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The birth of blue Adam Werbach calls for a new movement of a billion consumers	Grist	12 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Adam Werbach. On April 10, Adam Werbach gave a speech in San Francisco calling for a new 'blue' movement of consumers pushing for sustainability (previewed in this post). Here's the full text of the speech for your reading pleasure. (Watch video here.) The Birth of Blue: A speech to the Commonwealth Club by Adam Werbach In 2004 I came here to the Commonwealth Club and performed a eulogy for environmentalism. Eulogies by their nature are the last word on ...
Topics: consumerism, death of environmentalism, environmental movement, green products, Wal-mart (all these topics)

Am I BLUE? Adam Werbach follows up 'Death of Environmentalism' with 'Birth of Blue'	Grist	09 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Adam Werbach. In 2004, former Sierra Club President Adam Werbach made by a splash by asking, 'Is environmentalism dead?' In a speech to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, he critiqued his own work as an environmentalist and suggested that the environmental movement was ill-suited to solve the challenge of global warming. Much lively debate and serious reflection ensued. On the evening of April 10, Werbach will give a follow-up speech, entitled 'Birth of ...
Topics: consumerism, death of environmentalism, environmental movement, green products (all these topics)

Ain't I an Environmentalist? An environmental-justice advocate insists he's not dead yet	Ludovic Blain	31 May 2005	Soapbox
Ludovic Blain. "The Death of Environmentalism" should be called "The Death of Elite, White, American Environmentalism." A critique of the environmental movement that draws on neither the perspectives nor achievements of the environmental-justice (EJ) movement is, at very best, incomplete. That the DOE interviews and recommendations only focused on white, Ameri ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, environmental justice, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

Standing on Whose Shoulders? Why race and class matter to the environmental movement	Michel Gelobter, et al	27 May 2005	Soapbox
This piece is excerpted from the essay "The Soul of Environmentalism: Rediscovering Transformational Politics in the 21st Century." The full essay can be found here. Elvis was a hero to most, but he never meant shit to me ... -- Public Enemy, 1989 Activists of color may not want to stand on John Muir's shoulders. Environmentalism in the United States has always b ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, environmental justice, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

The Soul of Environmentalism Rediscovering transformational politics in the 21st century	Michel Gelobter, et al	27 May 2005	Soapbox
An Introduction to the "Soul" of Movements Someday I hope you get the chance, To live like you were dyin' -- Tim McGraw, 2004 Can a Movement Really Die? In 1991, Dana Gioia, the poet who now heads the National Endowment for the Arts, published a magazine article proclaiming the death of poetry. He looked at a multitude of small-circulation 'zines and academic ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, environmental justice, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

Reflections on Sustainability and Universities and Whether Environmentalism Has Died �	Martin S. Kaplan	01 Apr 2005	Soapbox
This speech was given at the Alliance for Global Sustainability annual meeting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., March 22, 2005. The environmental community in this country is presently in turmoil over the challenging paper entitled "The Death of Environmentalism," an essay by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, which was released at the Oct ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, environmental justice, environmental movement, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Quitters Never Win Civil-rights, suffrage activists didn't give up, and neither should environmentalists	Martin S. Kaplan	01 Apr 2005	Soapbox
This piece is adapted from a speech given before the Alliance for Global Sustainability last month at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. The full speech -- "Reflections on Sustainability and Universities and Whether Environmentalism Has Died" -- can be found here. Are the reapers quitting too soon? The environmental communit ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, environmental justice, environmental movement, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Risky Business Four environmental funders join the debate over the movement's future		28 Mar 2005	Dispatches
When Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus delivered the talk that has everyone talking, they chose an influential audience: environmental grantmakers. Although the now (in)famous pair focused on mainstream advocacy organizations in their discussion of the death of environmentalism, others have contended that new thinking by the folks who write the checks is key to revitalizing the movement. We've invited four ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, Dispatches, environmental justice, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

A Transcendental Meditation Four environmental funders join the debate over the movement's future		28 Mar 2005	Dispatches
When Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus delivered the talk that has everyone talking, they chose an influential audience: environmental grantmakers. Although the now (in)famous pair focused on mainstream advocacy organizations in their discussion of the death of environmentalism, others have contended that new thinking by the folks who write the checks is key to revitalizing the movement. We've ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, Dispatches, environmental justice, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

