Jennifer Wilmore Scroggins

Southpaw and displaced southerner. On the international team at @NRDC w/the @planetGOLD_org program. Tweets etc my own. Would rather be in a redwood forest.

[Jennifer Wilmore Scroggins @jenwilmore]

Walking on the frozen solid Northwestern Branch Anacostia River today at Burnt Mills Reservoir in Silver Spring, MD @capitalweather

[planetGOLD Ghana @pGGhana]

@planetGOLD Ghana, @UNDPGhana, @UNIDO, @EPA_Ghana is empowering small-scale gold miners through training on financial inclusion and responsible gold supply chains. Fostering safer and sustainable livelihoods
#ResponsibleSupplyChains
#FinancialInclusion
#LetsMakeMercuryHistory

[planetGOLD Ghana @pGGhana]

Happening now : Training workshop on mercury-free technologies for small-scale gold miners.
Promoting safer, mercury-free methods to protect health and our planet.
Together, we’re mining safer and cleaner! #LetsMakeMercuryHistory
#MercuryFreeMining
#ResponsibleMining

[planetGOLD Mongolia @planetGOLD_MN]

🎬🔜A documentary video about the mercury-free processing facilities, established by the planetGOLD Mongolia project in Mandal soum and Tunkhel village, Selenge province, is coming soon! Stay tuned!

@planetGOLD_org @theGEF @UNEP @UNIDO @MECCMongolia @artisanal_gold @minamataMEA

[planetGOLD Programme @planetGOLD_org]

The island of Sumatra is home to 100s of small-scale gold miners, including 42 yr old Sugiyanti.

With the help of planetGOLD #Indonesia she learned about #mercuryfree alternatives & has excelled in training other miners in her area on this new technology 👏

#MakeMercuryHistory

[Jennifer Wilmore Scroggins @jenwilmore]

Earthquake disaster in Syria: Give what you can to help the White Helmets save lives https://t.co/w5w0g08gD7

[Jennifer Wilmore Scroggins @jenwilmore]

@siddharthkara @nprfreshair Yes improvements for DRC miners are urgently needed. I hope in your interviews you point to Fair Cobalt Alliance or others working to solve problems @cvillegas16
I'm seeing many calling to ban artisanal cobalt, which would further harm vulnerable families https://t.co/FOgoX4cELl

[planetGOLD Programme @planetGOLD_org]

In the town of Mahdia in #Guyana 🇬🇾 gold mining drives the economy.

Get a 360° look at how our project is demonstrating a pathway to #mercuryfree mining practices that are better for miners, their communities & the environment.
👉👉 https://t.co/mbzBzv9DzD

#MakeMercuryHistory

[planetGOLD Programme @planetGOLD_org]

Meet Demver, a small-scale miner in the Philippines.

Mercury has been used for decades to collect #gold in his community of Paracale, but he sees a brighter future. He's advocating to #MakeMercuryHistory & working with planetGOLD to install a #mercuryfree processing system 👏

[planetGOLD Programme @planetGOLD_org]

🇨🇴#Colombia | This recycled shipping container is getting an upgrade! It is becoming a mobile laboratory that will also serve as a training center to teach small scale mining communities #mercuryfree techniques to extract gold. 🙌

#MakeMercuryHistory #ColombiaLibredeMercurio

[Jennifer Wilmore Scroggins @jenwilmore]

@RobbyHStone 👏

[Jennifer Wilmore Scroggins @jenwilmore]

This is SO funny Robby

[Robby Stone @RobbyHStone]

Text me pretending to be my CEO, and I’ll give you the runaround you deserve 😉. Enjoy this absurdly long thread:

[Jennifer Wilmore Scroggins @jenwilmore]

@RobbyHStone The photo of the beef was the real kicker for me 🥩

[Jennifer Wilmore Scroggins @jenwilmore]

@1a @huggins_melanie @jsb @brewster_kahle In Washington DC our family regularly checks out books for our kindergartener, we love the take home craft sets they provide, and - critically - on multiple occasions we’ve utilized take home COVID tests that are made available for free at the library.

[planetGOLD Programme @planetGOLD_org]

As glitz & glamour hit the red carpet once again at @Festival_Cannes this month, planetGOLD was there to help shine a light on #ethicalgold produced by artisanal & small-scale miners #mercuryfree so it's better for 👥 & the 🌍

➡️ https://t.co/7H61kf57Wq

#MakeMercuryHistory

[planetGOLD Programme @planetGOLD_org]

As people across the world raise their hands & share why they #ChooseToChallenge gender inequality, project staff and miners like Hadijah from the planetGOLD Indonesia project share why they call out gender inequity in #ASGM

View the pledges ➡️ https://t.co/8uzcfBlgkq

#IWD2021

[planetGOLD Programme @planetGOLD_org]

In the Ananea district in Peru's snow-capped mountains, artisanal & small-scale gold mining is the largest source of local work. Get a glimpse of the #mercuryfree equipment @planetGOLD_PE & @TdpsGirh tested there to show a path to more responsible #ASGM. https://t.co/O8DyzoEk8p

[NBC News @NBCNews]

FULL AMANDA GORMAN POEM:

“We will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one ... There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.”

The 22-year-old is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history: https://t.co/SIPU57hEKH

[Jennifer Wilmore Scroggins @jenwilmore]

“Communities that have elevated levels due to industrial contamination should get special consideration when a vaccine is distributed ... They may need more than the 1 or 2 shots recommended for everyone else because their antibody production may be suppressed.”

[The Intercept @theintercept]

Grandjean’s previous research has shown that higher PFAS levels in children correlated to weaker response to various vaccines — and he fears the same will be true for a Covid-19 vaccine. https://t.co/1yTcdCx9GI

[Jennifer Wilmore Scroggins @jenwilmore]

Loving this photo story in @Tennessean about my sister and brother-in-law’s adventures in #vanlife (and now #tinyhome life) with their 2 boys
https://t.co/YKq7Bd8F98