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Fast to stop global warming
September 4th event marks new phase in struggle for the planet |
Glenn Hurowitz |
30 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I'm incredibly excited about the September 4th Climate Emergency Fast being organized by the U.S. Climate Emergency Council and others. I've signed up and hope you will too, by clicking here. In one week, the number of fasters has grown from 395 to 795 and continues to multiply. Everyone I've talked to about it is instantly drawn to it; people seem to instinctively understand that we need to move beyond the polite letter-writing, lobbying, and yes -- blogging -- t ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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Theories of eco-impotence
Why is green so low on the political agenda? |
David Roberts |
27 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Why, with green so ubiquitous in media and culture, is it not higher up on the political agenda? Emily Gertz says it's because the green grassroots aren't involved in party politics. Matthew Yglesias points to new survey data from American Environics (PDF) which indicate that concern for the environment is broad but shallow. While everyone claims to care about environmental issues, nobody -- not even those who rate their concern the highest -- makes them a priority i ... |
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| Topics: elections, environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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Al Gore calls for civil disobedience
Against climate polluters |
Glenn Hurowitz |
16 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| From The New York Times's Nicholas Kristof ($ub req'd): I ran into Al Gore at a climate/energy conference this month, and he vibrates with passion about this issue -- recognizing that we should confront mortal threats even when they don't emanate from Al Qaeda. 'We are now treating the Earth's atmosphere as an open sewer,' he said, and (perhaps because my teenage son was beside me) he encouraged young people to engage in peaceful protests to block major new carb ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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Step Higher
Step It Up 2 is coming this November -- get ready to hit the streets |
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07 Aug 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is organizing Step It Up 2, a national day of climate action. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 07 Aug 2007 MIDDLEBURY, Vt. Move ... |
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| Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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YearlyKos: Step It Up 2
The next round of McKibben's campaign |
David Roberts |
04 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I forgot some of the coolest (and breaking) news! At my panel earlier today, Bill McKibben "pre-announced" something exciting: On Nov. 3, a year before the presidential election, he will be organizing Step It Up 2: Revenge of the Nerds. OK, I made up the title, but not the news. At the first Step It Up, McKibben's Army asked that people gather in places likely to be affected by climate change. For Step It Up 2, people will be gathering in places that comme ... |
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| Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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MoveOn comes out behind a national RPS
Good on 'em |
David Roberts |
30 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I just got this email from MoveOn.org: Dear MoveOn member, Did you know the U.S. right now gets only 2% of our electricity from clean energy sources like solar and wind? We have the technology. We know people want it. We just haven't had the political will. But Congress is voting this week on H.R. 969, a bill that will dramatically boost solar and wind energy. If it passes, it'll be like taking 37 million cars off the road.1 Along with the rest ... |
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| Topics: politics, energy, grassroots activism (all these topics) |
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Global warming and direct action
To act not to act |
Jon Rynn |
26 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I regularly receive a letter from Ted Glick, the coordinator of the U.S. Climate Emergency Council, who recently was arrested for hanging a banner on the NOAA building to protest their mishandling of climate information. He has joined with others in calling for a fast on September 4th: We are calling on thousands of Americans to voluntarily give up food for one day on September 4th, 2007. Other participants will fast even longer beginning on that date, some for weeks. Ou ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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Summer Lovin'
Students keep up momentum with a pre-election Climate Summer |
Bill McKibben |
07 Jun 2007 |
Dispatches |
| A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Thursday, 07 Jun 2007 LEBANON, New Hampshire If you're worried -- and who isn't? -- that the pressure for action on global warming will crest and ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, grassroots activism, New Jersey, politics (all these topics) |
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Or Are You Just Happy to Sue Me?
