Extracting ourselves from the extractivist mindset
Review of "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate" by Naomi Klein.
climate change
Listen to the People, Not the Polluters
The People’s Climate March, which saw hundreds of thousands around the world take to the streets for action on global warming in New York City, was followed this week by a United Nations climate summit in which world leaders advanced an agenda devoid of binding commitments.
UN-masking Climate Smart Agriculture
As women, men, peasants, smallholder family farmers, migrant, rural workers, indigenous, and youth of La Via Campesina, we denounce climate smart agriculture which is presented to us as a solution to climate change and as a mechanism for sustainable development.
Anti-coal campaigners continue to win in the Northwest
There is an adage commonly spoken in many activist circles: Think global, act local. And several communities across the Northwest, linked together in their opposition to coal transports by concern for the health of their communities and of the planet, are aiming to do just that.
Oil Companies Quietly Prepare For a Future of Carbon Pricing
The major oil companies in the U.S. have not had to pay a price for the contribution their products make to climate change. But internal accounting by the companies, along with a host of other signs, suggest that may soon change
Mobilising a counter-hegemonic climate movement
…never has it been more important to embrace a collective demand for ‘system change’ as the surest way to limit global warming and ensure environmental sustainability.
Reflections on the People’s Climate March in London
It’s always quite an experience to stand in solidarity with so many people who care deeply about an issue.
A Land Under Waves
Why does a man who knows about global warming and rising sea levels live by a saltwater canal where his back yard ends twenty inches above the water? Because the location is too beautiful to give up. And because I don’t know if the canal will rise to the doorstep during my lifetime…
The Wheel Turns, the Boat Rocks, the Sea Rises
I say: rock that boat. It’s a lifeboat; maybe the people in it will wake up and start rowing.
Josh Fox: It’s Easy to Switch to Renewable Energy
Solutions Grassroots is a reaction to how often people asked the renewable energy question on our tour. So it was a response to our audience, a response to our fans, a response to the people who are fighting fracking.
Naomi Klein on the Great Clash Between Capitalism and the Climate
Naomi Klein’s new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate is coming out just as the UN is meeting on climate change, and a massive rally to protest the lack of progress on global warming is shaping up in Manhattan on Sunday.
Call to Action: Reclaim the Climate Movement (Australia)
…I won’t be marching this weekend. I’ll be taking action instead.