And Now, a Word From Our Sponsors Four environmental funders join the debate over the movement's future		28 Mar 2005	Dispatches
When Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus delivered the talk that has everyone talking, they chose an influential audience: environmental grantmakers. Although the now (in)famous pair focused on mainstream advocacy organizations in their discussion of the death of environmentalism, others have contended that new thinking by the folks who write the checks is key to revitalizing the movement. ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, Dispatches, environmental justice, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

At Play in the Fields of the Board Four environmental funders join the debate over the movement's future		28 Mar 2005	Dispatches
When Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus delivered the talk that has everyone talking, they chose an influential audience: environmental grantmakers. Although the now (in)famous pair focused on mainstream advocacy organizations in their discussion of the death of environmentalism, others have contended that new thinking by the folks who write the checks is key to revitalizing the movement. ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, Dispatches, environmental justice, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

Murder by Numbers Environmental funders share blame for movement's weak pulse	Ken Ward	17 Mar 2005	Soapbox
In responding to "The Death of Environmentalism," activist Ken Ward writes, "If the future toward which we rush is folly, the solution proposed by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus is foolishness." In this excerpt from his full rebuttal to the essay, Ward describes the role environmental foundations play in frustrating effective campaigning, and suggests that if they int ...
Topics: business, Death of Environmentalism, environmental movement, politics, United States (all these topics)

Rainbow Warrior Dramatizing the 'death' of environmentalism doesn't help urban people of color, or anyone else	Adrienne Maree Brown	15 Mar 2005	Soapbox
Dramatizing the "death" of environmentalism doesn't help urban people of color, or anyone else By Adrienne Maree Brown 15 Mar 2005 "Death" is such a harsh term -- can't we say "transition to a happier place"? Adrienne Maree Brown. Photo: Sophia Wallace. Or, how else can I put this ... You don't have to fall out of the tree. Just climb down and join us on the ground. Let's talk. If you work on environmental issues, chances are you don't know me. I ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, environmental justice, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

Panel Surfing Enviro-justice activists send a dispatch from a panel with The Reapers		03 Mar 2005	Dispatches
Vivian Chang and Manami Kano are executive director and development director, respectively, of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network, an environmental-justice organization that builds grassroots leadership in immigrant Asian communities and works in multi-racial and multi-issue alliances to build progressive power for equity, sustainability, and justice. � Thursday, 03 Mar 2005 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. The Asian ...
Topics: Asia, Death of Environmentalism, Dispatches, environmental justice, environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Building a Better Babel Four emerging environmental leaders discuss the future of their field		22 Feb 2005	Dispatches
To continue the conversation about the ostensible "death of environmentalism," we invited four next-generation leaders to discuss the issue with one another via email. Herewith, in almost real time, we are publishing their thoughts in our pages. All the participants are fellows with the Environmental Leadership Program, which works with emerging activists and professionals to inspire social ...
Topics: business, Death of Environmentalism, Department of Energy, Dispatches, environmental justice, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

Power Back to the People Four emerging environmental leaders discuss the future of their field		22 Feb 2005	Dispatches
To continue the conversation about the ostensible "death of environmentalism," we invited four next-generation leaders to discuss the issue with one another via email. Herewith, in almost real time, we are publishing their thoughts in our pages. All the participants are fellows with the Environmental Leadership Program, which works with emerging activists and professionals to inspire socia ...
Topics: business, Death of Environmentalism, Department of Energy, Dispatches, environmental justice, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

Playing Well With Others Four emerging environmental leaders discuss the future of their field		22 Feb 2005	Dispatches
To continue the conversation about the ostensible "death of environmentalism," we invited four next-generation leaders to discuss the issue with one another via email. Herewith, in almost real time, we are publishing their thoughts in our pages. All the participants are fellows with the Environmental Leadership Program, which works with emerging activists and professionals to inspire socia ...
Topics: business, Death of Environmentalism, Department of Energy, Dispatches, environmental justice, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

