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Back to School With A Healthy, Green Spin On The Freshman 15

August 19, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Aug. 19, 2013 Turning negative media messages into positive, purposeful pursuits is what Shaping Youth is all about, so the newly launched "Freshman Green 15" project from Teens Turning Green.org fits … [Read more...]

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Green Toys and Fun Finds With Big Kid Appeal: Ten Under $10 Pt. 2

December 22, 2009 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

Dec. 23, 2009 Shhhhhh...I'm snagging one of the new "Smencils" that just arrived today 'cause I figure 'less is more' and 'variety is the spice' when it comes to stocking stuffers...She doesn't need a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: 10 eco-friendly toys, adventure trading cards, anti-consumption, Baby Honu, budget, children, Digital, eco, eco literacy, eco-friendly, EcoChilds Play, edu tech, education, Elf-Island, Everett Peacock, frugal, geckos, Get 'Em Outside, Gill McBarnet, Good Quests, green, green goods, green shopping, green toys, Hawaii, islanders, kidlit, leatherback turtles, literacy, migration, My Daddy Taught Me to Surf, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, NCLI, New Dream, outdoor play, penguin, Plan Toys, reach and teach, Richard-Louv, Room to Read, stocking stuffers, surf, Sustainability, Tammy Yee, Teens Turning Green, Ten under $10, The Goodnight Gecko, The Great Turtle Race, The Parrot Talks in Chocolate, TikiBar, Tiwaka, Toys, TTG, Turtles, Xeko

One Teen’s View on Going Green: Use Eco as an Equalizer

August 27, 2009 by Amy Jussel 14 Comments

August 27, 2009 One of my Title I school students said, "We recycle in my house...it's called hand-me-downs." Hmn. Since then, I've been attuned to the "green is for those who HAVE green" … [Read more...]

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Back to School: Are Teens REALLY Going Green?

August 20, 2009 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

August 20, 2009 Leave it to a teen to tap into the core eco-issue behind why there’s tons of talk about green teens but not enough ‘walking the walk’ toward sustainable lifestyle shifting ‘en … [Read more...]

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26 Nov

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos says his network’s friendly interview with Trump, “put in doubt the independence of our news department.”

"We cannot... offer Trump an open microphone to broadcast his falsehoods and conspiracy theories."

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16 Nov

Out today! A driver's manual for staying sane on the internet. @holden

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Avatar Amy Jussel @shapingyouth ·

16 Nov

As @jayrosen_nyu so clearly states, it's "not the odds, but the stakes"...Media and #journo can convey context without partisan pandering, clearly citing facts on autocracy objectively...@Sulliview is right, the public deserves to be informed. #NewsLiteracy #democracy

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16 Nov

Dangerous 🆘📢to see this, given they've once AGAIN just enabled their platform to post lies claiming a rigged election when it was not! This is how democracies are overthrown with #misinformation Have media learned nothing? #Journo pay attention! WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-allows-ads-claiming-rigged-2020-election-on-facebook-instagram-309b678d?mod=e2tw

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