Thousands March In Canada To C...

Apr 13, 2015 by

Thousands March In Canada To Call For Action On Climate Change

[Translate] by Katie Valentine  CLIMATE PROGRESS Canadians march for climate action in Quebec City on Saturday, April 11, 2015....

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Oceans in Crisis: One Woman Wi...

Apr 11, 2015 by

Oceans in Crisis: One Woman Will Cross the Pacific to Raise Awareness

[Translate]   By Dahr Jamail, Truthout (Photo: Sonya Baumstein) Sonya Baumstein has rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, kayaked from...

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Honoring What We Have

Apr 10, 2015 by

Honoring What We Have

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED The Worn Wagon departed this month from Ventura, CA. The wagon itself, an old Dodge truck...

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Two Roads Converge in a Yellow...

Apr 9, 2015 by

[Translate] Stephan A. Schwartz  THE SCHWARTZREPORT Early one high summer evening in Virginia Beach, sick Virginia, ailment during...

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After Cesar Chavez: The fight ...

Apr 6, 2015 by

After Cesar Chavez: The fight for farmworker rights isn’t over

[Translate] U.S. National Archives and Records Administration By Brentin Mock The irony of nonviolent resistance is that it needs...

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Wanna change an oil exec’s min...

Apr 6, 2015 by

Wanna change an oil exec’s mind on climate?

[Translate] wavebreakmedia / Shutterstock.com Wanna change an oil exec’s mind on climate? Here’s how By Felix Kramer GRIST An earlier...

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Want to fix the climate? First...

Apr 3, 2015 by

Want to fix the climate? First, we have to change everything

[Translate] Gar Alperovitz    Johnfduda   GRIST By Brentin Mock There was an important launch earlier this week where a bunch of...

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Activists ‘Shut DownR...

Apr 1, 2015 by

Activists ‘Shut Down’ Nestlé Water Bottling Plant in Sacramento

[Translate] Protest group said the company is draining up to 80 million gallons of water annually during a record drought. By Dan...

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What the Frack Is Happening? A...

Mar 30, 2015 by

[Translate] Fracking From the aggressive anti-fracking moves in Maryland to a statewide ban in New York, the anti-fracking movement...

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So this climate walks into a b...

Mar 28, 2015 by

[Translate] By Chip Giller GRIST It’s going to be a big year for the climate, clinic with a major global summit in Paris this fall...

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The secret to saving the world...

Mar 23, 2015 by

The secret to saving the world: How ordinary people actually can prevent global disaster

[Translate] “Sometimes the most powerful changes are well within the reach of ordinary citizens, prescription ” says Paul...

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Watch this adorable 6-year-old...

Mar 21, 2015 by

[Translate] By Ana Sofia Knauf  GRIST Noah Gue, pills a 6-year-old Bozeman, Mont., resident, is none too pleased with this climate...

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These urban farmers want to fe...

Mar 17, 2015 by

These urban farmers want to feed the whole neighborhood — for free

[Translate] Jonathan H. Lee / subtledream.com The real sharing economy Triumph of the commons By Sam BlissGRIST The Beacon Food...

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How Activist College Kids Are ...

Mar 10, 2015 by

How Activist College Kids Are Taking on the “High Priests” of Money

[Translate] Education Grassroots group Kick It Over is challenging neoclassical economic thinking. By James Trimarco / Yes Magazine  ...

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This community is taking on th...

Mar 5, 2015 by

This community is taking on the Koch brothers’ pollution — and they’re winning

[Translate] Bob Simpson By Joseph Erbentraut   grist This story was originally published by Huffington Post and is reproduced here as...

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IS ONLINE SHOPPING BAD FOR THE...

Feb 25, 2015 by

IS ONLINE SHOPPING BAD FOR THE PLANET?

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Behavior For those who, ailment like this author, health loathe shopping, healing Amazon...

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TRANSCANADA HAS BIG NEW PLANS ...

