Standing Like a Sioux
On April 1, in the last phase of istawicayazan wi, the moon of sore eyes, acting with love and fierce determination, the youth of the Standing Rock reservation stood together in prayer at the place called Sacred Stone.
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Protecting “Country” in Australia
If nothing is done to stop the impact of climate change, some of the oldest living cultures in the world could die out. An all-Indigenous youth activist group in Australia has risen to the challenge.
Earth News: More than News of the World “Let’s Think in Terms of the Next One Hundred Months”
The challenge is greater than preparing individuals and groups to fight back.
Earth News: More than News of the World
So now, here’s a neither random nor comprehensive compilation of climate justice happenings and musings from the middle of May to the end of June 2016.
Can ‘Effective Altruism’ Really Change the World?
Although the effective altruists are asking serious questions about what it means to be a moral agent, they seem to be missing something essential about the world in which we live…
Everyone is the Mother of Victory
Everyone is the mother of victory; No one is the father of defeat.
Paris deal: Epic fail on a planetary scale
This brand new climate deal will kick in in 2020. But is it really as ‘ambitious’ as the French government is claiming?
The World is Broken and the Hypocrisy of COP 21 Isn’t Going to Put it Back Together
Hypocrisy can take many forms, but at COP 21 it has one underlying purpose:
COP 21, Round One: Battle Lines Are Drawn
2016 is a leap year. Strange and magical things can happen on that day. May it be a whole year of leaps for climate justice.
Is the Paris Climate Conference Designed to Fail?
The last time this much public attention was focused on the climate talks was in the lead-up to the Copenhagen conference in 2009. We should not forget how that turned out.