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Community Leaders & Earth Day: The Face of Climate Change

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In honor of Earth Day 2013 and the theme: The Face of Climate Change, IREX is pleased to recognize the work of our Community Solutions leaders in the field of environmental issues. Over the past two years, 18 environmental leaders from 13 countries have come to the US for practical hands on experience and leadership training.

In honor of Earth Day 2013 and the theme: The Face of Climate Change, IREX is pleased to recognize the work of our Community Solutions leaders in the field of environmental issues. Over the past two years, 18 environmental leaders from 13 countries have come to the US for practical hands on experience and leadership training.

Moldovan Women Take Action on Environmental Awareness

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After spending one year in the United States through the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Eurasia & Central Asia (Global UGRAD) and witnessing the American commitment to environmental protection, Moldovan Tatiana Morari was inspired to make her home country greener. In the US, “everything was just recycling,” she says. If her host town of 8,000 had a recycling plant, she asked herself, “Why can’t we have one here in a city of a million people?”

 

After spending one year in the United States through the Global UGRAD program and witnessing the American commitment to environmental protection, Moldovan Tatiana Morari was inspired to make h

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UGRAD and Muskie alumni rallied youth around Moldova to plant flowers and trees and advocate for green business practices.

Bringing Zero Waste to Tobago

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My trip to Tobago was like any journey to a lush tropical paradise - a long plane ride to another planet. First it is the hot moist air that clamps around your whole being - then it is the brilliant green-blue world that fills your vision - and then the adventure begins. I came to reconnect with Ms. Essie Parks, the Community Solutions leader that spent four months with my organization, Eco-Cycle Inc., in Boulder, Colorado to learn how to improve the waste management system on her home island of Tobago in the Caribbean. 

My trip to Tobago was like any journey to a lush tropical paradise - a long plane ride to another planet. First it is the hot moist air that clamps around your whole being - then it is the brilliant green-blue world that fills your vision - and then the adventure begins. I came to reconnect with Ms. Essie Parks, the Community Solutions leader that spent four months with my organization, Eco-Cycle Inc., in Boulder, Colorado.

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Tobago composting workshop
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