If everything goes as expected, I’m going to become a father in about five weeks. I still can’t quite wrap my mind around it, but I guess that’s usually how it is for first-time parents. … Read more
This is the memorial commitment we must make when lives are senselessly lost especially where there could have been prevention. Mere remembrance is not enough. We must do something — we must act!
The climate crisis is happening, and it’s happening now. But us young people are also here now. And we aren’t going to give up on our future.
A major obstacle in solving the climate crisis is that our collective interests are in conflict with those who have the most power. Collectively, most agree that a world beset by climate catastrophe is undesirable. … Read more
ing in ever greater detail the catastrophe we face, if we are not willing to do anything about it?” Indeed. As a non-scientist, I would urge everyone who IS a scientist, of whatever branch of science, to focus your trained mind on the question that follows from the previous one. Scientists’ communications methods have been unsuccessful in effecting the changes that your research shows the need for – why not try collective direct action?
The dangers of climate change are mounting so rapidly that they could soon overwhelm the ability of both nature and humanity to adapt.
War is the most destructive human activity, to people and planet. Every metric ton of CO2 emitted by the movement of military troops, weapons, equipment and vehicles around Europe adds to global greenhouse gas emissions.
It’s hard not to fall into despair most days. To feel like I’m capable of changing anything in this big, nasty place.
By Pat Kaczmarek Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh died on January 22, 2022. He was 95 years old. The peace activist and advocate for civil rights gained wide recognition in the ’60s for his opposition to … Read more