Climate Justice
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Why intersectionality in fiction matters
The best writers establish connections between diverse communities, which is essential to addressing planetary challenges.
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Girls’ education isn’t just a human right. It’s the next big climate solution.
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate is advocating for expanding access to schooling for girls in low-income countries — a policy that could drastically cut emissions.
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Bills banning critical race theory also threaten climate education
More than two dozen bills seek to ban critical race theory from public school curricula. That is a direct threat to climate education and justice.
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These environmental justice leaders are creating the spaces they wish they’d had
Wawa Gatheru and Ki’Amber Thompson both came to environmentalism by accident. Now they’re making sure more people can find their way.
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As the nation prepares to burn again, Indigenous fire practices are a hot topic
On the Yurok Reservation in Northern California, Rick O’Rourke fights fire with fire — and teaches others to do the same.
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Pacific Islanders have been fighting environmental crises for centuries, if only the world would notice
The 10 million residents of Oceania are among the most frontline of frontline communities — and they have much to teach the rest of us.
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‘This land was stolen’: Behind the fight to recover sacred Indigenous lands in the Bay Area
The Sogorea Te’ Land Trust has dedicated itself to reclaiming Ohlone shellmounds and other sites. “Even if it’s a postage stamp, it doesn’t matter. We are getting the land back.”
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A pipeline is threatening their homeland. Indigenous women are fighting back.
To tribal attorney Tara Houska, the fight against the Line 3 pipeline is a fight for future generations.
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As a Black climate activist, racism gets in my way
White activists wonder why Black communities aren’t more climate-focused. Allies know that fighting racial injustice is the first step.
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A just transition doesn’t have to be top-down. This Brooklyn neighborhood is proof.
Residents of Sunset Park are creating their own climate adaptation and resiliency plans, with the help of community organization UPROSE.