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Changing the climate in our schools

Bill McKibben Apr 18, 2012   

Maybe you've heard. We are facing a climate crisis that threatens life on our planet. Climate scientists are unequivocal: We are changing the world in deep, measurable, dangerous ways -- and the pace of this change will accelerate dramatically in the decades to come. ... >>

Bill McKibben: On May 5, join me in connecting the dots on the climate crisis

Bill McKibben Mar 26, 2012   

Across the planet now we see ever more flooding, ever more drought, ever more storms. People are dying, communities are being wrecked — the impacts we’re already witnessing from … >>

Enemies of the State

Asher Miller Jan 31, 2012   

Almost exactly nine years ago, opposition to the US invasion of Iraq was reaching a fever pitch. On February 15, 2003 millions of people around the world rallied to protest the inexorable march to … >>

Behind the Durban Blame Game

Richard Heinberg Dec 9, 2011   

Why did the Durban climate talks fail? Ultimately, the culprit is the near-universal pursuit of economic growth. All the major players want growth: the US, because it’s still pulling out of … >>

Global Mayors Start Acting Upon UN's Sustainable City Manual

Warren Karlenzig Dec 6, 2011   

After providing the curriculum for training urban leaders from 12 Southeast and Central Asian nations a few weeks ago (Manila, Philippines is pictured above), the United Nations is now globally … >>

We won. You won.

Bill McKibben Nov 11, 2011   

Dear Friends, The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline that we’ve been fighting for months has been effectively killed. The President didn’t outright reject the Keystone XL pipeline … >>

Bill McKibben: “Communities are more important than individuals, and probably more important than states and nations”

Bill McKibben Rob Hopkins Oct 12, 2011   

Last week Bill McKibben was in town, and I was lucky enough to get to interview him for half an hour before his talk to a packed St. John’s Church in Totnes (which Jay Tompt reflected on … >>

Giving Robert Socolow a Wedgie (so to speak)

Rob Hopkins Oct 7, 2011   

In 2004, Steve Pacala and Robert Socolow published a paper in Science about climate mitigation which introduced the concept of ‘stabilisation wedges’. This proposed that rather than … >>

Arrested at the White House - the power of Martin Luther King's legacy

Bill McKibben Aug 26, 2011   

I didn’t think it was possible, but my admiration for Martin Luther King, Jr., grew even stronger these past days.   As I headed to jail as part of the first wave of what is turning … >>

Low Carbon and Economic Growth: Are both compatible in developing economies?

Nate Hagens Aug 24, 2011   

At the intersection of global energy depletion and concerns about human impact on the environment lie some serious and oft overlooked issues. Largely gone from our public discourse is the idea … >>