Notes This non-linear perspective stands in contrast to Jasanoff (2021), who argues in this issue that youth climate activism is just a reanimation of the “linear notion of the impact of knowledge on action.” Only slightly improved if the more ambitious commitments stated surrounding the COP26...
TopicsActivismSocial GoodPolitics Siobhan Neela-Stock Siobhan was the Social Good reporter at Mashable, writing about everything from mental health to race to the climate crisis. Before diving into the world of journalism, she worked in global health — most notably, as a Peace Corps volunteer in...
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Featuring interviews with This Changes Everything author Naomi Klein, activist Lidy Nacpil, co-founder of 350.org Bill McKibben, online activist network Avaaz.org founder Ricken Patel, and other leaders in this realm, the film examines the power of climate activism and using your own resources...
Contravening traditional social movement theory expectations of “cognitive liberation” leading to activism90, even six families I followed who wound up with contaminated water and who sued the offending energy firm refused to denounce the industry publicly, or even privately to me. “We’re not ...
Because the only instances that we hear the references of religion in the national debate is in a negative connotation, really. So is it more symbolic activism? Or is it really paying some dividends looking at this situation, the climate as well?
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Students were asked whether they would be willing to volunteer in climate change-related activities at their universities. Figure 2 illustrates the results, with a very large majority of students in Kenya and Fiji being willing to volunteer. A notably smaller proportion of students in two universiti...
Intensive urbanization and related increase of impervious surfaces, causes negative impacts on the hydrological cycle, amplifying the risk of urban floods. These impacts can get even worse due to potential climate change impacts. The urban areas of the S
The step into political action and activism remains a daunting one for many of our traditional age undergraduates [45]. However, as Anne noted in the open-response question, "The LC . . . made me more conscious of my lifestyle choices and their impact on the environment and it influenced...