In Zambia, a People’s Budget Campaign Demands a Budget that Works for Women

By Daisy Lutangu Mwilima, Open Democracy

The national budget in any country is one of the key instruments a government can use to fight inequality and bridge the gap between the rich and the poor. For this reason, Fight Inequality Alliance Zambia has been carrying out a People’s Budget campaign in the last couple of months to advocate for a more equal budget that represents the needs of the majority poor and not the elite.

Women of Standing Rock: LaDonna Brave Bull Allard

By Tracy L. Barnett, Esperanza Project

All of a sudden, we’ve given our power over to an entity that doesn’t deserve our power. We must take back that empowerment of self. We must take back our own health care. We must take back our own food. We must take back our families. We must take back our environment.

A “Foote-Note” on the Hidden History of Climate Science: Why You Have Never Heard of Eunice Foote

By John Perlin, Resilience.org

While both the acolytes of Adam Smith and Karl Marx worshipped the fossil-fueled industrial revolution as the driver toward the paradise that the invisible hand of the market or the golden age of communism would create, Eunice Foote’s experiments reveal the fatal flaw on which these dreams were made and that would one day turn into the nightmare we are just beginning to wake.

A Sea Change in Science

By Eve Andrews, Grist

As the world watches the U.S. government withdraw from the Paris Agreement and extend lifelines to the coal industry, many in academia are asking: Should climate scientists be publicly advocating for climate action?

Kobane • Cooperatives as a Tool for Women’s Empowerment

By Loez, Lougar Raynmarth, Co-operative Economy

Our goal is not just to give women a job, we want to empower women, so that they may go out, be active. If women stay at home with nothing, their minds collapse. But if they go out, do something creative, meet people, their morale improves.

Women take Control of Solar Revolution

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network

A solar revolution is transforming the lives of women in the remotest parts of Asia. They no longer have to wait decades to be connected to a power grid but are able today to exploit the huge potential of the abundant sunshine. In societies where women normally play a subservient role and spend much of their time on menial chores, solar businesses are creating a new breed of female entrepreneur who are bringing electricity to their villages.

Solidarity Economy Part II: Empowering Women

By Anna Cash, Rio on Watch

With a broader understanding of the solidarity economy in Brazil in mind, testimonials from participating entrepreneurs themselves show the real advantages of this kind of work, from circumventing market exclusion to creating new kinds of spaces where women are reimagining the divide between domestic and productive spheres.

On International Women’s Day, Honoring Women Land and Human Rights Defenders

By Osprey Orielle Lake, Emily Arasim, Common Dreams

The violation of women rights and land defenders speaks in a profound way to the derangement of our times, and to the dangerous worldviews of domination and exploitation, which sit at the root of both degradation of Earth’s natural systems, and violence against women of the world.

COUNTDOWN: Slowing Population Growth Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth

By Terrence McNally, Alan Weisman, Terrence McNally podcast

Alan Weisman answers questions on his new book. Weisman traveled to 21 countries asking politicians, scientists, family planning specialists, doctors, and religious leaders, crucial questions about how we can successfully deal with the size of human population.

Food & agriculture – June 4

By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org

•Breaking the grass ceiling: On U.S. farms, women are taking the reins •The USDA's Latest Report on Energy Use in Agriculture •More Than Honey •Is the US About to Become One Big Factory Farm for China? •Peak Water, Peak Oil ...Now, Peak Soil?