Earth Day 2019 just passed, but planning has already begun for Earth Day 2020, and it’s going to be a big deal. The Earth Day Network announced on this year’s Earth Day that the next year’s celebration, which coincides with the day’s 50th anniversary, will focus on climate action. “Climate change represents the biggest challenge […]
Today women and their allies celebrate International Women’s Day. This year, the theme for the day—and the campaign that will run all year—is promoting a gender balanced world. “A balanced world is a better world,” the day’s organizers write. They are asking people around the world to take a picture of themselves making the #BallanceforBeter […]
By Julia Conley Sixteen-year-old climate action leader Greta Thunberg stood alongside European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker Thursday in Brussels as he indicated—after weeks of climate strikes around the world inspired by the Swedish teenager—that the European Union has heard the demands of young people and pledged a quarter of $1 trillion budget over the next […]
A sea of students are taking part in climate strikes around the world, and on March 15, young activists in the U.S. will add their voices to the escalating #FridaysForFuture movement. Ever since 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg called for the first global climate strike last month, it has become a weekly routine for students […]
By Greta Thunberg If everyone listened to the scientists and the facts that I constantly refer to—then no one would have to listen to me or any of the other hundreds of thousands of school children on strike for the climate across the world. Then we could all go back to school. Recently I’ve seen […]
By Common Dreams staff At least 80,000 people marched in a cold rain in Brussels Sunday in another massive protest demanding that the European Union take urgent and far-reaching action to address the world’s climate crisis. Sunday’s march was the fourth climate march in the past three weeks—each one significantly bigger than the last—as students […]
By Andrea Germanos Sixteen-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg threw down the gauntlet to the global elite gathered in the Swiss Alps for the World Economic Forum (WEF) this week, urging them to work towards meaningful climate action in order to “safeguard the future living conditions for humankind.” “Some people say that the climate crisis is […]
Around 12,500 Belgian students marched in Brussels Thursday, joining a growing movement of young people around the world who have started skipping school to demand climate action. “There is actually no point going to school if our world is going to die,” 16-year-old demonstrator Mariam told BBC News in a video. Skipping school to save […]
By Rex Weyler The world’s youth have finally seen and heard enough from the deplorable political process, from compromised delegates, corrupted political appointees, and criminal corporations who sabotage these critical international discussions. The truth of our ecological crisis is not difficult to see. Fragile ecosystems are unraveling all around us. We have been warned by […]
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