Life After 'Death' Four emerging environmental leaders discuss the future of their field		22 Feb 2005	Dispatches
Life After "Death" Four emerging environmental leaders discuss the future of their field To continue the conversation about the ostensible "death of environmentalism," we invited four next-generation leaders to discuss the issue with one another via email. Herewith, in almost real time, we are publishing their thoughts in our pages. All the participants are fellows with the Environmental Leadership Program, which works with emerging activists and professionals to inspire s ...
Topics: business, Death of Environmentalism, Department of Energy, Dispatches, environmental justice, environmental movement, politics (all these topics)

Where Do We Go, Where Do We Go Now? Bill McKibben sends dispatches from a conference on winning the climate-change fight		27 Jan 2005	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature and a member of Grist's board of directors. His latest book is Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Thursday, 27 Jan 2005 MIDDLEBURY, Vt. Here's the different thing about this conference. Although participants spanned the generations, it was organized in large measure by 20 students here at Middlebury ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, climate change impacts, Death of Environmentalism, Dispatches, environmental movement, politics, United States (all these topics)

Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do? Bill McKibben sends dispatches from a conference on winning the climate-change fight		26 Jan 2005	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature and a member of Grist's board of directors. His latest book is Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Wednesday, 26 Jan 2005 MIDDLEBURY, Vt. The bad boys of American environmentalism made their case this morning, and they made it well. By the time Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus had finished pre ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, climate change impacts, Death of Environmentalism, Dispatches, environmental movement, politics, United States (all these topics)

Changing the Climate-Change Climate Bill McKibben sends dispatches from a conference on winning the climate-change fight		25 Jan 2005	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature and a member of Grist's board of directors. His latest book is Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Tuesday, 25 Jan 2005 MIDDLEBURY, Vt. A crisp, cold, blue-sky New England day, fresh snow on the ground, and everything right with the world. Except that last night, as I was preparing to attend a thre ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, climate change impacts, Death of Environmentalism, Dispatches, environmental movement, politics, United States (all these topics)

Don't Fear the Reapers A special series on the alleged 'Death of Environmentalism'		13 Jan 2005	Main Dish
A special series on the alleged "Death of Environmentalism" 13 Jan 2005 Environmental leaders were rather dismayed late last year when upstarts began offering high-profile obituaries of their beloved movement. Is environmentalism dead? We are reminded of a scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail in which a wizened old man is offered to the collector of dead bodies in plague-ridden London. "I'm not dead," the geezer wheezes. "I'm getting bette ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, Death of Environmentalism, politics, United States (all these topics)

Death Wish An interview with authors of the controversial essay 'The Death of Environmentalism'	Amanda Griscom Little	13 Jan 2005	Main Dish
An interview with authors of the controversial essay "The Death of Environmentalism" By Amanda Griscom Little 13 Jan 2005 Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus stirred up quite a fuss when they unveiled their essay "The Death of Environmentalism" last fall, declaring the environmental movement kaput and calling for a more visionary and inspiring progressive movement to take its place. In an interview with Grist, Shellenberger and Nordhaus talk about their ideas, ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, environmental movement, interview, politics, United States (all these topics)

Over Our Dead Bodies Green leaders say rumors of environmentalism's death are greatly exaggerated	Amanda Griscom Little	13 Jan 2005	Main Dish
The leadership of the U.S. environmental movement took quite a beating in Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus's "The Death of Environmentalism." We invited four mainstream green leaders to respond: Carl Pope of the Sierra Club Phil Clapp of National Environmental Trust Frances Beinecke of the Natural Resources Defense Council Dan Carol of the Apollo ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, environmental movement, politics, United States (all these topics)

We've Got Issues What we talk about when we talk about the future of environmentalism		13 Jan 2005	The Gist
This is the first in a series of editorials Grist will publish over the coming months to address the issues raised by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus's essay "The Death of Environmentalism" and Adam Werbach's speech "Is Environmentalism Dead?" Get the backstory here. Whatever the merits of their arguments, we think it all to the good that Michael Shellenberger, Ted Nordha ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, environmental movement, politics, United States (all these topics)

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