Healing from ambient trauma will require destroying the ideologies and systems that engender harm and in their place cultivating more just and caring ways of living. CW: discussion of trauma in the general & abstract form (i.e. no specific details), with occasional reference to specific environmental disasters and general events By Jonathan Fisk Nobody is...
Tag: Climate crisis
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Climate Crisis And The Perils of Incrementalism
Climate specialists have characterized the climate crisis as unpreventable. The planet is heating beyond repair, and yet, communities are still forced to negotiate with elected officials, begging and pleading for their lives, for a dignified chance at survival. By Kyliel Thompson In 1989, the late, but always timely, James Baldwin invoked a modification of progress...
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Water Protectors Are Risking Their Lives for Us. What Can We Do to Help Them?
The water protectors protesting Line 3 are risking their lives while their efforts go underreported by national media. Here is how to support them. The Line 3 pipeline is a controversial oil pipeline expansion currently under construction in Minnesota. The Canadian company, Enbridge, that proposed this expansion was also responsible for the largest inland oil...
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Dawning Climate Catastrophe and the Paradox of Green Capitalism
Even in the face of planetary destruction, it is capitalism and capitalistic interests that dictate the response to our current climate catastrophe. Flashback to September 2018: former California Governor Jerry Brown has a plan to save the world. He explains: “Plastic has helped advance innovation in our society, but our infatuation with single-use convenience has...
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Earth Day: A Wear Your Voice Reading List
BIPOC are at the forefront of fighting to save our lives, land, and resources from the devastation of colonialism. Here is our Earth Day reading list. Earth Day is often used as an opportunity to place the weight of the Earth’s rapidly changing climate on individuals. If we recycle and do beach clean-ups and water...
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Dismantling the Ideas of “Natural” and “Wild” in the Environmental Movement
Acknowledging that “natural” and “wild” are connected to oppressive systems is a first step to change how we discuss solutions to the climate crisis. By emily chang My love for the environment first started from the beautiful green and blue landscapes I witnessed in BBC ocean and rainforest documentaries. As a child, images of thundering...
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10 for 10: Ten Political Moments That Defined The Decade
This decade was filled with tons of sociopolitical engagement. These are just ten of the political moments that defined the decade. CW: Racism, Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism, Gun Violence, Sexual Violence and Rape, Death By Anuhya Bobba and Reina Sultan This past decade has felt like a century. With the 24-hour news cycle pumping realtime news out...
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19 Youth Climate Activists of Color Who Are Fighting To Protect The Earth
Meet the Black and brown teens fighting to protect their lands from industrial, military, and colonialist actions that have caused climate change. Last Friday, approximately 4 million people across the globe marched as part of the climate strikes led by students. Much attention has been raised around how race and racism play into whose actions...
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David Koch Is Dead And It Is Perfectly Moral to Celebrate His Death
White people, as they exploit and uplift mechanisms of racism and white supremacy, have posited themselves as arbiters of morality. Last week, the explosive 2010 Jane Mayer investigative report on the covert operations of Charles and David Koch trended on The New Yorker. As an unfortunate yet learned reflex, derived from years of associating the...
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The Trauma Inflicted Upon Migrant Children Today Mirrors The Experiences Of Korean Adoptees
Shared and ongoing histories of war and exploitation necessitate us to fight alongside not only migrant families, but all people engaged in struggle for collective liberation. CW: This essay mentions suicide and r/pe. By Elizabeth Niarhos Increased family separation and child abuse and neglect by the United States government against immigrant families have prompted thought-provoking...