Steve Adler, Mayor of Austin, speaking at the Building Back Better: Accelerating Deep Collaboration in the Built Environment event at the SEC for COP26, Glasgow, 11/11/2021. Photograph: Justin Goff/ UK Government

COP 26 Cartoon gallery on the concourse of the SEC. Photograph: Alan Harvey/ UK Government

George Weah, president of Liberia, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Steve Adler, Mayor of Austin, speaking at the Building Back Better: Accelerating Deep Collaboration in the Built Environment event at the SEC for COP26, Glasgow, 11/11/2021. Photograph: Justin Goff/ UK Government

Lee Waters, Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Wales, at the Climate Leadership of subnational actors in the UK and beyond event at COP26, Hydro, Glasgow. 11 November 2021. Photograph: Justin Goff/ UK Government

Emmanual Macron, President of France,arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations greets Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, at COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Karwai Tang/ UK Government

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations greets João Lourenço, President of Angola, at COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Karwai Tang/ UK Government

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations greets Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, at COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Karwai Tang/ UK Government

Guy Parmelin President of Switzerland, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Denis Sassou Nguesso, The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Walter Shalka, CEO Suzano speaking at an event for Futures Labs @ COP26, Climate Action for Health, at the Hydro, Glasgow. 09/11/2021.

Juan Orlando Hernández, President of Hondura, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Laurentino Cortizo, President of Panama,arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Moon Jae-in, President of South Korea, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Emmanual Macron, President of France,arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Behold the Earth Bike, a unique parade float created by artist and activist Fabrice Florin, to engage more people to go green and fight climate change. The Earth Bike features a 6-foot inflatable globe pulled by an electric bike, with signs inviting people to use clean energy, ride clean transportation, eat sustainably and take more climate actions featured on GreenChange.net.

Fabrice and the Green Change team presented this fun climate art project to thousands of people at the Fourth of July Parade in Corte Madera and Larkspur, Marin County. Throughout the parade, we sang environmental songs with our friends the Freedom Singers. We encouraged participants to take care of Mother Earth and go green in their own lives. Many people responded enthusiastically to our call to action and some walked over to pet the Earth and/or have their photos taken in front of it.

Green Change led a cohort of environmental groups at the parade, including these partners:

• Cool the Earth drove different models of electric cars

• The New Wheel rode with us and loaned some of their ebikes

• Marin County Bicycle Coalition showed their cool Alto Tunnel float

• Climate Now marched with a group of young activists

We’re grateful to all our friends, neighbors, partners and community members for joining forces with us to help more people go green. Thanks to our Green Change event crew, led by Fabrice Florin, Tom Flynn, Geo Monley and Marilyn Price, with Chris Brown, Diana Connolly, Kelly Horner and Paul Marmaro. Thanks as well to the Freedom Singers: Greg Brockbank, Deirdre Fennessy, Luisiana Gale, Angela Giacomini, Laura Giacomini, Joe Hiney, Rena Kay, Lillie Kocher, Gailya Morrison. And kudos to our partners in this environmental parade: Carleen Cullen, Robin Moller and Annika Osborn at Cool the Earth; Karen Wiener at New Wheel; Dwayne Price at the Marin Bicycle Coalition; and Sarah Goody at Climate Now.

This Earth Bike float was a great way to connect with people who were not yet engaged in climate action: through this fun outreach, we think we made an impression, raising people’s awareness about how we can help fight climate change, and getting a few of them to commit to taking action. Just as importantly, we started relationships with some great partners and team members. We look forward to collaborating on more community engagement projects with Green Change.

View more photos of the Earth Bike and July 4 Parade:

www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157709457826406

Learn more about Green Change:

www.greenchange.net/

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, greets Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, at COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Karwai Tang/ UK Government

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Edwin Poots, Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs at NI Executive, at the Climate Leadership of subnational actors in the UK and beyond event at COP26, Hydro, Glasgow. 11 November 2021. Photograph: Justin Goff/ UK Government

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

A new advisory council introduced by Environment and Climate Change Strategy Minister George Heyman will provide strategic advice to government on areas of focus for climate action that go hand in hand with economic growth.

Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017ENV0057-001797

Azucena Arbeleche speaking at the Presidency Event; 4th High Level Ministerial Dialogue on Climate Finance at the SEC, Glasgow. 03/11/2021. Photograph: Karwai Tang/ UK Government

Micheál Martin, Taoiseach, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

The panel of energy and climate experts dove deeper on what Congress can do in the near-term to shift the U.S. electricity system toward cleaner sources of power.

Panelists

* Rachel Cleetus, Policy Director, Union of Concerned Scientists

* Mary Anne Hitt, Director, Beyond Coal Campaign, Sierra Club

* Dan Lashof, Director, World Resources Institute U.S.

* Karen Palmer, Senior Fellow and Director, Future of Power Initiative, Resources for the Future

* Amy Harder, Reporter, Axios (moderator)

Climate change has reemerged as a top priority on Capitol Hill — and the conversation has matured from whether to take action to how.

Learn more at www.wri.org/events/2019/04/reenergizing-climate-action-ca...

Klaus Iohannis, President of Romania, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Julio Friedman, Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University, speaking at the Futures Lab @COP26, part of the Climate Action for Health event for COP26 at the Hydro, Glasgow. 09/11/2021.

Photograph: Justin Goff/ UK Government

Enjoy this video vignette from Earth Day Marin, our popular environmental festival on April 23, 2023 in Mill Valley, California.

This video memory was shot and edited by event organizer Fabrice Florin, and reflects his personal experience of Earth Day Marin. It was created on his iPhone with the Photos app, which lets you whip out short videos quickly from "live photos" that include a few seconds of motion. Though it is rough, it gives a sense of what the event was like that day. To see more, be sure to watch our more professional videos -- and all the many other wonderful photos linked below.

Over 1,500 people of all ages joined our Earth Day celebration, to enjoy informative exhibits and fun activities, great music, fine art, good food, inspiring talks and a special youth zone. We invited participants to help create a better world by taking actions such as: use clean energy, eat sustainably, live lightly and build healthy communities.

Thanks to everyone who made Earth Day Marin possible, including our wonderful exhibitors, artists, musicians, speakers, volunteers and team members! Special thanks to our partners at Mill Valley Recreation, the City of Mill Valley and County of Marin – and kudos to all our sponsors, including Bay Area Air Quality Management Disctrict, Good Earth, Marin Community Foundation, MCE, Rex Foundation and Straus Family Creamery, and many more partners featured on our site. We hope you found this event as fulfilling as we did. :)

We’re particularly grateful to all our volunteer photographers and videographers, who graciously captured the spirit of our community celebration: Omar Aalami, Anita Baker, Griffith Ballard, Stu Bass, Lee Callister, Clari Cespedes, Luis Costa, Dana Dworin, Fabrice Florin, Liam Keane, Peter Joseph, Gil Latimer, Kevin Morrison, George Osner, Omid Shamsapour, Michael Wanger and Callie Zimmerman.

Our Earth Day Marin images are freely licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0, which requires photo credits to our contributors and to GreenChange.net . Contributor names for each photo or video in this Flickr album are shown as tags: click on any tag to see more images from that contributor.

Click the links below to see more photos and videos of our favorite moments from Earth Day Marin, along with related information. We hope they will inspire you to take action in your own life to protect our future and build a more just and sustainable world. Hope to see you next year!

RELATED LINKS

• Earth Day Marin Photo Album: www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72177720308213022

• Earth Day Marin Video Album:

vimeo.com/showcase/10307137

• Earth Day Marin Event Page: www.greenchange.net/earthday/

• About Green Change: www.greenchange.net/

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Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Sadyr Japarov, president of Kyrgyzstan, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Stevo Pendarovski, President of North Macedonia arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations greet Lazarus Chakwera, President of Malawi, at COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Karwai Tang/ UK Government

Enjoy this image from Earth 2050, our free community event hosted by Green Change on Sunday, April 24, 2022 in Mill Valley, California.

Over a thousand people of all ages joined our Earth Day celebration, to enjoy informative exhibits and activities, fine art, good food, inspiring talks and music. We invited participants to help create a better world by taking actions such as: use clean energy, eat sustainably, live lightly and build healthy communities.

