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    Student Climate Protesters Urge Their Universities to Go Carbon Neutral

    Student Climate Protesters Urge Their Universities to Go Carbon Neutral

    By Alexandra Villarreal As West coast wildfires color the skies dystopian red and orange and an aggressive hurricane season batters the U.S. Gulf coast, college students are demanding their schools take bold action to address the climate crisis. Caitlyn Daas is among them. The senior at Appalachian State University and organizer with the Appalachian Climate […]

    Portuguese Youth Activists Sue 33 Countries Over Climate Crisis

    Portuguese Youth Activists Sue 33 Countries Over Climate Crisis

    By Holly Young In what is being described as an unprecedented climate case, four children and two young adults from Portugal have filed a complaint at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg against 33 industrialized countries. The young people, supported by the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), allege the countries — which include […]

    Extinction Rebellion Returns to UK Streets

    Extinction Rebellion Returns to UK Streets

    After a coronavirus-induced hiatus, the activist group Extinction Rebellion (XR) is back on the streets of the UK demanding action on the climate crisis. The group kicked off 10 days of planned civil disobedience on Tuesday with protests in London, Manchester and Cardiff, The Guardian reported. The London protest ended in Parliament Square as the […]

    Greta Thunberg Kicks Off Third Year of Fridays for Future Protests

    Greta Thunberg Kicks Off Third Year of Fridays for Future Protests

    By Jessica Corbett Swedish climate leader Greta Thunberg donned a mask and joined a socially distanced Fridays for Future protest in Berlin just a day after she and three other youth activists met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose government took over the European Council presidency in July, to discuss the planetary emergency. Thunberg—along with […]

    How to Be an Effective Online Ally for the Social and Environmental Justice Fight

    How to Be an Effective Online Ally for the Social and Environmental Justice Fight

    As climate activists, we can’t fight the climate crisis without considering the systemic impacts that environmental racism and White supremacy have on the frontline communities most affected by pollution and our warming world. Over the last few months, many around the world have taken time to recognize and educate themselves about the fight against police […]

    Stories From the Youth Climate Movement in the Global South

    Stories From the Youth Climate Movement in the Global South

    By Inés M. Pousadela In early 2020, as millions went into lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the environment experienced temporary relief from the impacts of human activity. As skies cleared and birds and animals claimed city spaces, it became apparent that the young people who had mobilized for the climate across the world […]

    4 Ways to Be a Real Youth Activist

    4 Ways to Be a Real Youth Activist

    By Abdullahi Alim The 2008 financial crisis spurred a number of youth movements including Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring. A decade later, this anger resurfaced in a new wave of global protests, from Hong Kong to Beirut to London, only this time driven by the children of the 2008 financial crisis. These movements […]