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Black Lives Matter prepared for this current moment in key ways, and the united power of many movements should join to take on the system.

In this article published on Waging Nonviolence, retired Quaker college professor, writer, sociologist, and activist George Lakey, discusses the importance for social justice movements, including the climate movement, to learn from the success and organization of Black Lives Matter. It's time, Lakey says, for these movements to step out of their silos and unite in a coalition that will create the better future we all want.

As we watch our current United States environmental policies be dismantled one by one, it is apparent that simple adjustments to consumer behavior are not enough turn the tide of climate chaos.  Linda Poppenheimer illustrates that through the Super Power of our Vote positive systemic change is possible. 

"Like many young climate scientists, I came to graduate school because I have a passion for science and because I want to use what I learn to help society mitigate and adapt to the dangerous impacts of climate change. Instead of contributing, however, my work had been incorporated into a discourse that demonizes both the scientific consensus on climate change and the scientists who publicly speak out to defend it."

In this article published on EOS.org, graduate student Lucas Vargas Zeppetello shares his personal experience of having his climate science work intentionally misrepresented online, and what he learned from it.

Written shortly after the USA 2016 election, Melissa Wadsworth's heartfelt newsletter resonates even more amidst current social upheaval. In these times, as we are all called to use our collective power to make the necessary changes for humanity to survive, Melissa reminds us of the beauty of each individual soul's passion and suggests that our greatest power lies in our diversity, working in collaboration.

"If this new world we're building is one in which you can have your climate action and your bigotry too, I don’t see a place for myself in it."

In this article posted on DrilledNews.com, writer and Hot Take co-host Mary Annaïse Heglar reminds us that the roots of the climate crisis lie in economic and social exploitation. We ignore the interconnection between climate action and social justice at our peril.

Climate Reality Leadership Training training was created by Vice President Al Gore working with world-renowned scientists and communicators to teach about the climate crisis and how together we can solve it. Christine and Rose both attended this three day training in Toronto in July 2015, where sustainability and renewable energy expert Jenn Wood served as Rose's mentor. Jenn joins us today to discuss how this summer's virtual training may help you take the next step on YOUR climate journey.

"This is about choice, not about our capacity to deliver. Each and every ‘black elephant’ is fixable – if we act in time."

Choices have consequences. In this post from PaulGilding.com, Mr Gilding reminds us that COVID-19 was not a singular, unexpected event. Rather, a global pandemic, along with the climate emergency, ecosystem collapse, growing inequality, and other crises, are issues that our political and business leaders have been warned about but so far have chosen to ignore.

Author, social entrepreneur, & advocate Paul Gilding is a Fellow at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

As parents we see the catastrophe of climate change looming on the horizon. Yet we may feel overwhelmed as non-scientists to provide truth to our children about what lies ahead. How do we look our kids in the eye and answer their questions with facts and  a sense of urgency while instilling hope for their future?

Harriet Shugarman, who founded Climate Mama in 2009 as a way to connect with other parents about global warming, has a conversation with Christine and Rose about her new book, "How To Talk To Your Kids About Climate Change: Turning Angst into Action" as well as what motivates her as a climate activist, and hope and grief. The second of a two-part series.

Earth Day 2020 celebrated its 50th anniversary during the Covid-19 lock down. In this essay Maya Mailer shares her thoughts on the the pandemic as a mom to three kids, muses about the inequities of our coronavirus experiences and asks if just perhaps we are glimpsing alternative realities of a more just future for our children.

As parents we see the catastrophe of climate change looming on the horizon. Yet we may feel overwhelmed as non-scientists to provide truth to our children about what lies ahead. How do we look our kids in the eye and answer their questions with facts and  a sense of urgency while instilling hope for their future?

Harriet Shugarman, who founded Climate Mama in 2009 as a way to connect with other parents about global warming, has a conversation with Christine and Rose about her new book, "How To Talk To Your Kids About Climate Change: Turning Angst into Action" as well as what motivates her as a climate activist, and hope and grief. The first of a two-part series.