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Fighting Back Against Abuse with Sarah Klein – Natalie Jill Fitness

CX3 — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 13:16:53 +0000

08 Nov Fighting Back Against Abuse with Sarah Klein

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Fighting Back Against Abuse with Sarah Klein

Sarah Klein is a preeminent civil and trial attorney who specializes in representing sexual abuse survivors and a nationally renowned advocate for legal, cultural, and political change for the support for the victims of sexual abuse. A former competitive gymnast, Klein is also the first known victim of former Olympic women’s gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. At the July 2018 ESPY Awards, Klein accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award on behalf of herself and the hundreds of other survivors who spoke out and testified about Nassar’s abuse. Klein’s legal practice is focused on representation of victims of sexual abuse by perpetrators under the aegis of powerful institutions including school districts, sport federations, entertainment conglomerates, churches, youth organizations, and Fortune 500 companies.

She is also actively spearheading the fight to extend the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse victims across all 50 states. Sarah is an alumna of Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Global Entrepreneurship program. She sits on the Board of Directors of CHILD USAdvocacy, a national organization committed to protecting children’s civil liberties and keeping children safe from abuse. She also sits on the Board of Yale University’s Sports Equity Lab, pursuing research that can inform policies around safe sporting environments and help fight abuse, in all forms,for all athletes.

Through her significant experience in lawyering some of the country’s highest profile cases,Klein has become a leading voice on sexual abuse and other legal issues on television, radio,and in print media including ESPN, NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, NPR, The New York Times, TheWashington Post, and USA Today. Sarah hosts a weekly podcast called Bar Fights: Taking On Issues That Matter on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartMEDIA, Audacy and Stitcher.

In this episode, you will learn:

How to notice a predator early on
How to educate your children on what to avoid
Why victims need more support

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Earth Overshoot Day Looms: Here Are 8 Companies Fighting To Push It Back

CX3 — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 00:25:53 +0000

Earth Overshoot Day is the day of the year when humanity has used more ecological resources than the Earth can naturally regenerate over an entire year, according to calculations by York University’s Ecological Footprint Initiative.

In 2021, it falls on Thursday, July 29—nothing to celebrate, especially considering that last year’s Earth Overshoot Day was a whopping three weeks later, on August 22. Our global carbon footprint has increased up to 6.6% compared to 2020, proving that emissions reductions from the pandemic were temporary.

Laurel Hanscom, the CEO of the non-profit that popularized Earth Overshoot Day, tells mbg that she hopes we can push back the date “by design rather than disaster” moving forward. Since carbon emissions make up the majority of our ecological footprint, those will require the most attention. “The best thing we can do is reduce emissions and preserve the natural carbon sinks that exist on the planet,” Hanscom says of how we can push this bleak occasion back.

A recent report by the International Energy Agency adds that in order to get to net zero emissions by 2050 and avoid further climate disaster, we’ll also have to start pulling carbon from the atmosphere more proactively. While companies around the world are working to manufacture their own carbon sinks (areas that absorb more carbon than they release) using new technologies, Hanscom says it’s not currently happening at a scale that would impact the timing of Earth Overshoot Day.

Clearly, reducing our emissions, protecting the planet’s natural ability to absorb carbon, and creating new technologies that can help us do both will take work—but plenty of innovators are up for the challenge.

Today, we’re spotlighting a few of the organizations working to help push Earth Overshoot Day back on our calendars in years to come. From a big-name brand capturing carbon to make perfume to a grassroots non-profit protecting Indigenous land rights, they prove there’s no one way to make a difference. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but rather a reminder of all the potential solutions out there and how to help lift them up.

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Why and How Japanese Are Fighting Against Food Waste

CX3 — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 09:11:02 +0000

COVID-19 AND RE-EXAMINATION OF FOOD WASTE

When the Covid-19 came into effect at the beginning of 2020, the supply chain was having a tough time, including the food industry. Numbers of restaurants were forced to close-down, and many people asked to stay at home. The market is disappearing and making the producers suffers. On top of that, the schools were closed, which made the suppliers left with ingredients for millions of school meals.

Shoin Shin, the CEO of InSync, straight away thought about the implication of the Covid-19 and had an idea to directly connect the producers and the consumers. Thus, they launched Wakeari, a service where those with surplus stock could list their products at a discounted price. In this service platform, producers could post product’s photos along with their heartfelt stories. One of the producers who live in Kyoto prefecture writes that he has nowhere to sell his chicken, and he feels sorry that he has to discard the chicken.

Last year in October, Wakeari joined hand with an organization that works in a similar cause, named Facebook Corona Shien. Both now merged as WakeAi, which has 360,000 members and is selling from premium quality beef to seaweed. Numbers of big food manufacturers are currently collaborating with WakeAi to prevent the stock from going to waste. The result was an online food bank that sent provisions to 200 single-parent households last January. This good cause will continue as part of the company’s social responsibility.

This pandemic has shifted the Japanese perspective on food waste, and it seems they are now more appreciating the art of mottainai. Food-waste was considered as part of the business, but now the mindset has changed. The indication is the increased numbers of online platforms that provide a similar service to WakeAi, with the amounts of registered buyers rising day by day. The question is whether this attitude will sustain after the pandemic passes.

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