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2019: A Landmark Year for Climate Justice
Thanks to you and millions of others, 2019 has been a milestone year in the fight for climate justice. Grassroots power and a growing movement have irrevocably shifted what is…
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Celebrating the Greenpeace Women and Gender Non-Binary Staff Fighting for Climate Justice
Here at Greenpeace, we work with many astounding individuals who dedicate themselves to organizing, campaigning, and amplifying the issues we care so passionately about. In honor of International Women’s Day,…
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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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Rise for Cancer Alley — It’s More Than a Rally, It’s a Movement
Going into the Rise for Cancer Alley Rallies in Louisiana, I was hopeful but slightly unsure if folks from the communities who are most affected would show up. Despite all…
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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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Three Reasons I’m Taking Pride in Being Green!
I didn’t exactly have the easiest coming out, but once you’re out, for me at least, the memories of being closeted recede further and further away until it’s sometimes hard…
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Pennsylvania’s Plastics Resistance
This week, the Break Free From Plastic coalition and Earthworks have launched the “Stopping Plastic Where it Starts Tour,” a two-week grassroots tour that will travel to Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania,…
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Why Race Matters When We Talk About the Environment
Within the mainstream green movement, there is an important distinction between protecting the environment and attaining equal access to healthy air, water, and land. While communities in both camps often dovetail…
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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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Puerto Rico Seeks Justice and Solidarity
When I was invited to be part of a brigade of activists from the #OurPowerPR campaign that would join the crew of the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise to help the people…