December NEWSLETTER One Earth One Chance
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We are a non-profit formed to engage, empower and connect communities with opportunities to preserve a clean, green, and sustainable planet. We focus on local action, including forestation, restoration, and education, to address global climate change. Join our movement to help protect the only home we have!
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TIP OF THE MONTH Give Experiences, Not Excess!
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This holiday season, choose shared experiences or sustainable gifts over clutter—creating memories while reducing waste and caring for the planet.
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December Clean Up & Green Ambassador Workshop
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From Ideas to Action: OEOC hosted the Green Economy Ambassador Workshop, where experts John McCaskill and Philip Samson explored low-carbon growth, sustainable cities, green finance, and environmental justice, with support from the City of McKinney.
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This holiday season, OEOC’s Plant the Future campaign encouraged families to give the gift of trees by supporting our My Forest Fund. Every contribution helped expand the local tree canopy and inspired kids to grow something that lasts.
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Coffee with Mother Earth: Sip, support, and plant—trade your coffee for a tree to help cool, hydrate, and grow a greener planet.
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Environmental Volunteerism
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Curious about volunteering for the environment? Learn how to get involved in activities like waste reduction, recycling, composting, sustainable gardening, and organizing educational events or fundraisers to promote climate action in your community.
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Celebrate milestones sustainably by giving plants, succulents, or seed kits as living return gifts—purchased through the OEOC store, proceeds support tree planting and habitat restoration.
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January Clean Up & Green Ambassador Workshop
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Join OEOC at Thrive Nature Park, Lewisville, for the eighth Green Ambassador cleanup and workshop focused on Energy, featuring experts Ira Nicodemus and Krishnan Raghunathan and hands-on learning on renewable solutions.
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Join us at Cimarron Park for Dance for the Planet: Bollywood Zumba, a high-energy, feel-good workout led by Soumil Patel, Sudeesh Nair, and Dhivyaa Dhanasekar—move, sweat, and celebrate sustainability with every step!
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Support The Second Chapter by donating gently used clothes, home goods, books, and more to reduce waste and fund OEOC tree planting, led by Nimisha Choudhary and the Prosper Youth Chapter.
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The January edition of the Sustainably Wired Podcast is here
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In this episode Aarav speaks to future change-makers Navya Girish and Ashika Vinjamaram about the reasons why sustainability must become an integral part of STEM education so that youth can learn to use technological advancement to help halt or reverse climate change.
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The January edition of our Eco Tiktok is here
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Learn how the way we travel affects air quality and simple choices we can make to reduce pollution every day.
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