To urgently drive down carbon emissions, we need a worldwide, and equitable, fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty. In this excerpt from his new book, The Path to a Livable Future: A New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic, Stan Cox argues that we need more than a transition to sustainable energy to... Continue Reading →
Carole King, Rod Stewart, Melissa Etheridge, Sia, Kesha also join call for developers to create solutions to climate change issues Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Carole King, and Rod Stewart are among the artists who will take part in the United Nations Human Rights’ Call for Code initiative on Saturday, June 5th, which is also UN... Continue Reading →
Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, Cher Align With United Nations’ ‘Call for Code’ Initiative
Subject: Can you come? Dear Friends, I'm attending an Empire State Indivisible virtual event called "A New Era for New York!" I hope you can join me. New York State is about to enter a new era: new governor, new attitude, new hope. Join Empire State Indivisible virtually on Tuesday, August 24th starting at 5pm... Continue Reading →
Join Us To Reflect & Celebrate! A New Era In New York!
The mission of Grand Rapids Climate Action: To work to make Grand Rapids a leader and a model for other cities in Michigan and nationally in the fight against climate change. To mobilize residents of Grand Rapids and the region to insist on meaningful, just, rapid action locally in this unprecedented challenge. “You want to... Continue Reading →
Grand Rapids Climate Action
Extreme Weather Is ‘New Normal’ Thanks To Decades Of Climate Inaction
“Extreme temperatures and extreme weather events like this are the new normal—a new normal that has been brought to us by decades of climate inaction,” says Chris Hayes. Video Source...
September 20th Climate Strike Recap
On September 20th, over 650,000 people took to the streets across over 1,300 youth-led strikes, rallies, marches, and events for what was the largest youth-led climate mobilization in US history. (I was asked to re-share this and I can see why...) Web Source... Video Source...
Austria: Governments ‘playing politics’ instead of taking climate action – Greta Thunberg
Climate activist Greta Thunberg accused governments of 'playing politics' instead of taking real climate action during the Austrian World Summit organised by former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger in Vienna, on Thursday. "You had the world's eyes on you, so you started to act. Not 'acting' as in 'taking climate action,' but acting as in... Continue Reading →
If you adults won’t save the world, we will
In a deeply moving letter to her grandmother, Xiye Bastida reflects on what led her to become a leading voice for global climate activism -- from mobilizing school climate strikes to speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit alongside Greta Thunberg -- and traces her resolve, resilience and profound love of the earth to the... Continue Reading →
Our descendants own the future, but the decisions and actions we make now will tremendously impact generations to come, says philosopher Roman Krznaric. From a global campaign to grant legal personhood to nature to a groundbreaking lawsuit by a coalition of young activists, Krznaric shares examples of ways we can become good ancestors -- or,... Continue Reading →
How to be a good ancestor…
Our moral imperative to act on climate change–and 3 steps we can take (English Version)
(This is dated however we could listen to it again...) The global climate crisis will require us to transform the way we act, says His Holiness Pope Francis. Delivering a visionary TED Talk from Vatican City, the spiritual leader proposes three courses of action to address the world's growing environmental problems and economic inequalities, illustrating... Continue Reading →
A leaked draft report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints the starkest picture yet of the accelerating danger caused by human use of coal, oil, and gas. It warns of coming unlivable heat waves, widespread hunger and drought, rising sea levels and extinction. To understand the report's warnings, William Brangham turns... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 