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On the Path to Climate Neutrality
by Richard Conlin
Apr 22, 2010
Seattle hopes to become North America's first climate neutral city. City council president Richard Conlin asks: What exactly are we getting ourselves into?
From Crisis to Opportunity
by Velcrow Ripper
Apr 21, 2010
Will the World People's Summit be a turning point in the climate crisis?
Changing the Climate for Justice
by Joseph Huff-Hannon
Apr 20, 2010
At the World People's Conference on Climate Change, a new set of voices is being heard.
A Strategy for Change?
by Jim Shultz
Apr 20, 2010
The climate summit in Bolivia is based on the start of a strategy—to bring social movements inside discussions about combating climate change—but more careful planning is needed.
Live from Cochabamba
Apr 20, 2010
OneClimate.net streams live from the World People's Summit on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth.
Let's See Ourselves
by Gustavo Esteva with Juliette Beck
Apr 15, 2010
The fight against climate change has begun to reflect the colonial, top-down worldview that contributed to the problem in the first place. Mexican activist and storyteller Gustavo Esteva on a new vision—one that is radically bottom-up.
The End of the Long Summer
by Sherry Boschert
Apr 13, 2010
A new book by a leading science writer tells what we need to do to survive climate change.
The High Cost of Cheap Coal
by Brooke Jarvis
Apr 07, 2010
More and more people are recalculating the true price of coal and deciding it’s simply too high to pay.
Climate Game Changer
by Sarah van Gelder
Apr 02, 2010
Can Cochabamba pick up where Copenhagen failed?
Gaviotas: Village of Hope
by Seth Biderman, Christian Casillas
Mar 30, 2010
Two activists discover the secrets of a Colombian community’s success—surprise and imagination.
350.org: Getting to Work in 2010
Mar 30, 2010
With a weak climate "agreement" coming out of Copenhagen, the 350.org campaign urges citizens to get to work in 2010—whether politicians are on board or not.
As Glaciers Melt, Bolivia Fights for the Good Life
by Jessica Camille Aguirre
Mar 18, 2010
Rural Bolivians—whose way of life may be an early casualty of a changing climate—want the rest of the world to reevaluate what it means to "vivir bien."
Sweden Labels Food With CO2 Data
by Jeff Raderstrong
Feb 28, 2010
The Swedish government announced new food guidelines that recommend eating habits based on greenhouse-gas emissions.
Bolivia to Host Climate Summit for the People
by Margit Christenson
Feb 26, 2010
Bolivian President Evo Morales has called for an alternative climate-change conference, this one involving governments as well as non-governmental organizations, indigenous groups, scientists, and environmentalists.
After Copenhagen: How Can We Move Forward?
by Tom Athanasiou
Feb 24, 2010
Copenhagen brought poor nations and grassroots groups into partnership. Our chances of preventing climate catastrophe now rest on the ability of this new alliance to communicate to the world’s richest and most powerful peoples that the emissions emergency is, above all things, a crisis of justice.