Waging Non-Violence

Sep 12, 2024 | resilience.org | Mark Engler |Paul Engler |Waging Non-Violence

[Editor’s note: This article is the second in a two-part series about how movements can understand and harness the polarizing effects of protest. The first part looked at why disruptive protest is inherently polarizing — and how movements can win in a polarized context.

Oct 18, 2023 | resilience.org | Alessandra Bergamin |Waging Non-Violence |Joel Stronberg |Mariana Villegas-Mendoza

The consensus among scientists is resounding: climate change poses a grave threat to both human wellbeing and the overall health of our planet. We need to dramatically cut down on emissions across all sectors and industries, with bold actions in this decade. This process must be fair and prioritize equity, inclusion, climate and environmental justice, and social justice. At its heart, this process calls for a reevaluation of our approach to “development”.

Oct 18, 2023 | resilience.org | Jeroen Candel |Alessandra Bergamin |Waging Non-Violence |Joel Stronberg

In this op-ed, Dr. Jeroen Candel, associate professor of food and agricultural policy, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, points to the failures of EU institutions to deliver on the Farm to Fork strategy, despite the impacts of worsening climate and biodiversity collapse.  Massive damage to crops and the death of thousands of animals in the Greek region of Thessaly as a result of Storm Daniel. The lowest European olive harvest in a decade due to drought.

Oct 18, 2023 | resilience.org | Alessandra Bergamin |Jeroen Candel |Joel Stronberg |Waging Non-Violence

This article was originally published on Waging Nonviolence. Last month, President Joe Biden announced the launch of the American Climate Corps, or ACC — a program that will train some 20,000 young people in careers in climate and clean energy.