Your impact is small. We hear it all the time. Your individual action will have such a tiny impact on the environment it almost doesn’t matter at all. It’s pretty much true. And that’s okay. Unless you’re a Bill Gates, Elon Musk, or Mark Zuckerburg, most people’s actions have very little effect on the world as a whole. The same […]
The fossil fuel industry has been trying to cloud their impact on climate and the planet for decades, so it’s really important that we recognize when they’re trying to use their tactics to confuse us. By deflecting the blame onto individuals, they take the focus off of themselves, but does that mean you shouldn’t bother with individual action? Recommended Reading […]
Wrapping up my 4-episode chat about the green new deal, we’re talking about the guidelines that the GND suggests to be sure that we all benefit from the GND, not just the rich. Link to my dad’s excellent GND summary: https://verdantgrowth.blog/archives/581 Link to the summary with Eugene’s commentary & explanations: Part 1: https://verdantgrowth.blog/archives/589Part 2: https://verdantgrowth.blog/archives/601
We’re looking at the goals and action items of the Green New Deal! Tomorrow, how we can be sure everyone benefits! Today I promised myself I would do a much better episode than yesterday. I hope I succeeded. Link to my dad’s excellent GND summary: https://verdantgrowth.blog/archives/581 Link to the summary with Eugene’s commentary & explanations: Part 1: https://verdantgrowth.blog/archives/589Part 2: https://verdantgrowth.blog/archives/601
Continuing my previous discussion of what’s in the green new deal, today we’re discussing the social, economic, and national security issues brought on by climate change. Post recording note: Man guys, today I was just out of it. I was tired, my thoughts weren’t fully formed, my internet was dropping in and out…Everything was just a mess on this day. […]
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so I thought it would be appropriate to discuss how much environmental activism is tied together with black rights, indigenous rights, and other kinds of modern day activism.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”—Martin Luther King, Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” April 16, 1963 Activism is generally a good thing. People fighting for civil rights, justice, and the general good of human-kind. It […]
The video version of my blog post on books that I recommend on climate change and environmental activism! For links to the books, check out the blog post here:
Talk about climate change is unavoidable these days. In the 2020 election, the top 3 concerns of voters were the economy, coronavirus, and climate change. In part due to the record-breaking heatwaves, wildfires, and hurricanes experienced by Americans, the concern over climate change has grown considerably. Unfortunately, although fundamentally a non-political issue, it has been made political by the fossil […]