Thanks to everyone who made Earth 2050 possible, including our wonderful exhibitors, artists, musicians, speakers, volunteers and team members! Special thanks to our partners at Mill Valley Recreation and to all our sponsors, including Good Earth, Marin Water, MCE, Mill Valley Refuse and Straus Family Creamery, to name but a few. We loved your thoughtful participation and hope you found this event as fulfilling as we did. :)

We’re particularly grateful to all our volunteer photographers and videographers, who graciously captured the spirit of our community celebration through images like this one. Kudos to key media contributors Stu Bass, Luis Costa, Dana Dworin, Fabrice Florin, Sonia Lee and Michael Wanger – as well as to Kathi Ellick, Vickisa Feinberg, Tom Flynn, Molly Given, Sean McGrew, Paul Moe, Erma Murphy, Max Perrey and Emma Sixta, for contributing their photos and videos of Earth 2050 as a public service for GreenChange.net .

Our Earth 2050 images are freely licensed for public and educational use under the terms of Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 3.0, which requires credits to our photographers, as well as to GreenChange.net . Creator names for each photo or video in this album are shown as tags: click on any tag to see more images from that creator.

Click the links below to see more photos and videos of our favorite moments from Earth 2050, along with related information. We hope they will inspire you to take action in your own life to protect our future and build a more just and sustainable world by 2050.

RELATED LINKS

• Earth 2050 Photo Album: www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/sets/72177720298766189

• Earth 2050 Video Album: vimeo.com/showcase/9506624

• Earth 2050 Event Page: www.greenchange.net/earth2050/

• More Green Change Videos: vimeo.com/showcase/5820202

• About Green Change: www.greenchange.net/

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We celebrated Earth Day at the Green Living Festival in Novato, where our Green Change team hosted a booth, took photos of people’s green pledges and gave a workshop on climate action.

Green Change director Fabrice Florin hosted our climate action workshop with young activist Lucy London and a dozen participants. We first talked about what led each of us to make a green change in our lives, then invited participants to take the climate challenge with us. We presented our top 10 recommended actions for going green, including using renewable energy, eating sustainably, driving clean vehicles and more.

We also talked about the Green Change Network and the various ways in which we help each other go green. People seemed to appreciate this fun, convivial conversation and this chance to connect with other like minds. We ended the workshop with a lovely song by Lucy and her friend Kelley Tillman. They both lead the Novato High Earth Club, where they combine art, music and activism -- and they have been wonderful partners for us.

It was inspiring to hear all the diverse actions that participants plan to take this year. It gave us hope that if everyone does their part, we can solve the global climate crisis together.

Many thanks to Gretchen Schubeck, Robert Gould and the City of Novato for hosting this event, as well as to our amazing Green Change team: Tom Flynn, Al Grumet, his son Gus and wife Sonia, Ilse Gonzalez, Kelly Horner, Marilyn Price and Silke Valentine. This was our team's first public event this season, and we were energized to meet so many people who were ready to go green with us. Change is coming.

View more photos of our Climate Action Workshop:

www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157706706024301

(thanks to Ilse and Sylvia Gonzalez for taking those photos)

Watch the video of our Climate Action Workshop:

vimeo.com/331748545

View the slides of our Climate Action Workshop:

docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qtlgiS3qvQVpSsOgTi0o6h4TC...

View our photos of people’s Green Living Pledges:

www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157706705808321

View our photo highlights of the Novato Green Living Festival:

www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157691065126573

Learn more on GreenChange.net:

www.greenchange.net/

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Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, speaking at the Forest event at the SEC, Glasgow. 02/11/2021. Photograph: Karwai Tang/ UK Government

Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Tuntiak Katan, Indigenous Organisations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA), Global Alliance of Territorial Communites (GATC), speaking at the Forest event at the SEC, Glasgow. 02/11/2021. Photograph: Karwai Tang/ UK Government

Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Dr. Hyginus Leon, President of the Caribbean Development Bank, speaking at the NSA Intervention at the SEC, Glasgow. 02/11/2021. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Compact of Mayors Reception at the National Museum of the American Indian

Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government

Alberto Fernandez, President of Argentina, arriving to COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. Photograph: Doug Peters/ UK Government