Category: Reality

The Unyielding Strength of Women: Champions of Adaptive Resiliency in the Face of Climate and Social Inequities

Recognizing the Power, Insight, and Fortitude of Women in Tackling Both Gender Inequality and the Climate Emergency. The Legacy of Women's Strength Throughout history, women have exhibited a resilience, adaptability, and strength that has often gone unrecognized or undervalued. From single mothers raising their families with few resources, to female leaders championing systemic changes against... Continue Reading →

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The Urgency of Now: Understanding Our Climate Emergency

From Denial to Action: Navigating the Stages of Our Environmental Crisis The Three Conditions of Our Climate Perspective When we discuss climate, we often encounter terms like Climate Change, Climate Crisis, and Climate Emergency. While these words are familiar, they represent different stages and intensities of our planet's evolving situation. Let’s explore each term in... Continue Reading →

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Why Some Americans Do Not See Urgency on Climate Change

(Study from the PEW Research Center) In-depth interviews find some Americans consider crisis language overblown, leading to added skepticism of claimsAs the Earth’s temperature continues to rise, fueling more intense storms and extreme weather, scientists are calling for immediate action to address climate change. However, climate change remains a lower priority for some Americans, and a subset of... Continue Reading →

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"Some government and business leaders are saying one thing—but doing another," António Guterres said in a scathing address. "Simply put, they are lying." Following the publication of a key United Nations climate report on Monday, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres took aim at governments and corporations—whom he accused "a litany of broken climate promises"—while defending the... Continue Reading →

UN Chief: Those Expanding Fossil Fuels—Not Climate Activists—Are the ‘Truly Dangerous Radicals’

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too far away to touch…

“Maybe it’s an issue of being unable or unwilling to realize that we can actually impact things sufficiently to change things, rather than seeing ourselves as being exiled to some distant side line of life where we can do nothing more than sheepishly root for a life that’s far too far away to touch.” -... Continue Reading →

many dark moments

“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys... Continue Reading →

The Climate Crisis and the Green New Deal

At the Sanders Institute Gathering, we brought together some of the leading progressive minds on this issue to talk about how we solve this climate crisis. Sanders Institute founding fellow Bill McKibben, author Naomi Klein, activist Matt Nelson, Sanders Institute fellow and economist Stephanie Kelton, and physician and activist Abdul El-Sayed spoke about climate change... Continue Reading →

many dark moments

“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys... Continue Reading →

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