Showing posts with label Earth Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Earth Day. Show all posts

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Hillary Clinton's Surprise Appearance at Tribeca is Earth Day Perfect!

The Tribeca Film Festival is going on in New York City this weekend, and Hillary Clinton showed up for a panel discussion of Kathryn Bigelow's "The Protectors: A Walk in the Ranger’s Shoes" which is being featured at the festival. Bigelow, much acclaimed  for The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, has taken on elephant poaching in this latest opus, a documentary tracking a day in the life of rangers in a wild animal park. Hillary has been passionate and outspoken on the topic of wildlife poaching and trafficking for years. At Spring Studios, she joined the panel and answered questions, a surprise treat for the audience.  What a perfect ending to Earth Day 2017! 

Hillary Clinton Makes Surprise Appearance During Kathryn Bigelow’s VR Tribeca Panel

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April 22, 2017





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Hillary Clinton surprised Tribeca Film Festival goers tonight, making a special appearance during Kathryn Bigelow and Imran Ismail’s The Protectors: A Walk in the Ranger’s Shoes panel. “Thanks for seeing this remarkable film which brings to reality what we’re up against,” Clinton said. “I first became really focused on the horrific slaughter of elephants when I was Secretary of State. It was clear it wasn’t just a terrible crisis, it was the trafficking that was a lot of bad actors. A militia out of Sudan, Boka Harom. It was used to buy weapons and fund the terrorist activities of [many] groups.”





The Protectors: A Walk in the Ranger’s Shoes, from National Geographic Documentary Films, is a VR documentary short that chronicles a day in the life of the rangers in Garamba National Park. With over 30,000 African elephants dying each year at the hands of poachers, and despite the global outcry over the killings, trafficking continues, the film is a call to action to help the conservation NGO African Parks and end the Ivory War





Two influential women standing up for these heroic rangers and the elephants they protect sends a powerful message, not only for conservation of wildlife but also in opposition to the the terrorism animal trafficking and poaching finance.

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Read Arianna Huffington’s Speech Honoring Hillary Clinton for Her LGBT Service>>>>


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Friday, April 22, 2016

Some Thoughts on Earth Day from Hillary Clinton

 
Proud the U.S. is signing the Paris climate deal. What better way to celebrate Earth Day than taking action to help save our planet? -H



This picture is everything!  John Podesta shared this photo of Secretary Kerry at the UN signing of the Paris Accord.

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Monday, April 19, 2010

U.S. Deparment of State Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Earth Day

U.S. Department of State Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Earth Day


Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
April 19, 2010

The Department of State will commemorate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day as well as the first anniversary of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Greening Diplomacy Initiative on April 21 (the eve of Earth Day, which is April 22) in the Dean Acheson Auditorium. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel A. Clune of the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs will speak at the event, and Director Marguerite Coffey of the Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing and Innovation will serve as the Master of Ceremonies.

At the event, the Department will formally launch the D.C. Forum for Greening Embassies, which will convene foreign missions to exchange ideas on environmental issues and operational practices. Featured speakers include Finnish Ambassador to the United States Mr. Pekka Lintu, Earth Day Network Chief Executive Officer Kathleen Rodgers, as well as the Global Environment Facility’s Climate Change Leader, Robert Dixon, and Natural Resources Team Leader, Gustavo Fonseca.

Media are invited to attend the event, which will begin at 10:00 a.m. and end at 10:45 a.m. There will not be a question and answer period at this event.

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SEE SECRETARY CLINTON'S EARTH DAY REMARKS ON VIDEO HERE>>>
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Video: Secretary Clinton's Remarks On The 40th Anniversary of Earth Day



The 40th Anniversary of Earth Day


Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
April 19, 2010

A video message is available here:
http://www.state.gov/video/?videoid=78531249001
& http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8WSS7t5cvk

Forty years ago, Earth Day began in the United States as a “teach-in” – a day to educate people about the environmental challenges facing our planet. Today, we know more than ever about the challenges of preserving our environment – from clean water to climate change – and Earth Day has evolved into a call for sustainable solutions and local action all over the world.

The Obama administration has taken concrete steps toward achieving these goals. Under the President’s leadership, the United States has reengaged in international climate negotiations and we are more aggressively working to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. And at the State Department, we are elevating environmental issues in our diplomatic relationships and forging new partnerships to better engage on those global challenges.

Last year, the State Department challenged our more than 60,000 employees worldwide to lessen the environmental footprint of our diplomatic work, and this year we are launching the Greening Embassy Forum to share what we’ve learned.

Today, environmental awareness and activism are on the rise across the world – proof that Earth Day’s teachings have begun to change all of us, and change the environment we share. We have come a long way these last 40 years, but we have so much more to do. And we need your help to do it.

So Happy Earth Day. Let’s make our country and our world as green as possible in the years ahead.

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