U.S. prosecutors compare 'eco-terrorists' to KKK |
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16 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Or Are You Just Happy to Sue Me? U.S. prosecutors compare "eco-terrorists" to KKK In its unyielding quest to root out terror at its terror-y roots, the U.S. government is battling to have 10 eco-activists sentenced as terrorists. At a hearing in Eugene, Ore., yesterday, attorneys argued that 10 members of the loosely coalesced Earth Liberation Front and Ani ... |
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| Topics: Earth Liberation Front, eco-terrorism, grassroots activism, jackassery, news, politics (all these topics) |
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MTR at the UN this week
Press conference on Tuesday in NYC |
Erik Hoffner |
07 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| A delegation of grassroots groups from around Appalachia will be at the UN's Commission on Sustainable Development meetings this week to discourage further MTR abuse and advocate for alternatives (More on them here: www.stopmtr.org). New Yorkers, turn up for this if you can: NEW YORK CITY//MAY 8, 2007 NEWS ADVISORY A delegation of Appalachia coalfield citizen groups will hold a news event at 2 p.m. on Tuesday (May 8, 2007) in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Park to ca ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, grassroots activism, politics, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Grassroots good
Paul Hawken on the remaking of the world |
Erik Hoffner |
03 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Paul Hawken's new book Blessed Unrest is a much-needed analysis of the movement that's poised to change the world as we know it. It's a must read, (excerpted here in Orion magazine) even if you're not a self-described grassroots activist. In it, he states that 'the movement to restore people and planet is now composed of over one million organizations' working toward ecological sustainability and social justice. Maybe two million. And that: By conventional definition ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, green living, politics (all these topics) |
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Have Some Class: "What's your plan?"
Students ask candidates the tough questions |
Sarah van Schagen |
20 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Starting this weekend, students across the country will begin accosting politely approaching presidential candidates and asking them to share their plans on global warming. The effort is part of a new national campaign called "What's Your Plan?" by The Student PIRGs and a coalition of other eco-groups. Their hope is that by trailing the candidates at campaign appearances and hounding them about their plans, the students will be able to show that young ... |
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| Topics: campus activism, grassroots activism, green living, politics (all these topics) |
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Step It Up Seattle: Part II
Photos and voices from Step It Up 2007 rallies across the U.S. |
Chris Schults |
20 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| As promised, albeit a few days late, we've published an audio slideshow of Step It Up Seattle, which also includes some photos from other Step It Up events from around the country. For post Step It Up 2007 action, check out the national website. Grist would like to produce more multimedia content in the future, so please let us know what you think in comments. |
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| Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics, Seattle, shameless self-promotion (all these topics) |
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Step It Up Seattle
Local and federal leaders step it up |
Chris Schults |
14 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| As reported by KING5.com (video), more than 1,000 people took part in Step It Up Seattle, which began at Occidental Park in downtown Seattle and ended in Myrtle Edwards Park where a rally and solutions fair commenced. Many Grist staff members were present, and took pictures and chatted with local Grist readers. My job was to record brief audio interviews with some of the participants. Early in the week, we plan to share these photos and recordings with you. For ... |
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| Topics: grassroots activism, politics, Seattle (all these topics) |
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Step It Up media coverage
Mostly in the local papers |
David Roberts |
14 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I'm moving this to a separate thread. I'm trying to track news coverage of SIU events -- most of which is popping up in local and regional newspapers. If you know of a story I haven't got here, leave it in comments -- I'll be updating. Forthwith: Coverage of Step It Up events in Annapolis, Md., the Hudson Valley, all across Maine, Chicago, Pennsylvania, the Adirondack Mountains, Michigan, Florida, Southern California, Notre Dame, several Conn. towns, Colorado College ... |
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| Topics: Congress, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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Step it up!
