By Jake Johnson “We are unstoppable. Another world is possible.” That was the message of the youth-led School Strike for Climate movement on Friday as hundreds of thousands of students across the globe walked out of class and flooded the streets to demand immediate action against the ecological crisis, which threatens to render the planet […]
An indigenous environmental activist was killed in Morelos, Mexico Wednesday, three days before a referendum on the construction of a gas pipeline and two thermoelectric plants that he had organized to oppose, the Associated Press reported. Samir Flores Soberanes had challenged the words of government representatives at a forum about the so-called Morelos Comprehensive Project […]
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 Michael Goldberg In February of this year, I was one of around 100 members of the grassroots animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) who walked into a Whole Foods store on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California. Several of the activists rolled a small wooden calf hutch with a young woman inside into the […]
Thousands of Australian students defied their country’s Prime Minister Friday when they walked out of school to protest insufficient government action on climate change. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison had criticized the planned School Strike 4 Climate Action protests on Monday. “Each day I send my kids to school and I know other members’ kids […]
On Saturday, More than 6,000 climate activists shut down five bridges in Central London. The protest, organized under the banner of Extinction Rebellion to call for urgent action on climate change, was the first to intentionally block the bridges “in living memory,” the group reported. The mood was festive as demonstrators from around London held […]
24,500 students representing every country in the EU have added their names to the list of young people fighting for a future for themselves and the earth. The students, who organize under the banner of Our Future Uncompromised and attend the prestigious Schola Europaea network of international schools, are calling on the United Nations (UN) […]
One of the most ambitious environmental ideas to gain popularity during the midterm elections was the idea of a Green New Deal—a massive national mobilization to transition the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy while creating green jobs and infrastructure. Only four newly-elected Democratic Congresspeople endorsed the idea in their campaigns, […]
In 2012, geophysicist Brad Werner gave a talk at a conference asking the question, “Is Earth F**ked?” The answer? Not if ordinary people fought back in a movement reminiscent of the Civil Rights or anti-slavery struggles, Think Progress reported at the time. Six years later, a group of activists in the UK appear poised to […]
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