To Build a Sustainable World, Academics need to Tear Down the Ivory Tower
By Anthony D. Barnosky, Elizabeth A. Hadly, MAHB
Avoiding societal collapse means building bridges between science and the rest of the world.
Tag: policy
Beyond Keystone: Why Climate Movement Must Keep Heat On
By Bill McKibben, Yale Environment 360
It took a committed coalition and the increasingly harsh reality of climate change to push President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. But sustained public pressure will now be needed to force politicians to take the next critical actions on climate.
From Cafeterias to Farms: How Students are Mobilizing their Universities to Build a more Local, Just, and Sustainable Food System
By Michelle Stearn, Community-Wealth.org
Thousands of students have united under the guise of a nation-wide campaign called the Real Food Challenge (RFC), a movement aimed at shifting $1 billion in institutional food spending to food that is sustainable, just, and local: in other words, ‘real food.’
New Pittsburgh Urban Ag Law Passes, Boosts Options for Residents
By Julianne Tveten, Yardfarmers blog
Good news for yardfarmers in Pittsburgh. A new ordinance now makes it easier to have chickens, ducks, goats, and more additions to your yardfarm!
While South Carolina Floods, U.S. Wrestles With Urban Stormwater
By Codi Kozacek, Circle of Blue
Among the devastating effects of the low pressure storm system that pummeled South Carolina over the weekend was the heavy damage the record-breaking rains caused to water transport and treatment infrastructure, and the release of a tide of contaminated stormwater.
Advocacy Support for Worker Cooperatives
By David Morgan, Grassroots Economic Organizing
Co-ops and their support networks have been a part of the recent rise in attention paid to economic justice, and our participation has allowed us to establish unique positions to solidify gains in policy.
The Movement Lives On: Occupy Has Succeeded in Spite of its Failures
By C. Robert Gibson, Occupy
Occupy Wall Street may not have dismantled capitalism – but it did profoundly change the way people perceived it, and how their voices impact institutions of power all over the world.
Four degrees of devastation
By Ian Angus, Climate and Capitalism
If greenhouse gas emissions aren’t stopped soon, unprecedented and deadly heat waves will become the new normal in most of the world.
The Leap Manifesto: A Call for Caring for the Earth and One Another
By Naomi Klein, Common Dreams
Canadian activists and artists call for action.
From Concrete to Green: Urban Agriculture Initiative Seeks to Transform LA River into Ag Oasis
By AJ Hughes, Seedstock.com
“How do we get into schools to help bring children up to be good stewards?”
Austerity and Degrowth – Dealing with the Economic Crisis and the Ecological Crisis Together
By Brian Davey, Feasta
It seems like a tough one to argue for degrowth in the context of the Greek crisis and as an alternative to austerity – but then all the more reason to try.
Renewable Energy: Why Emissions and the Economy Don’t Tell the Whole Story
By Tara Ritter, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
A bragging point for the Clean Power Plan is its flexibility; all currently identified low-carbon energy sources can play a role in state plans, including natural gas, nuclear, hydropower and other renewables.