The intergovernmental panel on climate change has issued a dire warning to our generation. https://www.nytimes.com/…/cli…/ipcc-climate-report-2040.html. Everywhere we look around, our parents our scurrying around doing everything they can to ensure us a better future whether it's taking us activities or helping us with our homework. And the greatest irony is that if nothing changes, we will be left with a world where none of that matters. Perhaps it is time that our generation needs to stand up and fend for ourselves.  NYTIMES.COM Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040
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We raised $400 for Feed the Need in Durham this summer with our Kernels Extraordinary Popcorn sales. A big thank you to the Oshawa Clinic, Taunton Health Centre, and Courtice Health Centre communities for supporting FTND in alleviating hunger.   Derek and I are training up the next generation of Operation EcoPen volunteers. Our brother, Zach, is helping us to drop off used writing instruments at our local Staples.   Luke and I had a great time selling Kernels popcorn to raise money for Feed the Need in Durham, Thanks to all our patrons at the Oshawa Clinic! And a special thanks to Ms. Michel Henry for helping us to organize the popcorn sale and getting the word out!  Volunteered for the Green Team at the Toronto Ribfest today! We learned a lot about organizing recycling and composting. A big thank you to Liz Read, Barry Friesen, and Steven Pinnock! What an awesome recycling program! Hope we can get other ribfests on board.  Luke and I are so excited to announce that Operation EcoPen's collaboration with the Durham District School Board was a huge success! There were 50 schools in the Oshawa, Whitby, and Ajax communities that took part in Operation EcoPen. Each of the schools were sent a certificate of participation (like the one below). We would like to thank Mr. David Hollingsworth from the DDSB for his tremendous support of this important initiative.  I'm so proud of my brother, Derek, for being awarded Pringle Creek Public School's Community Connections Award for 2018. The award recognized Derek for contributions to his community and to the environment through his work with Operation EcoPen. Go Derek! - Luke N.
I visited the Oshawa Clinic Foot Care Centre to get orthotics...and walked out with a huge bag of recyclable writing instruments! A big thank you to Dr. Carlos de Sousa's office for their support! We so appreciate Janet's support in reminding everybody to bring in their used writing instruments. She's one of our community's pioneers in the recycling movement! And a huge shout out to Anthony de Sousa for helping and getting his classmates at school on board with this recycling!
We are thrilled to have the Department of Medicine at Women's College Hospital join Operation EcoPen! We are so grateful to Ms. Amanda Edward and Dr. Shoba Sujana-Kumar for championing this cause to not only recycle writing instruments but for raising awareness for our precious and delicate environment.  Luke and I are so excited to partner with the Town of Whitby to collect used pens for Operation EcoPen. We are especially grateful to Meaghan Craven, who is the Sustainability Coordinator for Whitby. She met with us this morning to deliver over 800 pens that will be recycled.
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AuthorsDerek and Luke Nguyen co-founded Operation EcoPen to increase environmental awareness amongst their peers. Archives
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