Climate Activism

The Kids Are Alright. Not So Sure About the Adults.

Kids just say no—to fossil fuels 0
Posted 4 days, 11 hours ago See how one young activist is rallying his fellow teens to fight climate change -- and what happened when he took his message to D.C.
Outdoor Industry CEOs Weigh in on Climate

The North Face, Aspen, and climate policy 0
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago When North Faces start melting, and Aspens start dying, it gets the attention of two CEOs from namesake companies. The CEOs of The North Face and Aspen Skiing Company weigh in on the urgency of climate policy action.
Placemakers

A surprising sneak peek at the clothesline revolution 33
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago Alexander Lee travels the country evangelizing the merits of clotheslines through his organization, Project Laundry List. He says the humble laundry tool can have a real impact on climate and energy -- he'd even like to see one at the White House. So why are so many people vehemently opposed?
It’s Getting Ha! in Here: Maria Bamford 1
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago
The night I slept with Jim Hansen 15
Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago College students in Massachusetts got tired of letting climate worries keep them up all night. Now they're sleeping soundly -- in the middle of Boston Common.
Hungering for climate justice 0
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago We will not be able to overcome the power of Big Oil, King Coal, other corporate interests allied with them and subservient elected officials without the taking of risks, over and over again.
Kids Learn the Darnedest Things

Ask Umbra on climate-skeptic teachers, low-flow toilets, and more 32
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago Umbra addresses crap of the educational and evacuational varieties, as well as helping a reader with New Year's resolutions and revealing another resource for greening your life.
Coal River Mountain: destruction stops here

Blowing up our clean energy future 1
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago Right now, Coal River Mountain represents the best and worst our country has to offer. It is one of the most dangerous examples of blasting for dirty coal and one of the most profound examples of hope that exist in our country. It is a crossroads.
It's not in the halls of Congress

The power of the people 0
Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago What is the one thing most needed right now if we are to win the race against climate change? Oct. 24 showed us: a visible, growing, mass movement in the streets.
Contest: Come up with a title for Joseph Romm’s book 0
Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago Joseph Romm and his publisher still haven’t come up with a title that works. The problem is that there are a great many books on climate and/or clean energy solutions coming out right now many with similar sounding titles.
The must-read solutions book by Al Gore 1
Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago Al Gore’s new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, is not just a broad overview of the key strategies for preserving a livable climate -- it's also a truly beautiful book, replete with lush photos and simple but powerful charts. It's the anti-SuperFreakonomics, and it's sure to be widely attacked by the climate deniers and delayers.
Bring It On

Ask Umbra on her hotness, corporate gift baskets, and more 7
Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago One question at a time wasn't enough for our dear Umbra Fisk, who debuts a multi-question column this week with advice on taking climate action, greening corporate gift baskets, and recycling receipts.
Forum by forum, building a road to Copenhagen

Clean Energy Forums are popping up in target states across the country. What about your state? 0
Posted 4 weeks, 1 day ago From coast to coast, teams of young volunteers are organizing Clean Energy Forums. As part of Focus the Nation's campaign Community and the Road to Copenhagen, young organizers are engaging their communities for a day of climate dialogue and reaching out to their senators to join the conversations.
Mass. religious, environmental leaders beseech Obama to take action

WWLD: What Would Lincoln Do? 2
Posted 1 month ago Conjuring images of another world leader faced with a profound moral challenge, Massachusetts religious and environmental leaders call upon Obama to act on climate quickly.
Just Boo-Cause

Ask Umbra on Halloween treats and costumes 6
Posted 1 month ago Looking for good eco-handouts for the holiday, or perhaps an inspired climate-themed costume? Umbra has a few tricks (and treats) up her sleeve.
Clip 'n' save

This Halloween, cut flesh for the climate 2
Posted 1 month ago Still stumped about how to decorate your place this Halloween? Use Grist's handy pumpkin-carving PDFs to make jack-o'-lanterns that will awe, amaze, and quite possibly confound your friends!
Soggy in D.C.

Climate action in the shadow of the White House 5
Posted 1 month ago You had to be pretty dedicated to complete the 350.org climate action march in Washington, D.C. That's because participants had to slog down the streets of the nation's capital in a deluge.
London Calling

Toward the language of excitement, opportunity, and potential 3
Posted 1 month ago There were a lot of at the 350 climate action in London -- fantastic. But there were also a lot of people NOT there, people whose Saturdays were business as usual -- shopping, drinking coffee, hanging out with friends. There are 8 million people in in the city -- why weren't they ALL here?!
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: Protest edition 1
Posted 1 month ago On the International Day of Climate Action, get out and tell the world that there's no rhyme or reason to allowing runaway climate change.
Join the 350 Movement!

In Seattle, rallying ‘round the needle 2
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago Scott Cooper, sustainability coordinator for EOS Alliance in Seattle, wants all his fellow Emerald City denizens to join him at the Space Needle this Saturday for International Climate Action Day.