To develop a better understanding of corporate power and our collective global responsibility in the climate movement, we spoke with David Bollier, author of Commoner’s Catalog for Changemaking: Tools for the Transition Ahead. Read more to discover Bollier’s recent publication.
The Ants and the Grasshopper is a new film starring Anita Chitaya, a Malawi woman with a gift for bringing people together, to realize the power of solidarity.
There are new threats to human health and the planet stemming from the proliferation of factory farming and the growing political-economic power of Big Pharma and agribusiness.
A key component of building solidarity in the fight for climate injustice is recognizing and uplifting the crucial on-the-ground work being done in communities all over the world. Asad Rehman, executive director of War on Want, co-founder of the COP26 Coalition, and organizer for climate, racial, economic, and social justice, is a leader on the frontlines of the climate justice movement. Recently, he spoke with Adele Walton from the Tribune on how global inequality is reproduced by colonial legacies, and the need for an anti-colonial climate justice movement.
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is an approach to sustainable agriculture which aims to counter the many negative impacts of the current industrial agricultural system by implementing practices that regenerate, rather than destroy, soil and ecosystem health. Read on to discover more about RA and its importance in the fight against climate change.
Intergovernmental climate panels have historically prioritized science and engineering research rather than research into the social sciences to arrive at policy “solutions,” often cutting corners around what is required to properly serve frontline communities who bear the brunt of the climate and energy burden. An upcoming report by the Center previews what a just transition to renewable energy would require, and offers an inspiring and empowering solutions-focused perspective to achieving societies where democratic, community-controlled power is possible.
This year alone, the world encountered climate events of unprecedented destruction. Unfortunately, for the most vulnerable, this has been their reality for many years — a reality they have now been forced to flee.
To develop a better understanding of corporate power and global neoliberal politics, we spoke with Paul Adler, an Assistant Professor of 20th Century US and the World History at Colorado College. Read more to discover Adler’s recent book, No Globalization Without Representation: U.S. Activists and World Inequality, and a discussion on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
This week, many of us will criss-cross the country to celebrate an unusual American holiday that is Thanksgiving. We each have a responsibility to remember the true history of Thanksgiving, and resist the ways in which the dominant, sanitized narrative of the holiday has colonized our lives. This remembrance and resistance takes many forms. This week we launch our newest report: A Green New Meal: How Factory Farming Fuels Climate Injustice and What We Can Do About It. It is guaranteed to be an eye-opening Thanksgiving read!
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