Get out there on the street! |
David Roberts |
14 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Today is the day! Across the United States, in more than 1,300 communities, citizens are gathering together at local grassroots events to send a clear message to Congress: Step it up. Pass legislation that will insure an 80% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The world's eyes are upon us. Go here to find an event in your area. Later today, after I get a little sleep, I will be attempting to chronicle at least some portion of what promises to be a historical o ... |
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| Topics: Congress, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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A minister, a congressman, and a student activist walk into a climate rally
Don't forget to Step It Up tomorrow |
Clark Williams-Derry |
13 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This was posted by my colleague Madeline Ostrander at our mothership blog, but I thought it belonged on Gristmill as well. What do Washington Congressional Rep. Jay Inslee, the AFL-CIO, a car-sharing company, and a radio DJ have in common? What about swimmers doing a polar bear dip in the Willamette River, a Unitarian Church, and Portland Commissioner Eric Sten? They and thousands of others are, for the first time in history, united on climate change. Foun ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics, Portland, Seattle (all these topics) |
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Eventually, politicians give the people what they want
So keep it up |
Adam Browning |
03 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Think about this article -- descriptively titled "Legislature flooded with bills about climate crisis; poll driven politicians see need to tackle global warming" -- the next time you get an email asking you to call or email your representative on an environmental issue. You keep it up long enough and they get it: Few issues are hotter in the Capitol this year than global warming.Lawmakers have introduced more than 60 bills on the topic, and no wonder. Poll ... |
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| Topics: cars, climate change adaptation, Congress, electric vehicles, grassroots activism, politics, Prius (all these topics) |
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Take That, Iowa
New Hampshire towns send climate-change message to feds |
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15 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Take That, Iowa New Hampshire towns send climate-change message to feds The votes are in, and the message is clear: New Hampshire is peeved about global warming. Nearly 90 towns approved a nonbinding resolution at their annual meetings this week telling the feds to act on climate change and harrumphing that presidential candidates should make it a priority in their campaigns. About 90 more will ... |
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| Topics: climate, grassroots activism, New Hampshire, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Celebrate, But Organize
What the Democrats' win means for the sustainable-food movement |
Tom Philpott |
15 Nov 2006 |
Victual Reality |
| After being sentenced to death on specious grounds in 1915, the pro-union agitator and singer Joe Hill delivered a bracing message to his supporters: "Don't waste time mourning, organize!" The bums may be gone, but don't get too giddy. Photo: iStockphoto Under more celebratory circumstances, Hill's formulation doesn't seem quite right; after helping purge so many scoundre ... |
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| Topics: ag policy, ag subsidies, agriculture, Big Ag, Congress, grassroots activism, politics, Victual Reality (all these topics) |
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Going to jail for the environment
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Corey McKrill |
11 Aug 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Today I received an email from my friend Kate, with whom I studied environmental politics and geology in college, and who now works for the Cascadia Wildlands Project in Eugene, Oregon. On Monday, she was arrested in Medford, Oregon, during a protest against the roadless-area logging recently approved by the Bush Administration. Below the fold is her letter describing her experience and explaining why she chose to participate in an act of civil disobedience. I've added ... |
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| Topics: grassroots activism, logging, Oregon, politics (all these topics) |
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Critical Mass media
NYC cops crack down on bike event; media misunderstands it |
Todd Hymas Samkara |
03 Oct 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Critical Mass, the monthly parade/protest/ride/celebration/cycling phenomenon has for years been billed as 'bicycling's defiant celebration,' but recently in NYC, it's been getting more defiant and less celebratory. Ever since last year's truly huge Critical Mass ride during the Republican National Convention -- which attracted thousands and thousands of cyclists and worldwide media attention -- snarled traffic and resulted in 250 arrests and scores of bicycle se ... |
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| Topics: bikes, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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Dispatches from Arctic Refuge Action Day
A family sends firsthand accounts from the rally |
Sarah van Schagen |
21 Sep 2005 |
Gristmill |
| In a massive grassroots campaign to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, thousands of citizen lobbyists descended upon the U.S. Capitol yesterday to protest drilling plans and lobby Congress before a pivotal vote this fall. The Arctic Refuge Action Day events were coordinated by a number of major environmental groups, grassroots organizers, and volunteer 'bus captains' who drove protestors from as far as Oregon and Alaska to Washington, D.C. Grist was lucky ... |
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| Topics: Arctic Refuge, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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Panel Surfing
Enviro-justice activists send a dispatch from a panel with The Reapers |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: Asia, Death of Environmentalism, Dispatches, environmental justice, environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Uprisings down under
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Katharine Wroth |
17 Feb 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Who says there are no good protests anymore? Australian environmentalists used ice sculptures yesterday to protest their country's refusal to jump on the Kyoto wagon. Maybe frozen icons are just what the U.S. needs! (Insert hackneyed Al Gore joke here.) |
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| Topics: art, Australia, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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