He’s our very own emperor from hell, an updated version of Nero who, in legend, burned down Rome on a whim, though ours prefers drowning Washington. Why, just the other day, Donald Trump — and you knew perfectly well who I meant — bent the ears of 250 top Republican donors for 84 minutes. Among... Continue Reading →
In pursuing transformation of women’s leadership, solutions, and alliances, we work at the intersection of gender, indigenous, racial, economic, social, and environmental justice. We know that many environmental movements have perpetuated the marginalization of the global majority — including people of color, native peoples, people from working class backgrounds, women, and LGBTQ people. We believe that... Continue Reading →
Women – Agents of Change…
A Story of Resilience: Melinda Kramer at TEDxSandHillRdWomen
MELINDA KRAMER is an environmental activist, mother, connector and founding director of Women's Earth Alliance (WEA). In 2004, she set out to create a thriving global resource to support the courageous efforts of grassroots women leaders working around the world to protect the environment for future generations. Today, she guides WEA's work on three continents... Continue Reading →
It’s a tragic truth that some people are willing to inflict unfathomable suffering and death for the sake of power and wealth. From Russia’s aggression in Ukraine to the push for continued climate-altering fossil fuel expansion, selfish gain means more to some than the health and well-being of our children and grandchildren and those yet to... Continue Reading →
A Planet Imperiled by Greed-Fueled Climate Crisis and War
While continuing to fuel the climate emergency over the past decade, oil and gas majors relied on misleading messages rather than actually taking action to transition to clean energy, according to research released Wednesday. "This study confirms what observers have always known about Big Oil's climate pledges: They're all hot air." The peer-reviewed study, published... Continue Reading →
Study Exposes Climate Claims by Big Oil as Corporate Propaganda
Latest IPCC climate report warns that rising greenhouse-gas emissions could soon outstrip the ability of many communities to adapt. The negative impacts of climate change are mounting far faster than scientists predicted less than a decade ago, according to the latest report from a United Nations climate panel. Many impacts are unavoidable and will hit... Continue Reading →
Climate change is hitting the planet faster than scientists originally thought
The old way of insuring against fires isn’t working anymore. Since 2016, more than 50,000 structures in California have been destroyed by wildfire. During fire season in the West, when the sky is dim with smoke and the sun’s an eerie red, you might find yourself breathing in tiny carbonized particles of what used to... Continue Reading →
People Deserve to Know Their Houses are Going to Burn
Take AIM at Climate Change
An upbeat invitation to "Take AIM at Climate Change" - with "AIM" standing for Adapt, Innovate, Mitigate. The lyrics are based on the latest science of Earth's changing climate, with the music a mix of rap and pop. Four verses connect changes in the Arctic and Antarctic to conditions around the planet, with choruses encouraging... Continue Reading →
Honest Government Ad | The Floods 🌊
The Australian Government has made an ad about this summer’s floods and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. 🇦🇺👽🌊 Commenter: I'm not even Australian but I can feel the pain behind the humour...you guys do an awesome job calling your leadership out, we need more people like you around the world. Source...
(REPOST) Earth, Wind and Fire – “That’s The Way of The World”
Definitely rings like a 'Climate Emergency' song which is based on our legacy, the children. SME (on behalf of Columbia); BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., LatinAutor - SonyATV, SOLAR Music Rights Management, LatinAutor - PeerMusic, Wise Music Group, UMPG Publishing, Abramus Digital, Sony ATV Publishing, LatinAutorPerf, CMRRA, LatinAutor, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA -... Continue Reading →
As floods follow fires, we need to hold our leaders’ feet to the flames – or, for that matter, to the water Environmentalists once saw abstraction as the biggest obstacle to climate action. How, they wondered, could one focus the public on the distant future? Today, we confront the opposite problem, with the very immediacy... Continue Reading →