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Turning passion into purpose. Representing Protect Our Winters in Europe.
We’re taking a social media break for the next couple weeks.
While we’re away, we recommend you check out this wonderful book where Indigenous knowledge and Western science meet:
📖 Do Glaciers Listen? by Julie Cruikshank — in line with #InternationalYearOfGlacierPreservation
Who’s generating the momentum behind GenGreen? Meet the teams... #NoSportsOnAHotPlanet #YouthAthletesForClimate
15.07.2025 09:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some good news for your day — solar became the EU’s largest source of electricity for the first time in June 2025. 🌞
Graph courtesy of @ember-energy.org
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This year, POW Europe & our affiliated professional athletes hosted a variety of Hot Planet Cool Athlete (HPCA) workshops in schools across Europe.
This programme is designed to raise awareness and foster inspiration among youth ages 11-18 in the field of climate action.
ADVOCACY — read all about how POW in Europe advocated for community engagement in climate action and politics in 2024. protectourwinters.eu/wp-content/u...
09.07.2025 11:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Six months into 2025, Protect Our Winters chapters have been hard at work engaging with community and advocating for climate action all across Europe. Read all about our work here! ➡️ shorturl.at/rEsg6
#ProtectOurWinters #Glaciers #SnowSports #HighlightsOf2025
Pink background with a semi-transparent large snowflake, with white text that reads "Education" and a Protect Our Winters logo
Little girl sits in a classroom and looks at a presentation about climate change from a Protect our Winters athlete. Text in the image reads "We educate about the climate crisis, inspiring and empowering collective action. Our focus is to educate schools, businesses and communities on how to act on climate change and the different solutions available to them. We share the latest climate science, policy updates and news."
EDUCATION — Take a look at all the highlights from the education segment of our 2024 Impact Report by clicking the link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
protectourwinters.eu/wp-content/u...
In the face of advancing climate change, aggressive resource extraction and multiple looming threats to our wild places, adventure has taken on a new, urgent face. Instead of simply being there, now we document what might soon not be there.
A thread 🧵
Southern Europe is experiencing yet another unprecedented heatwave, as seen in summers before, fueled by climate change.
A somber reminder of how the burning of fossil fuels exacerbates the greenhouse effect (trapping heat inside the Earth's atmosphere), leading to dangerous consequences.
A snowboarder flies in the sky above text that reads "Impact Report 2024" for Protect our Winters Europe
We are proud to announce POW Europe’s Impact Report 2024 is now live! ❄️ Check it out! protectourwinters.eu/wp-content/u...
25.06.2025 11:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Voilà, the European Commission’s latest Green Deal sabotage: Withdrawing a directive to prevent greenwashing by companies.
The repeated cancelling of crucial legislation for people and planet is clearly an anti-green crusade incited by the far right 👇
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Do you want to host a screening of DOWNSTREAM? Already shown at UN HQ & EU Parliament, next screening <insert your location here> 🎥
Get started here: lnkd.in/eMcUHsAq #GlacierPreservation #DOWNSTREAM #ClimateAction
POW Europe joined 10 partners in Antwerp for the ZERO project. Empowering youth through snow sports + climate action. Bikes, card games, and bold ideas for zero-emission rides. Download the card game (for free) here: lnkd.in/ewn94zGx
17.06.2025 16:58 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
180+ NGOs.
One goal: climate action.
At the @caneurope.org General Assembly, we were reminded there’s strength in numbers. And in hope.
“Losing hope is a privilege we can’t afford.”
#climateaction #caneurope #protectourwinters
The 2025 UNESCO Year of Glacier Preservation is here—spotlighting glaciers' vital role in our world. POW Europe is launching a campaign to protect these frozen giants. But we can’t do it alone.
What’s your commitment to 2025?
#protectourwinters #glacierpreservation #glaciers2025 #IYGP2025
