{"id":5509,"date":"2019-02-09T16:34:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T21:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5509"},"modified":"2019-02-10T09:35:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T14:35:14","slug":"irish-girl-guides-add-climate-change-badge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5509","title":{"rendered":"Irish Girl Guides Add Climate Change Badge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TrocaireGirlguidesbadge9feb2019_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TrocaireGirlguidesbadge9feb2019_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TrocaireGirlguidesbadge9feb2019_large-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The Irish Girl Guides is introducing a new climate change badge for its 12 thousand members.<\/p>\n<p>The badge is being introduced in conjunction with Tr\u00f3caire to clamp down on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Tr\u00f3caire and the Irish Girl Guides launched the badge at the Irish Girl Guides National Conference at the Galway Bay Hotel in Salthill, Galway.<\/p>\n<p>Irish Girl Guide Leader Jenny Gannon said that climate change has become a big area of concern for younger people over the past five years and hopes the new badge will highlight the issues in a practical way.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;We do it in way where we introduce them to real children from different parts of the world where Tr\u00f3caire would be based and would have projects, so that they can kind of relate their own experience here in Ireland to say, a child in Ethiopia or Honduras or Kenya.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-5509\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5509&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-5509\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5509&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-5509\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5509&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5509\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Irish Girl Guides is introducing a new climate change badge for its 12 thousand members. 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