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The Fight against Climate Change Must Become the New Abolitionism

By Erik Curren | June 17, 2019

South Carolina Emancipation Day 1863

The planet continues to fry. Yet, America is pumping more fossil fuel than it has in decades. And the U.S. government does nothing to slow the damage. Just the opposite -- Washington is now promoting oil, gas and coal while attacking clean energy. We've fought against climate change for at least thirty years. Yet, it seems that activists have failed to reverse or even slow … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate, Energy Tagged With: Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein, Slave Labor

Bugging out from Boston to Vermont

By Eric Krasnauskas | September 15, 2014

My wife Sarah and I are moving to Vermont. I’ve been studying climate change and its interconnected problems for a year, and my research has brought me to the conclusion that a time of tremendous scarcity and uncertainty is upon us. So we've decided that it’s time to get started building a different, more resilient kind of life. When I first began understanding the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: Bill McKibben, Boston, community organizing, Vermont

Confessions of an edge-dweller

By Dianne Monroe | January 22, 2014

skyscraper edge

The first in a series about inhabiting and acting in the edge-places of our civilization as crucial for humanity’s passage through these challenging times – and inviting you to share your personal edge-dwelling experiences. -- Ed. I’m an Edge-dweller. It’s not something I signed up for, or studied. It’s simply what I am. Over the past several years, I’ve begun to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: Anthropocene, Bill McKibben, climate change, independent living

A Ship of Fools in a sea of melting ice

By Staff Reports | February 11, 2013

Ship of Fools woodcut

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Ever since I recently learned that Arctic sea ice is expected to disappear in summer in a mere four years my inner alarm bells have been ringing. It wasn't supposed to happen so soon! I had hoped we could change course and avoid the disappearance of ice caps and glaciers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: Bill McKibben, climate change

Sandy’s real name

By Staff Reports | October 30, 2012

boat washed up on a street

The following letter from climate activist Bill McKibben was sent out today by 350.org. -- Ed. Dear friends, We woke up this morning with a deep sense of sadness. Hurricane Sandy has brought serious hardship to many of the people we love and places we treasure. It has affected many homes, I was talking to a friend and they suggested that it might be a good idea for people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: Big Oil, Bill McKibben, ExxonMobil, Hurricane Sandy

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