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Opinion: Militarism and Climate Change

March 14, 2022 Dennis Dettling Kalthofer

by Denis Dettling Kalthofer With Putin’s horrific war against Ukraine raging, it is understandably easy to forget about climate change. Social movements, like the fight against climate change, often start small, get put on the back burner and/or stay small for years, despite the best […]

A group of young people marching marching down the street of Washington, DC, June 2021. Sunrise Movement/ Josh Yoder photo

The Necessity of Hope

February 24, 2022 Nick Rabb

by Nick Rabb As a younger person living in 2022, the world seems to be stacking the deck against me. Although I have privilege in many ways, my life has been marked by financial crises, a growing climate crisis, a global pandemic, senseless wars, and […]

Twin Existential Threats

January 19, 2022 Ira Helfand

By Ira Helfand and Asha Asokan Today, the world lives in the shadow of two grave and deeply related existential threats. There is a growing awareness of the danger posed by the climate crisis and the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit […]

Indigenous activists demanded a Just Transition at the COP26 conference in Glasgow, Oct 31- Nov 13, 2021.

COP26 Reflection: Indigenous Peoples Demand a Just Transition

December 5, 2021 Jean-Luc Pierite

by Jean-Luc Pierite No “false solutions” such as carbon markets and net zero schemes and free, prior, and informed consent from Indigenous nations are the demands going into COP26 and going forward. With the support of Rios to Rivers, International Rivers Network, and Empathy Accelerator, […]

Build Back Better? Or Double Down on Disaster?

November 2, 2021 Nick Rabb

by Nick Rabb We have entered a new era of climate catastrophe. Whereas the major problems of the past were denial and delay, the current political terrain is one where it is no longer tenable to deny the crisis itself. Now, the emerging battle is […]

Eco-Fear: Mental Health in the Age of the Climate Crisis

November 2, 2021 Zoe Stevenson

by Zoe Stevenson Human beings today face climate challenges on an incomprehensibly enormous scale. Given the gravity of the situation we’re in, the guilt we carry about our part in creating it, and infuriating, long-standing government inaction, it’s no surprise that feelings of hopelessness and […]

The $3.5T Build Back Better Act is a huge step, but not enough.

September 26, 2021 Nick Rabb

Pass it, then, back to work By Nick Rabb As the incoming $3.5T “Build Back Better ” climate and social policy bill captures headlines, it can be difficult to know whether to cheer or boo. Along with “big new bill” whiplash over the past nine […]