Feb 22, 2015 by

TRANSCANADA HAS BIG NEW PLANS FOR MOVING OIL AROUND, AND YOU WON’T LIKE THE THEM

[Translate] Shutterstock | Shutterstock Since Keystone is stalled out … By John Light   GRIST TransCanada, the company pushing...

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HOMEOWNERS SHOULD ACT NOW TO G...

Feb 21, 2015 by

HOMEOWNERS SHOULD ACT NOW TO GET HOME SOLAR FOR $0 DOWN

[Translate] – A little-known government program called the Federal Residential Renewable Energy Tax Credit, sale coupled with...

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Scientist Finds Remarkable Way...

Feb 21, 2015 by

Scientist Finds Remarkable Way to Connect People Emotionally with Climate Change

[Translate] Cole Mellino ECO WATCH If you’re like me, view you wonder how we have yet to take the collective action that we need to...

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UNDERSTANDING OBAMA’S SU...

Feb 19, 2015 by

UNDERSTANDING OBAMA’S SUCKINESS ON CLIMATE

[Translate] The White House By David Roberts GRIST Our own Ben Adler recently published a piece called “8 ways Obama sucks on...

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An Exciting Democracy Movement...

Feb 19, 2015 by

An Exciting Democracy Movement Arises in Chicago

[Translate] Activism “Reclaim Chicago” has a bold progressive plan to reclaim the Windy City from the one percent. By Jim...

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23-Year-Old Hasn’t Produced An...

Feb 19, 2015 by

23-Year-Old Hasn’t Produced Any Garbage in Two Years

[Translate] Environment Lauren Singer is out to prove that we can all live with minimal environmental impact. By Cole Mellino /...

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The Surprising Reason Why Amer...

Feb 17, 2015 by

The Surprising Reason Why Americans Are So Lonely, and Why Future Prosperity Means Socializing with Your Neighbors

[Translate] Environment We are the first people on earth who have no practical need of our neighbors. That has to change. By Bill...

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DON’T “BREAK UP...

Feb 16, 2015 by

DON’T “BREAK UP” WITH FOSSIL FUELS: BIG OIL’S HILARIOUS ATTACK AD IS PROOF THEY’RE GETTING DESPERATE

[Translate] On Global Divestment Day, search the movement can no longer be ignored VIDEO Lindsay Abrams SALON.COM   The fossil...

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GO GREEN OR GO BUST?

Feb 12, 2015 by

GO GREEN OR GO BUST?

[Translate] Go Green or Go Bust?   Alexa Beyer  PLANET FORWARD Do you think this helps move the planet forward? It was 8 o’clock on a...

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15 PRACTICAL TIPS FOR CREATING...

Feb 10, 2015 by

15 PRACTICAL TIPS FOR CREATING A SIMPLER, HAPPIER LIFE

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Behavior Beyond great architecture and multi-functional product design, look LifeEdited is...

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NAOMI KLEIN AND HOW TO BUILD A...

Feb 10, 2015 by

NAOMI KLEIN AND HOW TO BUILD A MORE KICK-ASS CLIMATE MOVEMENT

[Translate] Kourosh Keshiri   GRIST Bust out of that silo! May Boeve, executive director of 350.org, recently interviewed Naomi...

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MUST YOU BE A ‘WORK MART...

Feb 4, 2015 by

MUST YOU BE A ‘WORK MARTYR’ TO CHANGE THE WORLD?

[Translate] Activism There’s a tragic irony in the willingness of progressive organizers to support hard-fought labor reforms while...

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ADVENTURES IN EXTREME MINIMALI...

Feb 4, 2015 by

ADVENTURES IN EXTREME MINIMALISM

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Behavior A couple weeks ago, hospital we revisited Peter Lawrence, a man who lives with...

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WHY THERE IS NO MASSIVE ANTI-W...

Feb 4, 2015 by

WHY THERE IS NO MASSIVE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT IN AMERICA

[Translate] By Tom Engelhardt, site TomDispatch Photo by Beverly & Pack (CC BY 2.0) This piece first appeared at TomDispatch....

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