Green Activism

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We Want a Future

We Want a Future

Climate Change and How the Youth Are Fighting to Save the Province

From: Divided

This chapter explores the author’s climate activism, and the Fridays for Future strikes inspired by Greta Thunberg. 5 $0.50 Add
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Weaving Community Milestones

Weaving Community Milestones

From: Common Threads

So how can this interest in getting together for a common purpose fit within a concept of celebrating life’s milestones? How do we support each other in those moments when we need our … 10 $1.00 Add
We're all Climate Hypocrites Now
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We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now

How Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement

Our culture tells us that personal responsibility is central to tackling the climate emergency, yet the choices we make are often governed by the systems in which we live. Whether it’s … 192 View
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We're all Climate Hypocrites Now
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We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now

From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now

The opening chapter outlines a contradiction in environmental activism: we all know the problem is urgent, but we all continue to produce some amount of carbon emissions. Grover suggests that we … 13 $1.30 Add
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What Difference Does It Make?
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What Difference Does It Make?

From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now

This chapter describes the efforts of cyclists in Amsterdam to resist the encroachment of cars and keep that city bike-centric. He uses their efforts as a model for how change has to take place … 19 $1.90 Add
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What We Are Up Against
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What We Are Up Against

Science and Politics

From: The Sea Is Rising and So Are We

In Chapter 1, Kaufman provides an overview of the scientific and political challenges climate activists face in the fight for climate justice. The chapter discusses topics including the … 16 $1.60 Add
What You Won’t Do For Love
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What You Won’t Do For Love

A Conversation

What if we could love the planet as much as we love one another? "Warm, wise, and overflowing with generosity, this is a love story so epic it embraces all of creation. Yet another reminder … ; ; ; 106 View
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Why Impermanence Matters

Why Impermanence Matters

From: Common Threads

Most creative projects made with green waste and natural materials are meant to have a short life-span and then return to the earth. This goes against everything a Western European sensibility … 14 $1.40 Add
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Will Capitalists Save Us? What about Governments?
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Will Capitalists Save Us? What about Governments?

From: Future on Fire

Chapter 2 considered who we should look to for guidance in fighting climate change and how we can not leave it in the hands of the market. Topics discussed include the media industries … 11 $1.10 Add
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Work With What You Have at Hand

Work With What You Have at Hand

From: Common Threads

In most environmental stewardship practice, conversations about invasive and native species are inclined to dualistic thinking: invasive plant = bad. But what if invasive species could be useful … 10 $1.00 Add
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Working with Invasive Plant Species

Working with Invasive Plant Species

From: Common Threads

Embracing invasive plants as a material resource for hand-based technologies makes so much sense; we bring land stewardship practices to the heart of our making. It is not about choosing a plant … 22 $2.20 Add
Worlds at Stake
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Worlds at Stake

Climate Politics, Ideology, and Justice

The intensifying climate crisis has put the world on high alert. For those living in the high-consuming, high-polluting swaths of the world, it is clear that something about our society, our … 192 View