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Guam Green Growth looking for 4th Conservation Corps
Applications are now open for the fourth cohort of the Guam Green Growth (G3) initiative’s Conservation Corps program (G3CC).
December 20, 2023
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Sustainable alliances highlighted at G3 Steering Committee meeting
At the Guam Green Growth (G3) steering committee meeting in October, members discussed the strategic alliances and opportunities that the multi-agency committee could pursue in the near future, including a regional commitment to address climate change and other issues across the Pacific.
October 27, 2022
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New G3 Community Garden set for ground raising in Dededo
Through the University of Guam-Guam Green Growth (G3) initiative, a new community garden will be built in Northern Guam this November to provide a space for the residents of Dededo and Yigo to learn sustainable backyard gardening and participatory and equitable food production.
October 27, 2022
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G3 Innovation Hub workshop allows community to make art and learn about traditional medicine
As part of the fourth installment of the Guam Green Growth Circular Economy Makerspace and Innovation Hub’s “Seed Talk Sessions,” the facility held a printmaking workshop facilitated by Roldy Aguero Ablao, a queer mixed CHamoru artist and cultural practitioner who explores culture and identity through printmaking, fashion, and more.
August 31, 2022
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Sustainability funding, food security, climate literacy and other updates from Guam Green Growth Steering Committee meeting
At this month’s Guam Green Growth (G3) Steering committee meeting, members reported several current initiatives that support food security, renewable energy, healthy communities as well as upcoming funding opportunities to achieve the action items under the G3 Action Framework.
August 25, 2022
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Guam Green Growth shares Sustainable Development Goals with students at Phoenix Center
A group of lively middle school students at Father Duenas Memorial School gathered in a circle around 17 colorful tiles depicting the United Nations sanctioned Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The Guam Green Growth (G3) team was there to interact with the students and get a conversation going on how to adapt the goals for the communities in Guam.
August 25, 2022
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Japanese School students learn about SDGs and sustainability from Sea Grant
Students from the Japanese School learned about the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals from the University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant teams who conducted an outreach at the Mangilao campus earlier in July. The students also learned about the Guam Green Growth or G3 program as a platform for increasing awareness and putting the SDGs into action through concrete programs and activities. Sea Grant outreach coordinator Tori Manley and CIS sustainability coordinator Phil Cruz, with the help of the teachers at the Japanese School, facilitated a lively discussion on the SDGs and G3 program. Cruz told
August 1, 2022
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VIDEO: IUCN World Conservation Congress Panel – Partnerships for a Climate-Resilient Pacific
IUCN World Conservation Congress Panel: Partnerships for a Climate-Resilient Pacific This panel discussion with Pacific Island-based leaders was prepared for the IUCN World Conservation Congress, Marseille, France, 3-11 September 2021. The panel spotlights solutions for nature-based adaptation to climate change. Three panelists describe efforts that they are involved in, sharing with each other and the audience how Pacific Islands are leading the way in building resilient ecosystems and sustainable economic growth. Panelists: Erin Derrington, Lead Planner, CNMI Office of Planning and Development (opd.gov.mp/ ; conservation highlights video: https://bit.ly/3kNCt4F) Georgia Coward, Coral Reef Ecologist, American Samoa Coral Reef Advisory Group (crag.as/) Austin
September 26, 2021
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RESOURCE: NEW NATIONAL NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACED BY U.S. ISLANDS IN BUILDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE
RESOURCE: NEW NATIONAL NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACED BY U.S. ISLANDS IN BUILDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE SUZANNE MACDONALDPOSTED 2021-09-20 www.islandinstitute.org “Under the weight of climate change impacts—biodiversity loss, debilitating storms, and swallowing seas—islands are not sinking. Strong and resilient, islands are rising.” In solidarity, islands are uniting in common purpose….islands are distant, but they are not alone. Together, Islands Are Rising.” DR. AUSTIN J. SHELTON Director of the University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability and Sea Grant and Co-Chair of the Climate Strong Islands Network Steering Committee These excerpts from Dr. Austin Shelton, director of the University of Guam Center for Island
September 22, 2021
