Environmental Activism

Black Comedy in the Maldives

Black Comedy in the Maldives Black Comedy in the Maldives

Why was former president and climate-justice hero Mohamed Nasheed sentenced to prison on terrorism charges?

Mar 16, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard

Am I a ‘Radical’?

Am I a ‘Radical’? Am I a ‘Radical’?

We can no longer hope to address the climate crisis, or our deep social ills, by working strictly within the system. We must change the system itself.

Jan 27, 2015 / Feature / James Gustave Speth

Poor Guatemalans Are Taking On North American Mining Companies—and Have the Bullet Wounds to Prove It

Poor Guatemalans Are Taking On North American Mining Companies—and Have the Bullet Wounds to Prove It Poor Guatemalans Are Taking On North American Mining Companies—and Have the Bullet Wounds to Prove It

As nonviolent protests have spread throughout the country, the right-wing government and the mines’ security operations have responded with force.

Jan 14, 2015 / Jimmy Tobias

Why Climate Change Is Not Inevitable

Why Climate Change Is Not Inevitable Why Climate Change Is Not Inevitable

As Ursula K. Le Guin reminds us, any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.

Dec 23, 2014 / Rebecca Solnit

How 350.org Is (Still) Changing the Climate Justice Movement

How 350.org Is (Still) Changing the Climate Justice Movement How 350.org Is (Still) Changing the Climate Justice Movement

Bill McKibben, 350.org’s longtime leader, has taken a step back—but that doesn’t mean the group is slowing down.

Dec 9, 2014 / Mark Hertsgaard

What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America

What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America What ‘Free Trade’ Has Done to Central America

Warnings about the human and environmental costs went unheeded. Now the most vulnerable Central Americans are paying the price.

Nov 24, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Manuel Pérez-Rocha, Julia Paley, and Foreign Policy In Focus

I’m Banned From Harvard. Here’s Why I’m Going Back.

I’m Banned From Harvard. Here’s Why I’m Going Back. I’m Banned From Harvard. Here’s Why I’m Going Back.

For protesting Harvard’s refusal to divest from fossil fuels, campus police have told me I will be arrested if I return to the university—which is exactly what I plan t...

Oct 24, 2014 / Blog / Wen Stephenson

What’s Wrong With the Radical Critique of the People’s Climate March

What’s Wrong With the Radical Critique of the People’s Climate March What’s Wrong With the Radical Critique of the People’s Climate March

The movement to stop climate change needs both mass mobilizations and direct action.

Sep 30, 2014 / Jonathan Smucker and Michael Premo

These Frontline Communities Know What Climate Justice Would Mean—and They’re Not Seeing It at the UN

These Frontline Communities Know What Climate Justice Would Mean—and They’re Not Seeing It at the UN These Frontline Communities Know What Climate Justice Would Mean—and They’re Not Seeing It at the UN

Changing the path corporations and the 1 percent have set for our planet is going to take more than a march. It’s going to take a struggle.

Sep 24, 2014 / Wen Stephenson

Voices of the People’s Climate March

Voices of the People’s Climate March Voices of the People’s Climate March

Hear from some of the activists who made up the massive crowd at the largest environmental justice demonstration in history. 

Sep 22, 2014 / Agnes Radomski

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