Children feel the threat of climate change and want to drive radical action to safeguard their future - so we should too, argues children's author SUE HAMPTON.
… Children need sensitive climate change … | 25th September 2018 Comment Recycled Children School Education Climate Change Activism kids-2835431_960_720.jpg Children feel the threat of climate change and …
Can families play a frontline role in the fight against climate change? The Ecologist meets the parent-child activists who believe they can
… Activist families: the parents and children protesting against climate change … right. It’s a parental responsibility to help children understand the world they’re growing … which campaign comrades and even their children use when police or potential …
The documentary Bananas! highlighted plight of Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who brought a legal case in the US against the use of a banned pesticide DBCP by the Dole Food Company. Tom Levitt reports
… Workers reported being unable to father any children and women reported losing children. They are now involved in an on-going … sterile, or women losing their babies or more children with birth defects or water and soil …
The Gond tribe of Hasdeo Arand, the largest and oldest stretch of forest land in central India, is on the verge of losing its home in the face of coal mining.
… April to the second week of June, women and children venture into the forests to get their … its Gond cultural heritage — scenes of children in the trees are common, as many have … only for meat but also to feed malnourished children, says Jamuna Bai. Bandhan Rao, 60, a …
For the women of Guazapa, El Salvador, the bicycle has become a sign of freedom, sustainability and empowerment.
… increased autonomy and sustainability. Children Ruth Consuelo Ortiz is a 46-year-old mother of six children, and she started working at a young … “I am also teaching bike mechanics to my children. When I am not there, they still …
Images of burning cars and narratives about Canadian natives breaking the law obscure the real story about the Mi'kmaq people's opposition to shale gas exploration writes Martin Lukacs....
… snipers crawled through the forest, putting children and elders in their cross-hairs. … the fish, the wildlife. And then for the children, locked away in residential schools … worried about the water and the future of my children," he says . He is among the …
In Colombia, whole villages are suffering due to the mining of coal which is destined for Europe. However, the local villagers are now unionising and fighting for more rights. MARINA KELAVA reports.
… we grew some food and we lived well. Now our children can only see that on TV. The course … recognized, the villagers, including many children, are still in the same place. The …
Professor Chris Rapley discusses the Climate Change Act 10 years on - and warns we are not acting on a 'scale or pace' to stay beneath the crucial 2ºC of warming. In this interview with NICK BREEZE, he balances the inadequacies of climate policy with the growing willingness of many people to take action
… And they are concerned about future of their children and their children’s children and, indeed, other’s people’s …
On international women's day, a remarkable lady fighting to maintain the ancient traditions, local knowledge and sacred sites of one of South Africa's last indigenous clans talks to the Ecologist
… everybody a space - men have their own space, children have their own space, women have … 74 when I was born, and I'm the 11th of 24 children. My father gave me the name of … from the elders before they die, then future children will be staying on the edge not …
Climate breakdown is causing mental breakdown. (Trigger warning: suicide).
… not to show up at a protest. Whether to have children. A major factor here is own personal … researchers found that excessive guilt in children can have a pronounced physical impact … One study carried out multiple assessments of children over the course of ten years and …
Extinction Rebellion member Sarah was found guilty following the "uprising" in London last summer. Here, we publish her statement to the court.
… for the last 16 years, trying to protect children at risk of harm in order to ensure … will all be for nothing, because none of our children will have a future if we as a species …
Resurgence & Ecologist magazine spoke to Dee Woods about what resilience means to her and the Granville Community Kitchen.
… we started in 2012, and we wanted to teach children and young people how to cook. And … I do. I’m in a kitchen with young people and children, and we make mistakes and we have …
Information about information, ideas without place, facts without action… It’s time we got off the net, into the world and with the programme, says Michael Bugeja
… happen because of a lack of information? If children die of starvation in Ethiopia, does … Child project, in believing disenfranchised children need access to. They don’t need …
BREAKING: Animal Rebellion blockading McDonald’s burger factory, which produces 3 million beef patties per day.
… "To save ourselves and the future of our children, we must start transitioning towards … free school meals to another 1.1 million children who need them, funding holiday …
Active travel activists should take the lead of climate activists and adopt direct action tactics to win their demands.
… impact on the urban environment, cyclists and children. Tensions Although cycling and … “The vision of Kiddical Mass is that all children and young people can safely and … ride tactic in this case are showing that children can physically cycle, but it’s the …
From the next Erin Brokovitch, to a group of teens cleaning up Kenya's Kibera slum, a clutch of innovative youth film-makers are documenting crucial issues and demanding social and environmental justice
… young filmmakers in Kibera called Voiceless Children. ‘My main motivation for making the … think about what's going to be there for our children. We hope they keep the flow going - I …
A new documentary, An Ecology of Mind, directed by Nora Bateson, celebrates her father Gregory - anthropologist, philosopher, ecologist and systems theorist
… bind we are in is one in which to feed our children and survive from day to day, we are … the long-term survival of ourselves and our children. We are stuck either way. We are in a …
The people taking part in mass demonstrations for a ceasefire in Gaza and the strategic direct actions to stop climate breakdown are learning vital lessons from each other.
… signs calling for peace. Parents hold their children close. There are keffiyehs and … the use of coal, oil and gas: the fate of the children in Gaza tonight has been decided by …
'In a climate emergency, stories can save lives. The more and better, relevant stories that we tell, the more lives will be saved.'
… the ice at the water’s edge and kidnapped children, dragging them to an icy doom. Its purpose is fairly obvious, in teaching children to beware of thin ice and the dangers …
Nonviolent activism is an incredibly powerful means of transforming the world, writes Robert J. Burrowes. But to harness that power, we must understand that it works by inspiring others to join in a just and noble cause, while communicating the actions they can take in their own lives. Its essential modes are thus political and psychological - and victory can result from apparent failure.
… catastrophe, violence against women and/or children, nuclear weapons, drone killings, …