...So think "resistance" with all your aching heart, a word that must become our promise to what is left of this planet. Gather the others: you already know them. The brave, smart, militant, and, most of all, serious, and together take aim. Do it carefully, but do it.
Then fire for all you're worth.
“When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
Sat, Jun 12 2021
What Jeff Merkley Gets Wrong About Forests and Fire
This article originally appeared on Counterpunch. BY GEORGE WUERTHNER In a recent May 29 Bend Bulletin article, Senator Merkley asserted he “wants to boost spending on forest management by $1 billion annually through work, such as thinning and prescribed [...]
Fri, Jun 11 2021
The Rush For White Gold [Dispatches from Thacker Pass]
by Austin Price, for Earth Island Journal SIXTEEN MILLION YEARS AGO, a volcano erupted over the Yellowstone hotspot near the present-day border of Oregon and Nevada. The blast expelled 1,000 cubic kilometers of rhyolite lava as the land collapsed into a [...]
Thu, Jun 10 2021
New Australian marine parks protect area twice Great Barrier Reef’s size
The Australian government has moved to create two new marine protected areas that cover an expanse of ocean twice the size of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The two parks will be established around Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the [...]
Wed, Jun 09 2021
Rivers Are Key to Restoring the World’s Biodiversity
Biodiversity is plummeting, but restoring rivers could quickly reverse this disastrous trend. This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. By Alessandra Korap Munduruku, Darryl Knudsen and [...]
Tue, Jun 08 2021
Political Ideology Part 1
This article was originally published on the blog buildingarevolutionarymovement.org. Republished with permission. Understanding political ideology is essential to then start thinking about theories of change, theories of power, revolutionary strategy and [...]
Mon, Jun 07 2021
Biden Budget Fails to Address Extinction Crisis
Editor’s note: The Biden administration’s budget to address the extinction crisis for the year 2021 is $22 million ($22,000,000). That is $60,273 per day, $2,511 per hour, and $41 per second. The Biden administration’s military budged for [...]
Sun, Jun 06 2021
Despite Risks, Climate Activists Lead Fight Against Oil Giant’s Drilling Projects in Uganda
Editor’s note: The company has already sold a handful of its onshore oil blocks over the past 10 years, citing the need to cut risk due to community unrest and continued sabotage attacks on its oil installations. These blocks had been snapped up by [...]
Sat, Jun 05 2021
The beef with Animal Rebellion and the synthetic meat revolution
Editor’s note: It’s sad and ironic how easily contemporary youth movements like Extinction Rebellion/Animal Rebellion are being coopted by neoliberal capitalism and how easily they are made to believe that big business, big tech and big [...]
Fri, Jun 04 2021
Antarctica is headed for a climate tipping point by 2060, with catastrophic melting if carbon emissions aren’t cut quickly
This article originally appeared in The Conversation. Featured image: The big wildcard for sea level rise is Antarctica. James Eades/Unsplash Julie Brigham-Grette, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Andrea Dutton, University of Wisconsin-Madison While [...]
Thu, Jun 03 2021
Kenyan environmental tribunal protects open rangeland
This article originally appeared on Mongabay. Featured image: An elephant bull strides through Kimana Sanctuary, with the iconic Mount Kilimanjaro in the background. Image by Kang-Chun Cheng for Mongabay. KiliAvo Fresh Ltd seeks to establish water-intensive [...]
