Climate News Friday, March 27th

Climate News Friday, March 27th

A Green Stimulus to Rebuild Our Economy  500+ Groups Demand 'People's Bailout' to Counter Push for Wall Street-Friendly Coronavirus Response By Jessica Corbett Dakota access pipeline: court strikes down permits in victory for Standing Rock Sioux Coronavirus Capitalism...

The Access Point [Original Fiction]

In one memory, I’m at a house party in Ann Arbor, talking to a guy who’s telling me about this new band called Blues Traveler. You walk by, and I know right away it’s you, though I have no idea at that point who you are. You turn to me in the hallway, and I can tell...

Toilet Paper: Out of Stock

    Toilet Paper: Out of Stock, 3/22/20 By Vijaya Nagarajan As most of us have been, I, too, was at a store a few days ago getting my essentials for a three week “shelter at home” six county-wide directive in the SF Bay Area, the first in the United States....

A Hopeful Video & Climate News amidst COVID-19

While this week has been disorienting, frightening, and downright heartbreaking, it's been beautiful to see so many people in the world change in such little time. We're understanding the scale of the crisis, changing our behavior, and putting in place new practices...

Urgency

Urgency

Covid 19 -- it sounds like a pharmaceutical name.  Covid 19, ask your doctor if it’s right for you.  Unless you can’t afford a doctor. Then, I guess, ask your friend who is also a vet tech?   The thing with Covid 19 is that we can kind of all see it right away what...

The Imagination of A Leader

The Imagination of A Leader

A deep sorrow filled my spirit when Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the Democratic primary. A feeling of almost beens, near haves, what ifs. A severe lack of imagination.  I feel a wretchedness of whether it will ever be. A forbidding sense of improbability, an...

Climate Around the Globe: some curated links

Climate Around the Globe: some curated links

1) What Climate Change can Teach us about Fighting the Coronavirus 2) The Coronavirus is a Wake-Up Call for Climate Change 3) Where Biden and Sanders Diverge on Climate Change 4) Pakistan's Women's March: Shaking patriarchy 'to its core' Young activists and their...

Better Than Now Isn’t Enough

Better Than Now Isn’t Enough

I admit that electability drove me for much of the run up to the primaries. “Anyone but Trump,” was my motto, and everyone but Trump seemed to be in the running. But the climate crisis had caught my attention. Perhaps it was when my family had to evacuate due to the...

Joe Biden and My Family’s Legacy of Lynching

Joe Biden and My Family’s Legacy of Lynching

My African American great grandfather was a tailor in South Carolina. In the 1930s, he owned a small shop and was able to support his family. One day—as the story goes—a white man came into his shop and became abusive. He yelled at my great grandfather. My great...

Climate in the News, a survey of key links, by Sally Morton

Climate in the News, a survey of key links, by Sally Morton

Remember this? October 20, 2019: AFN declares ‘state of emergency’ for climate change FAIRBANKS — An emotional dispute over climate change and resource development divided the Alaska Federation convention floor for an hour on Saturday, but in the end, AFN approved a...

Treesitting in Yggdrasil, flash fiction by Susan DeFreitas

Treesitting in Yggdrasil, flash fiction by Susan DeFreitas

Dear Mom and Dad, It's been awhile since we've talked, so I wanted to drop a line to let you know that I am A-okay, though without phone or WiFi for the foreseeable—hence this good old-fashioned letter, written on good old-fashioned paper, made from good old-fashioned...

The Third Wish––Approaching Collective Death

The Third Wish––Approaching Collective Death

Today, March 4, 2020 is the day after one of the most important primary elections for the Democratic presidential nomination. Sixteen states voting for delegates. This presidential election seems so critical in ways previously unimaginable. I’m reminded of an ancient...