social change
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This social-change leader doesn’t just want you to donate. She wants you to keep in touch.
Sudha Nandagopal on how we can fund movements for change.
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Green is the new red: environmental activists under attack
Will Potter on the eerie parallels between the Red Scare and the kind of repression and paranoia the green movement faces today.
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Behavior change: we’re already doing it [VIDEO]
Last week, my enormous head and I did a video interview with the energy-focused cable news show EnergyNow! (which incidentally just got a national distribution deal through Bloomberg TV). The topic was behavior change. They’ve split the video in two. Here’s the first bit: And the second bit: As always, I find my performance on […]
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Time to ruggedize: We should talk more about preparing for climate change
It used to be conventional wisdom among greenies that it's best not to talk much about adapting to climate change. But adaptation may be the most approach to climate change.
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Growth won’t make us happy — or more inclined to save the planet
A society with high income inequality is more likely to suffer all manner of social ills, from teenage pregnancy to negative environmental behavior.
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Why did the climate bill die? Because we still don’t have a real climate movement
Why did climate legislation fail? The absence of pressure from Americans across the country demanding that serious action be taken.
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How Dirty Are We Willing to Get?
At the alternative climate summit currently underway in Cochabamba, Bolivia, criticism is sharp and unrelenting about false climate change solutions. Rightly so. Most of the solutions proposed through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) process are based on poor science, lucrative carbon markets and only measly changes in the production and consumption […]
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Does Facebook deserve the hell it’s catching from Greenpeace?
Social networking giant Facebook has been taking heat from enviros recently for its decision to site a massive new data center in Prineville, Ore. The issue? Pacific Power, the utility that serves Prineville, gets most of its power from coal, the enemy of the human race. Greenpeace International has started a Facebook group opposing the […]
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Ask Umbra’s Change Agent: Hannah Salwen
What would you do with half? Half the house, half the lattes, half the TV watching, half the Tweets, half the email checking? More importantly, what would you do with the other half — the extra space, funds, and time? Dearests, meet 17-year-old Atlanta Girls’ School junior Hannah Salwen (you may have read about her […]