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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Vangelism Q&A with Van Jones about the Climate Security Act and green jobs	Kate Sheppard	05 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Van Jones. What does the green jobs and justice community think about the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act? To get one perspective, Grist caught up with Van Jones, the founder of Green For All, a group that promotes green-jobs policies and environmental justice. Jones, a civil-rights lawyer and the founder and former executive director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, has become a leading voice for building a green economy. Green for All pu ...
Topics: climate, environmental movement, heroes, hotties, interview, legislation, Muckraker, Van Jones (all these topics)

Feed your Van Jones crush Premier episode of a new online film series features Jones and Carl Pope	Maywa Montenegro	04 Jun 2008	Gristmill
A new online film series called This Brave Nation premiered its first episode Sunday night: a conversation between Carl Pope and Van Jones. Both are natives of Frisco and both are equally adamant about environmental stewardship, but they have vastly different approaches. Here they chat about melding those tactics towards a common goal. Later this month, on June 15, Pete Seeger and Majora Carter discuss environmentalism, protest music, civil rights, and urban renewal ...
Topics: Van Jones, environmental movement, heroes, San Francisco, hotties (all these topics)

Jump the chasm Are you an EcoDaredevil?	Guest author	30 Apr 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest post by Wallace J. Nichols, a senior scientist at Ocean Conservancy and a research associate at California Academy of Sciences. He was featured in the documentary film The 11th Hour. On Earth Day, Nichols gave a keynote address at Duke University in honor of Evel Knievel entitled 'Jump the Chasm: Are you an EcoDaredevil?' After the address, Elliott Hazen, a Duke University PhD student, was honored with the first EcoDaredevil award. ----- E ...
Topics: climate, environmental movement, heroes (all these topics)

Goldman videos	Adam Browning	17 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Video of Goldman Prize speeches here and here.
Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, heroes (all these topics)

They're the Tops Meet the global activists who won this year's Goldman Environmental Prize		13 Apr 2008	Grist Feature
Think changing the world is impossible? Think again. From a polio-stricken musician who's spreading the word about clean water in his native Mozambique to a pair of Ecuadorian activists taking on Big Oil, this year's seven Goldman Prize winners prove that a little heart and a lot of sweat can make a big difference. Press the arrows to scroll through the photos. Each year, the Goldman Prize -- f ...
Topics: environmental justice, environmental movement, grassroots activism, heroes, progress (all these topics)

Suzuki edits the Sun	David Roberts	09 May 2007	Gristmill
Famed Canadian eco-hero David Suzuki was handed the reins to guest edit an entire edition of the Toronto Vancouver (!) Sun on Sat. May 5. 'What I would love to do is put a green slant in every area,' he added, explaining he thinks the mainstream media do not do enough to highlight how the environment is connected to all areas of the news. 'You may get [stories] about floods in Bangladesh, drought in Ethiopia and forest fires in northern Alberta, and they are a ...
Topics: David Suzuki, environmental movement, green living, heroes, innovation (all these topics)

One Giant Step for Greenkind Photos and voices from Step It Up 2007 rallies across the U.S.		19 Apr 2007	Main Dish
Click image to view audio slideshow. Photo: Tom Twigg On April 14, 2007, gaggles of enthusiastic Americans gathered at more than 1,400 spots around the U.S. to demand action against climate change, part of a coordinated Step It Up campaign launched by author Bill McKibben. At all the rallies, marches, parties, and other hullabaloos, the message was the same: Step it up, Congress! Enact immedia ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, environmental movement, grassroots activism, heroes (all these topics)

Return of the Native Movement Evon Peter, director of Native Movement, answers readers' questions		10 Feb 2006	InterActivist
Evon Peter, director of Native Movement. I've heard that some Indigenous peoples in Alaska support drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, while some sturdily oppose it. How do you feel about the proposal to drill? And what do you think the division is doing to the communities there?�� -- Joshua Moro, Laramie, Wyo. There is no simple answer to this question. The history of unju ...
Topics: environmental justice, environmental movement, heroes, InterActivist, interview, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

Getting Evon Evon Peter, director of Native Movement, answers Grist's questions		06 Feb 2006	InterActivist
Evon Peter. What work do you do? I am the executive director of Native Movement. What does your organization do? Native Movement is a collective of around 15 organizers who work on a myriad of projects focusing on youth leadership development, sustainability, protection of sacred sites, and social, political, economic, and environmental justice. We work mostly with Indigenous peoples in the Southwest and ...
Topics: environmental justice, environmental movement, heroes, InterActivist, interview, Poverty and the Environment (all these topics)

Leadership 101 The key is learning to learn	Donella H. Meadows	13 Nov 2000	Global Citizen
During the weekend before Election Day, as midgets battled furiously on warped playing fields, two giants fell, both yielding their lives peacefully, knowingly, with dignity, to cancer. The better-known one was David Brower, the great outdoorsman and thunderer for the environment. Even in his 70s and 80s he was still shaking up the Sierra Club, inspiring Friends of the Earth, galvanizing college students with his pa ...
Topics: environmental movement, heroes (all these topics)

A Last Encounter with the Archdruid A personal tribute to David Brower	Tom Turner	07 Nov 2000	Soapbox
What more is there to say about a man who wrote three autobiographies, has been profiled in virtually every magazine (from the New Yorker on down), and was interviewed on every television and radio show worth its salt? David Brower, 1912-2000. Photo: Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund. I speak of David Brower, my friend and idol for a lifetime, who died Sunday in Berkeley, Calif., at the age of 88. D ...
Topics: environmental movement, heroes (all these topics)

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