Category: Climate crisis
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The Private Pillaging of Public Lands
What’s the most significant thing we could do to protect endangered species, allow ecosystems to regenerate, and remove countless tons…
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Why the climate movement is actually close to winning
Photo credit: Zero Hour In January, U.S. climate activists prepared for one of the largest direct action protests against fossil…
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Do Europe’s Elections Offer Glimmers of Climate Hope?
For people who care about the fate of the planet (and humanity), it’s easy to feel hopeless right now. Another…
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Middlebury College and the Modern Climate Movement
Few places have played a more important role in the generation of the modern climate movement than Vermont’s Middlebury College.…
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Climate Movement Elders Revive Monkey Wrench Tactics to Save an Old Forest
I recently had the privilege of talking with several activists who were involved in one of the most exciting forest…
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Student-led Climate Action is Flourishing in DeSantis’s Florida
I wrote this piece for Waging Nonviolence after learning about the great work students at the University of Florida are…
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Have We Rounded a Corner in the Fight Against Climate Change?
There is so much bad news about the state of Earth’s climate that sometimes it’s important to focus on the…
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UK Polluter Drax Comes to the Pacific Northwest
As someone who’s been following international climate politics for years, I’ve long been familiar with UK company Drax, which at…
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How Grassroots Organizing Drove a Climate and Biodiversity Victory Over Palm Oil
Back in the ’00s, a huge and relatively new threat to biodiversity and the global climate began catching the attention…
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6 Lessons for Climate Activists in Turbulent Times
Not many eras in modern U.S. history have been as turbulent for activists as the last 18 months. Grassroots organizers…
Nick Engelfried 