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    Claxton GA agrees to end their 40+ years of Rattlesnake Roundups

    Claxton GA agrees to end their 40+ years of Rattlesnake Roundups

    Well, it finally happened... after almost two years of lobbying to try to save animals from being killed each year at local rattlesnake roundups, the folks in Claxton GA have agreed to change their event from one that collected and killed snakes to an event, which now celebrates ...

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    OMG Founders Deliver Christmas Cheer in South Africa with the Help From Our Friends at CLAW and IFAW

    OMG Founders Deliver Christmas Cheer in South Africa with the Help From Our Friends at CLAW and IFAW

    As we learned more about their mission in South Africa, we found out that IFAW strongly supported an incredible organization called CLAW (Community Led Animal Welfare) which began ten years ago with Cora Bailey’s one-woman crusade to personally provide basic veterinary services to one South African township.

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    The Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre in South Africa

    The Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre in South Africa

    While driving to the Cheetah section of the center, we passed by some of the various species that they care for as well including the Caracal, African Wild Cats, Brown Hyena and various types of Vultures, all of which are considered endangered and unless protected, are sure to become extinct ...

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    SKA Academy of Art and Design’s Plastic Awareness Program

    SKA Academy of Art and Design's Plastic Awareness Program

    Recently we had the opportunity to present our program "Plastic Awareness Week" program to the extremely talented students from the SKA Academy of Art and Design school in Duluth GA. Co-founder of the school Dr. Leng Chee Chang (who is a Graduated with Ph.D. Degree in Pharmacognosy from University ...

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    Connecticut 7th Grader Wins Grand Prize in Youth Social Website Rocket21 & Captain Planet Foundation Dream Green Contest

    Connecticut 7th Grader Wins Grand Prize in Youth Social Website Rocket21 & Captain Planet Foundation Dream Green Contest

    Additionally, 10 year old Georgia Student Carter Ries and his sister Olivia were selected as Second Place Winners, recognized for a Plastic Awareness Week school curriculum they developed together. Both students are excited to be guests at the Atlanta event. Nine year-old Olivia noted, “This is my first ever Gala ...

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    2011 Youth Ocean Conservation Summit

    2011 Youth Ocean Conservation Summit

    Olivia and Carter were invited to be speakers at this years 2011 Youth Ocean Summit hosted by the 'Stow It Don't Throw It' organization. The inaugural event was held at the Mote Marine Laboratory in beautiful Sarasota FL.

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    EEA Outdoor Learning Symposium

    EEA Outdoor Learning Symposium

    The 15th annual Outdoor Learning Symposium was held Friday, October 21, 2011, at Georgia Perimeter College: Decatur Campus. This year's theme, "Leaving Footprints : Natural Paths to Learning", evolved from many different modes and methods of Outdoor Learning. It truly refers to leaving lasting impressions or “footprints” in the ...

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    Plastic Awareness Coalition (formally known as “Say No To Plastic Bags” Coalition)

    Plastic Awareness Coalition (formally known as Say No To Plastic Bags Coalition)

    Did you know that over 1-million birds and over 100,000 marine animals die each year from ingesting plastic. Sea Turtles and Sea Birds often mistake plastic bags floating in the oceans and on the beaches as jellyfish and end up dying from eating them. When we learned these facts and ...

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What a difference a day makes…

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As we learn more and more about the affects of plastic pollution on our environment and on the many species that share this earth with us, we have become more aware of how much trash is just lying around in our community. If you take the time to look, you too will be amazed to see how much trash we are just throwing on the ground.

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    Help us fight lobbiest and corporations who are trying to stop the movement against single-use plastic bags.

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Sierra Club Green Home “Energy Efficiency First Campaign”

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Sierra Club Green Home is starting its Energy Efficiency First Campaign, where their goal is to reduce the carbon footprint of 1,000 homes by 2012 – one home energy assessment at a time. They are offering free full home energy assessments to the first five people who sign up through their campaign in Orlando, FL; Denver, CO; Boulder, CO; Albany, NY; Atlanta, GA; and Sacramento, CA. If you or anyone you know is interested in receiving a free home energy assessment in those areas, call 888-SCGH-COM or contact Heather Logan at hlogan@scgh.com directly and she will gladly help you out.

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OMG Founders Speak @ Waynesville NC First United Methodist Church

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We created our presentation, “All God’s Critters Have A Place In The Choir,” in an effort to help church communities remember our responsibilities and to help them better understand how easy it is to be part of the solution.

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SHOCKING: The Story of the Bluefin

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“Oceana’s report finds that depletion of prey fish may be starving the oceans. You might think of predators eating anything and everything that comes in their path. While this may be true for some species, there are also a large number of predators that specialize on one or two food types that make up the majority of their diets. When overfishing, aquaculture and climate change exhaust these preferred foods, ocean predators and their young suffer and may not survive.”

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OMG “Inspiring Youth For Change” Summit Postponed

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Join Special guests Ian Somerhalder, Sally Bethea, Dr. Michael Black from GSU, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Brandon Sutton, and our very own OMG founders Olivia and Carter Ries for a fun filled event designed to get everyone motivated and involved.

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OMG Founders Present their Environmental Program to the Vinings UMC

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Olivia and Carter were recently invited to speak to the congregation of the Vinings United Methodist Church in Atlanta Georgia.  Jennifer Coffey who is a member of the church and also serves on the North GA Conference Sustainability and Environmental Committee, had arranged for our presentation to be hosted at their church. There is one issue [...]

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‘Plastic Awareness Education’ at Cochran Mill Summer Camp

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The kids were all so intently listening to Carter and Olivia and each one of them had suggestions of what could be done to ensure this doesn’t continue to happen. We heard many of the students say that they would be telling their parents, and even their school teachers about what our plastic pollution is doing to the environment and how they wanted to help be the solution to the problem.

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Big Cat Rescue Needs Your Help

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Big Cat Rescue’s mission is to provide the best possible home for the animals in their care and try to stop the flow of exotic cats needing sanctuary by educating the public about the plight of the animals and supporting stronger laws to protect them. The non-profit organization is: Accredited by the Global Federation of Sanctuaries, Certified by Independent Charities of America as a “Best in America Charity”, a Member of the WorldSociety for Protection of Animals, Rated 4 Stars (highest rating) by Charity Navigator for sound fiscal management.

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Huddleston Elementary ‘After School Program’ Talks Trash

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One More Generation’s “Plastic Awareness Week” program is helping to save America’s children from our Plastic Pollution. If your interested in having our two young founders come out to your school or church to teach their program, send us an email. We would love to share what we have learned ;-)

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OMG Hosts Educational Program at the First United Methodist Church VBS Summer Camp

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“This amazing piece of art was created for OMG by a very talented local artist Jenna Gridley”

Olivia and Carter were recently invited to teach their Plastic Awareness program to the kids attending this years VBS classes at the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church in Fayetteville GA. Pastor Kristen Heiden and her amazing staff and volunteers host probably one of the areas most popular VBS summer camps. This year our two young founders were invited to share their Plastic Awareness program to all the attending students.

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