Tag: climate
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Is it okay to rest in times of crisis?
‘You’re not doing enough’ ‘Rest is radical!’ ‘You need to check your privilege’ ‘You don’t have to save the world’ I bet you every activist has struggled with the guilt of rest… I don’t have good answers, but increasingly I’m learning that it’s okay to prioritise my joy while navigating this messy, messy world.
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23F: That’s a wrap on junior fall
At the end of every Dartmouth term, I look back and wonder how 10 weeks have slipped through my fingers just like that… Fall 2023 was crazy and messy and an absolute whirlwind—but probably also my favourite term yet.
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COP27: The system is broken
The COP system brainwashes you into thinking there’s no alternative, that this is the only way the system can work. This is what it wants you to believe: Slow, incremental progress, or nothing at all. It is a process that strips you of all imagination and creativity and hope.
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UN Ocean Conference 2022 Resources
A link dump of key issues that were discussed at the 2022 UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal!
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Stockholm+50 Daily Blog!
Click to go to… Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Day 5 DAY ONE – Monday, 30 May After 15 hours of travelling, I’ve finally made it to Stockholm! Today was mostly spent getting to know everyone, collecting our badges, settling down, as well as last minute organising and…
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Xiye Bastida and Climate Activism at the Met Gala
Image credits: WWD The 2022 Met Gala took place on 2 May in New York City — a concentration of elite fashion, glamour, wealth, and prestige. Amongst the exclusive guest list of A-list celebrities was 20-year-old climate activist Xiye Bastida, a Fridays for Future NYC organiser and co-founder of NGO Re-Earth Initiative. Her attendance raised…
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Mairiporã and the Anthropocene
Written by Mayumi Liz de Andrade Miyazato, about light pollution in her hometown Mairiporã, Brazil. (This piece was an assignment about the Anthropocene for an Environmental Justice class.)
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Commentary: Did activism have a part to play in Singapore’s new net zero target?
Spoiler alert: Not really.