Archive for January 2019

The Sprawling Diversity of the Climate Protest Movement

January 30, 2019 Add Comment Edit

People all around the world are standing up and calling for climate action. A wide diversity of different groups and demographics are organizing and they are demanding that we reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.A growing and increasingly united climate protest movement is being led by women and young...

Radically Different Approaches to Climate Protest: Extinction Rebellion & the Sunrise Movement

January 29, 2019 Add Comment Edit

On the surface the Extinction Rebellion (XR) and Sunrise are polar opposite protest movements. Sunrise is bright and optimistic while XR is dark and brooding bordering despair. While XR is composed largely of elites from the UK, the Sunrise movement includes an ethnically diverse group of young people...

Climate Change was the Hot Topic at the World Economic Forum in Davos

January 28, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Climate change was the dominant theme at and this year's World Economic Forum (WEF). Panel discussions covered a wide range of related topics and including global warming, ocean sustainability and biodiversity. Al Gore, David Attenborough and Jane Goodall were among the participants.This year's Global...

Training - Advanced Certified Sustainability Practitioner Program

January 27, 2019 Add Comment Edit

The Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) Advanced Certified Sustainability Practitioner Program will take place on February 21 and 22, 2019 at Emory Conference Hotel located at 1615 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA. This is the leading program that can help you become a certified sustainability...

How a Company Gave Color to Rainbow Village

January 25, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Although it reads like a fairy-tale this is a real life account of the transformation of a slum into a beautiful and prosperous community. It is also a story about how responsible businesses can help local communities.Many companies contribute to their local communities but one company in Indonesia...

Climate Inaction vs Income Inequality: The Underlying Unity Behind these Antagonistic Protest Movements

January 24, 2019 Add Comment Edit

There are two very different motivations driving protesters. There are those who are demanding climate action and there are those who are frustrated by the growing income inequality gap. The former are on an urgent mission to save the planet while the later are preoccupied with meeting their basic...

January 23, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Despite the merits of carbon pricing Canada's Conservative premieres are united in their opposition to the country's proposed climate tax. The political dynamics are heating up in Canada ahead of a federal election that is scheduled to take place on October 21, 2019. It remains to be seen whether...

Combating Environmental Racism as the Nexus Between Civil Rights and Eco-Advocacy

January 21, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Today is MLK Day. On this occasion we celebrate the life of one of the greatest people ever to walk on American soil. Decades after his murder, Martin Luther King continues to breathe life into a new civil rights movement that includes efforts to combat prejudice alongside support for equal access...

Women's March Calls for Environmental Justice

January 21, 2019 Add Comment Edit

The Women's March is an annual worldwide protest. The first Women's March took place on January 21, 2017 the day after Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States. The sexism of the commander and chief helped to make the inaugural event the largest single day of protest in US history.Climate...

Event - Powershift: Young and Rising Climate Crisis Youth Organizing

January 20, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Powershift: Young and Rising — Climate Crisis Youth Organizing will take place starting on February 14th and conclude on Monday February 18, 2019. It will take place in Ottawa, on the land of the on the land of the Algonquin, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, and Anishinabek. At this event hundreds of young...

Event - Intersolar Europe 2019 Conference and Expo

January 20, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Intersolar Europe 2019 is an annual conference and exposition that will take place on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 to Friday, May 17, 2019 at the Messe München exhibition center in Munich, Germany. This is the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry and its partners. The event’s exhibition and...

Climate Change has Already Caused Mass Extinctions

January 18, 2019 Add Comment Edit

There is an historical precedent for the civilization ending climate crisis we are facing. An extinction event hundreds of millions of years ago has terrifying parallels to modern day climate change. We live in the age of the anthropocene, a time when human activity is decimating life on planet Earth...

Are Benefit Corporations the New Face of Capitalism?

January 16, 2019 Add Comment Edit

The B Corp may give us some indication of what the future of capitalism looks like. An increasing number of people are disgusted with the growing inequality between rich and poor. The ubiquitous feelings of marginalization and hopelessness are a recipe for disaster. At the very least they create...

Climate Change is the Real Emergency Border Walls are a Ruse

January 15, 2019 Add Comment Edit

The climate crisis is a real emergency the border wall is not. The window of opportunity to act on climate change is closing. Despite warnings from scientists, we are not seeing enough action from governments, especially the US federal government. We are on the cusp of civilization altering tipping...

January 14, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Value systems drive activism and these efforts are increasingly intersecting with corporate self interest. Companies have a vested interest in combating consumer skepticism. They know they cannot ignore consumers' distrust nor can they avoid the growing demand that businesses act in an ethical...

Event - Solar World Congress in Santiago Chile (Call for Participation)

January 13, 2019 Add Comment Edit

The Solar World Congress (SWC) will take place on November 4-7, 2019 at the Centro Parque in Santiago, Chile. This new and modern conference center is situated in a public park, with convenient access and many good hotels nearby. It has both an outdoor area, ideal for an exhibition, and indoor...