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When Climate Disaster Hits Home
I felt compelled to help with this film to show the world what extreme weather — likely linked to climate change — can do to a community. In this case, it…
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Defending Alaska From the Department of Defense
My name is Emily Stolarcyk. I live and work in Cordova, Alaska, a small off-road fishing village on the south central coast. Like many towns in Alaska, you have to…
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‘These Are Our Prayers in Action’ — A Look at Life in the #NoDAPL Resistance Camps
As I turn off the two-lane highway that courses through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation into Oceti Sakowin Camp (technically an overflow camp from the original Camp of the Sacred…
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Lessons for My U.S. Allies in Trump’s America, From a Brexit Survivor
After Brexit, the U.K. Left had a food fight. When the last egg had been thrown in their civil war, the combatants looked up and saw they’d lost their mandate…
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My Time at Standing Rock
By Harmony Lambert (Chumash Nation) Three weeks ago, I returned from a three-week stint at the Oceti Sakowin Camp in Standing Rock. While there, I represented Greenpeace in the most…
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Protesting Nuclear Weapons Takes on New Meaning in Trump’s America
Last Wednesday, on the 72nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, I walked to the gates at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory with a heavy heart. Heavy because as…
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After Hurricane Irma, I Know Exactly Who to Blame
I live in Gainesville, Florida and as the route of the hurricane moved west and the eye came for us, we again found ourselves dealing with the “unprecedented.” As the…
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The Truth About Bear’s Ears
I live in Salt Lake City, and there is truly no place like home. Nestled in the foothills of the Wasatch mountains, summer rains and autumn colors nearly take your…
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San Diego Activists Protest Ban on Feeding Homeless in a Defiant “Feed-In”
With one of the highest poverty rates in San Diego County, Council members from the city of El Cajon recently voted 5-0 to ban feeding people experiencing homeless in parks…
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Why I Love Volunteering Aboard the Arctic Sunrise
My visit to the Arctic Sunrise I’ve been following Greenpeace since 2012 and have had many experiences with the environmental non-profit in different capacities. In 2012, I started my relationship…
