya Project ("nine seeds") in order to save seeds for biodiversity conservation. This foundation from Dehradun, India.
  6. Read about One Plastic Bag, a recycling movement that began with Isatou Ceesay.
  7. Theo Colborn, was the Founder and President of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX), in Eckert, Colorado. "Our mission is to reduce the production and use of chemicals that interfere with healthy hormone function." TEDX website.
  8. Professor Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement (GBM) in Nyeri, Kenya. 
  9. May Boeve helped start a website called 350.org.
  10. Katherine Hayhoe, a climate scientist has an interesting website for her research here.
  11. Joelle Novey (interviewed) is the executive director of Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light.
  12. Maggie Fox is the President and CEO, Climate Protection Action Fund or ACE. Their mission, "We educate young people on the science of climate change and empower them to take action."
  13. Majora Carter is an American urban revitalization strategist and public radio host from the South Bronx area of New York City. Carter founded and led the non-profit environmental justice solutions corporation Sustainable South Bronx from 2001 onward, before entering the private sector in 2008.  Visit the Majora Carter Group.
  14. Read Jessica Posner's Story and visit Shining Hope for Communities, Kenya  
  15. See film by Bata Bhurji and visit Barefoot College in Rajasthan, India
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