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Micro-Plastics, Major Problem
As part of my graduate studies at UNC-Wilmington, I’ve learned just how much damage microplastics can do. I’m studying the impacts of ingested plastics on larval fish (inland silversides) and…
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Confessions of a Non-Recycler
I have a confession. There was a time when I really didn’t care about recycling. I don’t mean when I was young and didn’t understand where trash went — when…
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Technology in Activism: Amplifying Indigenous Injustice
In St. Petersburg Florida, “Creative demonstration” doesn’t even begin to explain how Campaign Coordinator Justin Morris chose to tell the story of stifled Indigenous voices in an ongoing battle for…
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This Aquarium Bootcamp Just Created One Thousand Plastic-Fighting Ocean Superheroes
Earlier this month, the first ever Ocean Heroes Bootcamp united youth leaders with high profile mentors like actor and activist Adrian Grenier, TV host Danni Washington, 5 Gyres co-founder and…
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One Activist’s Mission to Protect our Planet and Break Free From Plastic
This week I had the pleasure of meeting an amazing human being. Brittany Theresa is the founder of #NoPlasticNOLA Movement as well as a mom who sees that our planet…
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My Tears Aren’t Enough to Protect the Rainforest. That’s Why I’m Taking Action
I can’t help but cry when I think about the destruction I’ve witnessed in my native Indonesia. Where once there was a thick, green rainforest teeming with life, now is…
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Why Indigenous Resistance is More Important than Ever
When I ask people about the roots of the environmentalist movement and the pioneers of this field, I get many answers like: Rachel Carson, John Muir, and Aldo Leopold. But…
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Moments that Defined Greenpeace in 2018
For every dark and tumultuous moment we lived through in 2018 — and yes, there were many — it’s important to recognize that on its heels was an equally inspiring…
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Nathaniel Rich on our Climate in Crisis
Global Warming: The Board Game Shortly after Jesse Ausubel became the first American to accept a full-time job devoted to preventing climate change, he found himself thinking about board games.…
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil on our Climate in Crisis
Questions while searching for birds with my half-white sons, aged six and nine, National Audubon Bird Count Day, Oxford, MS If we are going to look for birds all day,…
