The Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions (FACS) was formed to create opportunities for people to act together effectively from their values, moral, spiritual, and religious beliefs. The faith community’s ability to organize large numbers of people who might not otherwise engage in advocacy makes it a critical asset to advancing climate justice solutions. Many people... Continue Reading →
We're more powerful when we work together. That's why ahead of the UN climate talks in Glasgow in November 2021, Quakers in Britain is teaming up with a group of charities and campaigners under the banner 'Make Polluters Pay' to raise the profile of loss and damage caused by climate breakdown. Quaker work on loss... Continue Reading →
Quakers of Britain – ‘Make Polluters Pay’ campaign
Climate Action News: Susanné Wallner, will go live July 29 at 15:00 CEST / 9.00 am EDT How can municipalities use We Don't Have Time to increase their citizen engagement? Meet Susanné Wallner, Business Manager for Mariestad Municipality, who has answered that question by hosting a citizen dialogue in Mariestad to great success. Learn more... Continue Reading →
Climate Action News: One-on-one with Susanné Wallner
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
It is unlikely that you know how much carbon was produced by making your driveway. But if you did, you might think about ways to build it better. That is the concept behind the “Buy Clean Colorado” legislation signed into law July 6 by Colorado Governor Jared Polis. Under the new law, future public construction... Continue Reading →
Colorado Passes Embodied Carbon Legislation — The Most Important Climate Solution You’ve Never Heard of
A tribal-led plan to build a meat-processing facility on the Blackfeet Nation reservation in Montana will help invigorate the local economy, safeguard cultural traditions, and protect community health and the environment. A simple cup of tea or a few servings of fresh vegetables don’t always come cheap for residents of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in... Continue Reading →
Blackfeet Nation Is Taking Back the Food System
What will life be like after peak oil, in an age of major climate shifts? Hollywood movies often depict it as a bleak, dystopian world where each day is a struggle to survive after every system we depend on has been stripped away. Unfortunately, that version of the story seems to be on track so... Continue Reading →
An Aspirational Vision of Life After Fossil Fuels
The view of Cairo from the air is one of concrete buildings and tangled overpasses stretching as far as the eye can see. Green areas comprise less than 4% of the total urban built area, and recent construction projects have resulted in the destruction of tens of acres of the city’s already-sparse green space. In... Continue Reading →
Cooler, Cleaner Megacities, One Rooftop Garden at a Time
Hello, Nice To Meet You! Are you ready to wake up? Our goal is to create a conscious world where everyone is aware of their own actions. And we think it’s time to wake up, take control, and be empowered to take positive action so that we can leave the world in a better place... Continue Reading →
Green Is The New Black
In coastal Louisiana, climate change forces an indigenous community to flee
In 2020, five major storms slammed the Louisiana coast, the most ever in a single season. For many living here, this unprecedented barrage was a final warning. Now Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribal members have decided to leave. Pointe-Aux-Chenes, and its neighbor, the Isle de Jean Charles, are about 90 minutes southwest of New Orleans. At some points,... Continue Reading →
As the South Bay grapples with the impacts of climate change, people there are creating solutions by relying on arguably the most fundamental element of conversation: listening. This process began in East Palo Alto, where community groups and scientists are helping residents understand how warming temperatures are raising water levels in the bay — already... Continue Reading →
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