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Youth activism guy talks about the youth, the activism

MTV-approved advice on reaching those who aren’t paying attention 0
Posted 2 months ago
Pete Griffin talks about directing youth campaigns for Energy Action Coalition and the lessons he brings from MTV’s do-gooder division.
I know what you did ...

Climate and dirty-energy groups were busy over summer vacation 1
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
National lawmakers did next to nothing about climate change over the August congressional recess, but climate activists and their fossil-fuel foes were busy. Here are highlights from their summer antics.
350 or bust

Push is on to strengthen climate bill 3
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
A coalition of more than 300 organizations will deliver letters to the local offices of U.S. senators this week calling on them to strengthen climate legislation narrowly passed by the House of Representatives in June.
Humbly lining up behind Thoreau

Blood, sweat, and vision: The JP Green House in its ugly duckling phase 3
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
You can't tell from the tall grass and gutted interior that the JP Green House is going to be a model of sustainable living, but its creators still believe -- and most of their visitors do too.
Bill McKibben talks climate on Colbert Report 1
Posted 3 months ago
Bill McKibben took a turn on The Colbert Report Monday night to talk climate change and spread the word about the International Day of Climate Action on Oct. 24.
Oh, those pesky existential questions!

Puppies and bunnies and carnivorous eco-curmudgeons 7
Posted 3 months ago
Should the JP Green House raise and slaughter bunnies in their back yard? That's just one of the questions they're struggling with. Weigh in!
Urban Ag Revolution

Will Allen talks about growing the ‘Good Food’ movement 3
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
This weekend I caught up with Will Allen who was keynoting the always excellent Northeast Organic Farming Association's Annual Conference in Amherst, MA. He's founder and CEO of Growing Power, and also a MacArthur Genius Award Winner and former pro-basketball player.
Prison Farms and the Future

Canada set to close important asset: its prison farms 0
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
In February 2009, Canada's Public Safety Minister and the country's Correctional Service announced a planned closure of all six of the prison rehabiliation farms because "prison farms are training people in skills that are 50 years behind the times."
Summer of solutions

Youth find new ways to fight climate change from the ground up 5
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Fossils like Washington Post columnist George Will may think that "the Mall does not reverberate with youthful clamors about carbon." But that's because a growing number of young people are engaged in less-visible efforts at the grassroots level.
Oh, Here It Is!

Four years after my pleading essay, climate art is hot 12
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Four years ago, you'd have been hard-pressed to find a song, or a photo, or a play about climate change. All that's changed, as artists of every stripe confront our greatest global challenge.
Bygones

Kimberly-Clark, Greenpeace hug it out 8
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
After five years of hectoring by Greenpeace and consumers, tissue-products giant Kimberly-Clark has announced a strong new sustainability policy. Let the lovefest commence.
Canvass(ing) their Ass(es) off

Making change, one door at a time 6
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
It's officially summer, and one thing that brings is an army of thousands of kids with clipboards, out canvassing neighborhoods, street corners, and subway stops for green: green causes and the green of cash.
First Things First

If you want a revolution, start with a clean energy one 0
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
World Water Forum wrap-up

A right to rain 2
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
One man gathers rain to recharge groundwater reserves and another pushes salt water through a desalination plant for subsequent sale. Are these both viable solutions to the world’s water crisis?
Who you gonna call?

Wanna strengthen the climate bill? Get this one passed. 26
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago
As Mother Jones recently chronicled, the environment community is fractured on the House clean energy and climate protection bill, though the bigger pieces -- Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, National Wildlife Federation, League of Conservation Voters -- are squarely for it. But do we need a stronger bill with fewer concessions to carbon-polluting industries?
burn, baby...burn?

Big biomass, bigger opposition 11
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Electric cars powered by the burning of biomass would "average 81% more transportation kilometers and 108% more emissions offsets per unit area cropland than cellulosic ethanol" according to a recent study, but pollution and sustainability concerns could prevent building of bio-electricity plants.
Two great tastes that taste great together

Climate activists to descend on House cafeteria on Tuesday 3
Posted 5 months ago
A side of flashmob with your lunch? Climate activists will be delivering their message to diners on Capitol Hill this Tuesday.
The activist groups

How to get involved in the fight against climate change 3
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Wondering what you can do? We've rounded up good groups with climate campaigns, social networks, and info galore. Step right up!
The assignment (should you choose to accept it)

Write your members of Congress about climate change 2
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Help us find out where members of Congress stand on climate change. Send a message to your U.S. senators and/or representative, then publicly post their reply.
Shut Your Mouth!

13 badass greens 17
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Think all greens are wimps and weenies? Think again.