We Already Have Your 17 Resolutions for 2017

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In the past year and several months since the Sustainable Development Goals were first introduced in September 2015, the international community has seen advances in all of the target areas of the goals. Any positive change, no matter how seemingly insignificant, is a step towards achieving the new sustainable agenda put forth by the United […]

Give Me 5! Activities: COP 22 with 2020 or Bust!

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The UN Climate Change Conference COP 22 is currently being held in Marrakech, Morocco until November 18th. Our founder, Juan Chebly, had the privilege of attending the conference solely on behalf of the GM5 Campaign. Along with the founder of 2020 or Bust!, Laughlin Artz, he presented to youth attendees about our partnership between GM5 and […]

Phase-Out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) Coolants Expected to Reduce Global Warming by 0.5 °C

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The Give Me Five Campaign welcomes guest contributor Leah Scully. Leah Scully Machine Design Oct 20, 2016 At a United Nations meeting in Kigali, Rwanda this past Saturday, October 15, delegates from 197 countries settled negotiations to phase out heat-trapping hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in refrigeration and cooling applications. The agreements are part of the Kigali […]

Give Me 5! Activities: A Sunday of Unity with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock

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“Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion and knowledge” – Plato When I was first asked by Juan to deliver a speech to the of Unity with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock titled “Coming Together to Achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals”, I was both honored and a bit confused. While […]