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An environmental sociologist explains how permaculture offers a path to climate justice
Image by Local Food Initiative, flickr. Permaculture practitioners manage their gardens or farms in ways inspired by the sustainability and resilience of healthy natural ecosystems. An environmental sociologist explains how permaculture offers a path to climate justice Big farming is both a victim of climate change and a contributor. Droughts, floods and soil degradation threaten crop yields. […]
Climate Justice and Movement Building: An Interview with Brian Tokar
Climate Justice and Movement Building: An Interview with Brian Tokar Photograph Source: Fibonacci Blue – CC BY 2.0 Adam Aron: What was your personal journey to focus on the ecological and climate crisis? Brian Tokar: I was lucky enough to go to a high school in New York City that kids from all around the city […]
As Cost of Climate Crisis Grows, Climate Movement Escalates
AS COST OF CLIMATE CRISIS GROWS, CLIMATE MOVEMENT ESCALATES The warnings of climate chaos are coming so fast they are difficult to keep up with. Storms, heatwaves and climate-related weather disasters are increasing at a rapid pace. The leadership of the two corporate-dominated political parties are trying to keep the climate issue out of the […]
Petro-Hegemony and the Carbon Rebellion
Petro-Hegemony and the Carbon Rebellion Part 1: An introduction to a theory of change for the climate justice movement The following post is the first in a four part series that I am hoping will help translate what I’ve learned throughout my PhD dissertation research into accessible and useful tools that can be shared and […]
Katrina, Climate Justice and Fish Dinners: Social Justice Lawyer Colette Pichon Battle
Katrina, Climate Justice and Fish Dinners: Social Justice Lawyer Colette Pichon Battle Colette Pichon Battle gave up a great job working as a corporate immigration lawyer in Washington DC to live in a tent in front of her flooded family home 50 miles from downtown New Orleans. She is now a much honored director of […]
Climate Activists Announce Global Campaign of Civil Disobedience to “Break Free From Fossil Fuels”
Climate Activists Announce Global Campaign of Civil Disobedience to “Break Free From Fossil Fuels” Climate justice and environmental campaigners announced plans today at COP21 in Paris to escalate the number of non-violent civil disobedience actions against fossil fuel projects over the next year. The groups are planning a concentrated week of global actions in May of 2016. […]
Pope Francis’ Encyclical Is A Sincere Call For Climate Action, Economic Justice
Pope Francis’ Encyclical Is A Sincere Call For Climate Action, Economic Justice Pope Francis has released his long awaited encyclical, or teaching document, on climate justice and the environment, and it flies in the face of everything climate deniers stand for. The encyclical is officially called “Laudato Si (Be Praised), On the Care of Our Common Home,” and it […]
No Climate Protection without Climate Justice; No Climate Justice without Degrowth
No Climate Protection without Climate Justice; No Climate Justice without Degrowth Shortly before the most crucial UN climate change conference after the failure of Copenhagen, it seems that the international climate-movement is finally getting its act together: resistance against fossil fuel extraction is gaining ground and a rising global movement is putting pressure on institutions to divest their […]
Grassroots Activists Say Climate Change Demands System Change
Grassroots Activists Say Climate Change Demands System Change. It’s remembered as the global march for climate justice, but how did that word “justice” get into the title of the huge rallies that took place in New York and other cities this September? Money media typically do such a bad job of covering social movements that […]
