Rebel Cities: the Citizen Platforms in Power
Barcelona’s new mayor, former housing rights activist Ada Colau, has compared the experience of winning the city election this spring to giving birth for the first time.
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Paris: the Untold Story
This is a report about COP21 that didn’t make the headlines…
Australia’s Powerful Web of Grassroots Climate Resistance
In times of crisis, the only reasonable response is to intervene, and it’s time for civil society in Australia and elsewhere to build the pathways needed to allow people to step into powerful nonviolent direct action.
(Perma)culturally Deconditioning the Climate Crisis
It is now more than ever apparent that the permaculture/ regenerative agriculture/ carbon farming community has the more efficient solutions to sequestering carbon and reversing the negative effects of sea level rise, rising temperatures, and ecosystem exploitation.
The World is Broken and the Hypocrisy of COP 21 Isn’t Going to Put it Back Together
Hypocrisy can take many forms, but at COP 21 it has one underlying purpose:
COP21: What Paris Can Learn From a Mississippi Co-op
Business-as-usual capitalism may be bracing for a stiff challenge from a group in one of America’s poorest cities.
The Insanity of the COP: We Must Adopt a Different Vision
But like Hansen and many others here in Paris, I come not to praise the COP, but to bury it.
Women on the Frontlines of Climate Change at COP21 and Beyond
Women are rising up across the globe to say, ‘we are not just victims, we are the solution!’
Protest Ban? What Protest Ban?
The French government’s attempts to crack down on climate protesters have only made their voices louder
‘This Changes Everything’: What the Paris Attacks Mean for the Climate Protests
Now is not the time to stay silent.
Reflecting on 10 years of Change-Making
One small step each day over 10 years adds up to a whole lot of change. One small step of mine added to one small step of yours — now we’re talking.
Flashmobs and Flamenco: How Spain’s Greatest Artform Became a Tool for Political Protest
How Spain’s most alluring cultural phenomenon can be used as a powerful political tool.