Jan 26
by Alaska Rising Tide If the climate movement is to succeed, we must take control of the narrative surrounding climate change. We must not only wrest it from the many tentacles of the fossil fuel industry, but we must also expand it beyond the realm of science. Facts alone do not motivate people to action. …
Jan 11
by Kirby Spangler “Today we stand together as representatives of a desperate generation who have been forced into this position by the reckless and immoral behavior of fossil fuel corporations.” Thus begins a communique issued by a group of eight college students who used chains and superglue to lock themselves together in protest at the …
Dec 10
by Kirby Spangler, Alaska Rising Tide I recently attended an event entitled the Alaska Conservation Summit. The event was hosted by a group of Alaska non-profit conservation organizations struggling to remain relevant in a rapidly changing world. After a sobering look at the 2012 political landscape, we were encouraged to play defense at the …
Dec 09
Shifting cultural values is, admittedly, a tall order. It calls for the kind of ambitious vision that movements used to fight for a century ago, before everything was broken into single “issues” to be tackled by the appropriate sector of business-minded NGOs. Climate change is, in the words of the Stern Review on the Economics of …
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