Justice at the Heart of Climate Activism
By Breanna Draxler, YES! magazine
At the end of the day, Huang says true climate justice will come from affirming the rights of political, economic, and cultural self-determination for all peoples.
Tag: environmental justice movement
Grappling with growth
By Daniel Boston, Transnational Institute
In this spirit, this article aims to provide an overview of some of the key discussions and points of critique directed towards degrowth over the years, especially by people’s movements, and how they have impacted upon scholarship, activism and discourse.
Tokata Iron Eyes stars at Black Hills Film Festival
By Talli Nauman, Esperanza Project
Lakota youth pipeline fighter and climate justice advocate Tokata Iron Eyes stars in “My Name Is Future,” a new independent feature documentary that fuses her worldview with the art of Los Angeles-based activist Andrea Bowers.
I Pledge…With Environmental and Climate Justice for All (Part 3)
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
Notwithstanding the progress already made, the whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. That day will not come until all forms of injustice and inequity—including those that are climate-related—are removed.
I Pledge…with Environmental and Climate Justice for All?
By Joel Stronberg, Civil Notion
The crises of 2020—the COVID-19 contagion, systemic racism, and a depressive economic downturn—are testing the mettle of American society. Curiously, they are also expediting efforts to address racial injustice and economic, energy, and environmental inequality within an integrated national climate policy framework.
Earth Day at 50: Towards a More Inclusive Environmental Movement
By Gary Paul Nabhan, Resilience.org
Does the environmental movement launched a half-century ago reflect the vibrant diversity of the American people? Does that movement address environmental justice issues that disproportionately affect people of color?
Reparations Towards a More Just and Beautiful World
By Douglass DeCandia, Center for Humans and Nature
In the words of Dr. Maya Angelou, “No one of us can be free until everybody is free.” When we move away from domination by supporting and uplifting those who have been most impacted by the worst of it, we are able to move toward equity. Where there is equity there is balance, and where there is balance all life flourishes.
Extinction Rebellion’s Radical Philosophy
By Jeremy Deaton, ThinkProgress
"Yes, this is coming apart,, We have to reckon with the grief. We have to reckon with the anger. We have to reckon with the fear. And we have to know that deep inside we actually have power and agency, and we can make a difference. When it’s a fight for your life, you’re willing to throw down, especially if you are doing it in a community together.”
Climate Change, Dinosaurs and the State of the Environmental Movement
By Joe Liesman, Resilience.org
The conversation you hear about the environment on CNN is not the conversation taking place in college dorms or outdoors clubs or in community centers or on farms or in the heads of those who hope and fight and when they sleep they dream of mountain air and when they close their eyes at work for just a moment are no further removed from the ocean than the fish who swim in it. And they are getting louder.
Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Residents Take the Fight for Environmental Justice on the Road
By Julie Dermansky, DeSmog Blog
Last month, four residents from Louisiana neighborhoods impacted by air pollution traveled far from their Mississippi River parishes to Washington, D.C., and Tokyo, Japan, seeking help in their struggle for clean air.
4 Common Misconceptions about Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, Explained
By Lai Sanders, Intercontinental Cry
The evidence is clear: Indigenous Peoples and local communities have long been the backbone of the world’s environmental protection efforts, safeguarding what remains of our planet’s precious forests and natural resources despite mounting threats to their lands and their lives.
Why a Green New Deal needs a Deep Green Movement
By Chaitanya Kumar, Gurpreet Bola, Open Democracy
As two social justice activists, the narrative around movement-led political action is heartening. It opens up the opportunity to practice intersectional policy making that has been central to racial justice movements for decades.
