The seventh edition of ATP’s Building Bridges newsletter focuses on climate change
BY JASON SOHIGIAN
WOBURN, Mass. – Climate change is one of the most far-reaching threats facing humanity today. It is already having costly global effects–including in Armenia–on natural systems, public health, and our economy. Some of the effects described by the Union of Concerned Scientists include longer and more damaging wildfire seasons, more destructive hurricanes, more frequent and intense heat waves, growing public health effects, an increase in extreme weather events, and disruptions to food supplies.
Armenia Tree Project (ATP) works to inspire the next generation of citizens who are informed about environmental issues and are geared toward problem solving and taking action. Education is one of ATP’s core programs, and in recent years it has expanded to include Armenian youth in the diaspora with the Building Bridges program. A Building Bridges newsletter is one of the tools used for outreach to youth. A new, seventh edition of the newsletter is focused entirely on climate change. The publication was created by Western Region Operations Manager Sarah Hayes and illustrator Alik Arzoumanian.
Building Bridges is sponsored by a grant from the Thomas A. Kooyumjian Family Foundation. This support allows the newsletter to be distributed free of charge to Armenian students across the United States. It is also available online via the following link:
www.ArmeniaTree.org/BuildingBridges
“After witnessing unprecedented hurricanes and the spread of wildfires in the US and in Armenia this summer, the message is clear. We must act now to protect the environment,â€
