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How You Can Convince Leaders in Your Community to Adopt Eco-Friendly Practices

Megan Wild activism, allies, alternative, buy local, carbon dioxide, change, community, community solar, confront, convince, do it, energy, face-to-face, food, in-person, leaders, policy, policymakers, renewable, research, retro-commissioning, solar, urge

If you want to convince your community leaders to adopt eco-friendly practices, you’ve got to do your research & look for in-person opportunities…

Warming World

Only Collective Action Will Solve Climate Crisis

Sarah "Steve" Mosko action, activism, advocacy, climate, climate change, collective, global warming, together, work

Due to the urgency of the climate crisis, “walking the talk” as an environmentalist means going beyond personal behaviors to promoting collective action…

EarthTalk

Climate Reality Project Turns Everyday People Into Climate Activists

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer 24 Hours of Reality, activism, activist, aggregator. Climate Reality Project, An Inconvenient Sequel, climate, Climate Reality Leaders, denial, denier, I Am Still In, Inconvenient Truth, news, oil company, Reality Drop, slide show, slideshow, think tank, training, Truth to Power

Al Gore created the Climate Reality Project as the nerve center of his advocacy & education efforts about the need to ratchet down carbon emissions…

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Environmental Heroes LaDuke, McKibben and Fox Inspire Millions To Take Action

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer activism, activist, Aldo Leopold, Bernie Sanders, Bill McKibben, book, Dakota Access Pipeline, DAPL, documentary, eco, End of Nature, environment, environmental, film, Gasland, Henry David Thoreau, hero, heroes, inspiration, Josh Fox, LaDuke, native, Ojibwe, Our Revolution, Rachel Carson, rights, Sand County Almanac, Silent Spring, tribal, tribe, tribes, Walden, Winona

Environmental heroes like Winona LaDuke, Bill McKibben and Josh Fox have inspired millions of people to take action on behalf of protecting the environment.

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Environmental Activism, the Patagonia Way

E The Environmental Magazine activism, activist, Annie Leonard, Bill McKibben, Jane Goodall, Patagonia, Tools Conference, Wade Davis, Yvon Chouinard

Ever wonder how the outdoor clothing company Patagonia become synonymous with environmental activism? The company’s original employees were a ragtag group of surfers and climbers. Founder Yvon Chouinard learned the power of activism in the early 70s after attending a city council meeting in Ventura to preserve their local surf break. As a company, they began supporting […]

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Do animals have legal rights?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer activism, animal rights, animal welfare, chimpanzee, chimps, dolphins, law, lawyer, legal, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, rights, whales

Dear EarthTalk: What are so-called non-human rights? —Richard Montcalm, Jenkintown, PA Non-human rights is a term coined by animal welfare activist and lawyer Steven Wise, who has campaigned for three decades to achieve actual legal rights for members of species other than our own. His […]

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Blood of the Tiger

E The Environmental Magazine activism, activist, Blood of the Tiger, book, China, J.A. Mills, species extinction, wildlife

Blood of the Tiger: A Story of Conspiracy, Greed, and the Battle to Save a Magnificent Species takes readers on a wild ride to save one of the world’s rarest animals from a band of Chinese billionaires. Many people think wild tigers are on the road to recovery, but they are in greater danger than ever—from […]

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Naptime Activists Unite

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer activism, air pollution, MCAF, Moms Clean Air Force

Dear EarthTalk: What is “Moms Clean Air Force” and how can I get involved? — Betsy Edgewater, Salem, OR Moms Clean Air Force (MCAF) is a community of 400,000+ parents working to combat air pollution and respond to the climate change crisis. The fast-growing non-profit leverages the power of citizen activism and social media to […]

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How can kids get involved in environmental advocacy?

Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss activism, Earthforce, enter for Biological Diversity, Generation Wild, kids, SustainUS, TakingItGlobal, Tree Musketeers, YES!, youth, Youth for Environmental Sanity

Kids interested in conservation and sustainability have lots of ways to get involved thanks to some pioneering environmental groups focusing on youth.