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Rehna Yaseen, a mentor on Outward Bound Trust’s Outdoor Leadership course An outdoor leadership course for young people from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds has been launched. The course is part of by a project by a coalition of outdoor education providers led by YHA (England & Wales). Already 15 new jobs have been created through the Generation Green project which will help more young people get outside and connect with nature.  Ensuring YHA maximises its reach amongst young people through its Generation Green funded projects, the charity has recruited a 12-stron...

Sharon Dorsey, one of the organizers of #BlackinEnviron Week focuses on activism, spotlighting Black professionals in the environmental fields and ways in which local action can produce results. Dorsey is a Baltimore native and Virginia Tech graduate student. (Courtesy Sharon Dorsey) You don’t have to ditch your car and go live in a tent to help solve the problems caused by pollution and climate change. Sharon Dorsey, a Baltimore native and Virginia Tech grad student, is one of the organizers of “Black in Environment Week.” Along with spotlighting scientists, engineers and policymakers ...

Generation Green: Meadhbh Sheehy, 23 News 10 March 2021 Irish Ancestry My mum Pam O’Mahony and my dad Ned Sheehy are both Irish and raised our family in Australia. Between two cultures My dad, Ned, initially moved to Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs: like so many Irish people he was attracted to the Aussie beach atmosphere and coastline. Most of his family live in Dublin, so that’s where we go back to visit: we get to spend time and live like a local in this amazing city. My mum is from Kilkenny - she moved out to Australia before meeting my dad and travelled around Australia...

Generation Green: Greg Eckels, 26 News 10 March 2021 Irish Heritage We are Family I may not look it but yes, I’m Irish! I have that classic melting pot, New World mixed heritage that blends people from vastly different parts of the planet. I was born in America, my dad is straight from Jamaica and my mum is - like so many New Yorkers - of Irish descent. As a kid I grew up in New York’s Spanish Harlem, which had a really cool, vibrant street culture, especially before it was gentrified. My ancestor Harold Eckles had an Irish mother and when he returned there he fell in l...

Generation Green: Felix McFayden, 21 News 10 March 2021 Irish Ancestry My Departed Dad's Irish Legacy The McFadyen name is very Celtic. I am connected to that part of the world and my Irish heritage through my dad, who passed away when I was 12. My dad Pete was a very gentle man and the youngest of five. He was a top bloke who taught me so many things that are still with me to this day - like surfing and just being a nice, respectful young man. We’re real Aussie beach people. I have very happy memories of mucking around with dad on the weekends on Mackerel Beach, our home...