{"id":13142,"date":"2019-09-23T13:14:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T17:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=13142"},"modified":"2019-12-05T16:39:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T21:39:30","slug":"take-5-youth-climate-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-youth-climate-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Youth Climate Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Friday&#8217;s Youth Climate Strike was beyond inspiring. Reports estimate that about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/20\/climate\/global-climate-strike.html\" target=\"_blank\">4 million people<\/a> participated in the strikes worldwide. Staff from Mass Audubon participated in strikes in Boston, Worcester, Northampton, Wellesley, Lexington, Providence, Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, and more. Check out five photos from the strike and see more on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/highlights\/18021631159226509\/\">Instagram story<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/5E21B60B-051B-4DE9-B252-1D130916C268-720x540-e939439e-7ee0-4678-97bc-4118c9dc9d7d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13148\" \/><figcaption>Mass Audubon staff at Boston City Hall Plaza.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"914\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/86A470E3-D313-49D6-A0DA-FF0AF1C99F46.jpg\" alt=\"Alexandra Vecchio, Mass Audubon's Climate Change Program Manager at the Mass Audubon table.\" class=\"wp-image-13152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/86A470E3-D313-49D6-A0DA-FF0AF1C99F46.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/86A470E3-D313-49D6-A0DA-FF0AF1C99F46-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/86A470E3-D313-49D6-A0DA-FF0AF1C99F46-624x760.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Alexandra Vecchio, Mass Audubon&#8217;s Climate Change Program Manager at the Mass Audubon table.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/60F63A4D-51BA-419B-97D8-4412D7C2B6EB-720x540-db80e83a-debc-4ba6-b8b7-82f5d756f56f.jpg\" alt=\"Broadmoor Staff\" class=\"wp-image-13149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/60F63A4D-51BA-419B-97D8-4412D7C2B6EB-720x540-db80e83a-debc-4ba6-b8b7-82f5d756f56f.jpg 720w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/60F63A4D-51BA-419B-97D8-4412D7C2B6EB-720x540-db80e83a-debc-4ba6-b8b7-82f5d756f56f-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/60F63A4D-51BA-419B-97D8-4412D7C2B6EB-720x540-db80e83a-debc-4ba6-b8b7-82f5d756f56f-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>Broadmoor&#8217;s team at the Wellesley Strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/05962B8C-A73B-44A5-A7C2-CBB69F6F1118-540x720-573f312d-10e0-4de2-bc80-df0a644bd40e.jpg\" alt=\"The future is in your hands sign\" class=\"wp-image-13146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/05962B8C-A73B-44A5-A7C2-CBB69F6F1118-540x720-573f312d-10e0-4de2-bc80-df0a644bd40e.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/05962B8C-A73B-44A5-A7C2-CBB69F6F1118-540x720-573f312d-10e0-4de2-bc80-df0a644bd40e-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption>Strikers in Worcester<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/C8F74068-77BA-4ED1-8A5D-B6D0B5D60926-540x720-486c93b4-601f-4e0d-bf6a-637996f209fc.jpg\" alt=\"Strike at State House\" class=\"wp-image-13147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/C8F74068-77BA-4ED1-8A5D-B6D0B5D60926-540x720-486c93b4-601f-4e0d-bf6a-637996f209fc.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/C8F74068-77BA-4ED1-8A5D-B6D0B5D60926-540x720-486c93b4-601f-4e0d-bf6a-637996f209fc-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption>The March ended at the State House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday&#8217;s Youth Climate Strike was beyond inspiring. Reports estimate that about 4 million people participated in the strikes worldwide. Staff from Mass Audubon participated in strikes in Boston, Worcester, Northampton, Wellesley, Lexington, Providence, Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, and more. Check out five photos from the strike and see more on our Instagram story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":13148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[178,158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/5E21B60B-051B-4DE9-B252-1D130916C268-720x540-e939439e-7ee0-4678-97bc-4118c9dc9d7d-e1569250930135.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3pY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13126,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/stand-with-youth-climate-strikers\/","url_meta":{"origin":13142,"position":0},"title":"Stand With Youth Climate Strikers","author":"Alexandra Vecchio","date":"September 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"On September 20,\u00a0Mass Audubon will stand with millions of people of all ages around the world to amplify the voice of youth activists who understand the urgency of climate change.\u00a0\u00a0 We have partnered with Youth Climate Strike Massachusetts to share our support and stand in solidarity with youth and adults\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Climate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Climate","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/category\/climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Mass Audubon Supports Youth Climate Strike","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/MAClimateStrike_blog.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/MAClimateStrike_blog.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/MAClimateStrike_blog.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/MAClimateStrike_blog.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13850,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/mass-audubon-earth-week-calendar\/","url_meta":{"origin":13142,"position":1},"title":"Your Mass Audubon Earth Week Calendar","author":"Rishya N.","date":"April 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"April 18 marks the beginning of Earth Week 2020. 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