Grassroots Power
All it takes is a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens.
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Transition Albany: A Local Response to Climate Change
by Pamela O'Malley Changposted Jan 06, 2010 - Meet Catherine Sutton, the initiator of Transition Albany—the effort of a 1.7-square-mile California town (population 16,500+) to transform itself into a self-reliant and resilient community.
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It's Time For Direct Action and Compassion on Climate
by Michael Naglerposted Dec 30, 2009 - After Copenhagen, now it's up to us. We need to pluck up courage, drop our usual routines, go beyond our comfort zones, and take some risks.
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Climate Shame, Climate Hope
by Jamie Hennposted Dec 18, 2009 - Jamie Henn: Though many of the people that I have been talking to here in Copenhagen remain doggedly hopeful, their hope has little to do with our supposed “leaders." It has to do with all of you.
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Hungry in Copenhagen
by Bill McKibbenposted Dec 17, 2009 - Bill McKibben: A day of fasting isn't the only reason why activists in Copenhagen are hungry today.
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From the Halls of Copenhagen
by Dominic Frongilloposted Dec 16, 2009 - As negotiations heat up and international leaders begin to arrive at the U.N. climate negotiations in Copenhagen, grassroots pressure is increasing.
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350.org Weekend of Action: Global Mobilization on Climate Change
posted Dec 14, 2009 - Climate activists came together December 11-13 to hold candlelight vigils and rallies to show solidarity with the nations who suffer the earliest and most severe impacts of climate change.
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Tens of Thousands March in Copenhagen
by Madeline Ostranderposted Dec 12, 2009
- Demonstrators outside the U.N. negotiations demand a climate deal.
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It's Going to Be Beautiful
by Bill McKibbenposted Dec 11, 2009 - Bill McKibben: There are reasons to be encouraged about the negotiations in Copenhagen, and ways to get involved in your own backyard.
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Kumi Naidoo on How We'll Win at Copenhagen
by Madeline Ostranderposted Dec 11, 2009 - Forget the cynicism. The activists who made Copenhagen possible are ramping up the pressure for a strong and binding deal on climate change.
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350 Day of Action
posted Dec 11, 2009 - 350 might be the most important number in the world—which is why people around the world are finding powerful ways to make that number known.
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We Hold the Key to Copenhagen
by Sarah van Gelderposted Dec 10, 2009 - "We the People" will have to act up if we want a global agreement that averts climate chaos.
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Honoring Nathan Huggins, Martin, and Malcolm
by Grace Lee Boggsposted Dec 10, 2009 - I spoke (via Skype) to the graduate students Symposium at Harvard University on December 5, the 20th anniversary of the death of Nathan Huggins, former director of the university's DuBois Center.
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Copenhagen's Conscience: The Youth Climate Movement Won't Settle
by Jessy Tolkanposted Dec 08, 2009 - Youth activists are playing an important role: refusing to allow the smallness of politics to stand in the way of the fair and globally-binding deal that our generation demands for survival.
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The Youth Movement Goes to Copenhagen
by Nick Engelfriedposted Dec 07, 2009 - This fall, youth around the world demonstrated their determination to stop catastrophic climate change. In Copenhagen, they're pushing their leaders to do the same.
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Fast for Climate Justice
by Anna Keenanposted Dec 07, 2009 - Now a month into their hunger strike, activists are hoping for serious commitment from the delegates in Copenhagen.
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