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Is your environmentalism intersectional? It should be

GreenBiz

We want people to be inclusive, and we want people and companies not to be silent on these issues anymore because that’s how we’ve gotten to this point in the first place," said Katz, director of communications at IE. But we’ve been focusing our efforts on a couple of different pillars that are really central to IE as a business.

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Our response to: “why don’t you start a political party?”

Low Impact

There’s a question we often hear: “why don’t you start a political party?” Political parties write their manifestos, that members of the public read (OK, that part is pure fantasy). Political parties write their manifestos, that members of the public read (OK, that part is pure fantasy). Then you can implement your proposals.

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The growing popularity of degrowth

Grist

My work buddy Lucy gets on two stops down, always with a pair of scones, wheeling her bike next to mine in the locker downstairs before joining me in the sunny coach section. Twice a week, this; twice a week, we co-work from a cafe in the suburbs. “And one of the central ideas of degrowth is shorter working hours.”

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How Stockton and California are building resilience from the ground up

GreenBiz

How Stockton and California are building resilience from the ground up. California — as well as the rest of the United States and, in some cases, the rest of the world — is facing three major crises right now: the COVID-19 pandemic; the climate emergency; and racial injustice. . Deonna Anderson. Mon, 11/02/2020 - 00:05.

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11 young professionals on the future of sustainable finance

GreenBiz

The Emerging Leaders program aims to foster a community of sustainability professionals that is diverse and representative of the world in which we live. The Emerging Leaders program aims to foster a community of sustainability professionals that is diverse and representative of the world in which we live. Deonna Anderson.

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

GreenBiz

How the climate crisis will crash the economy. Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. Just imagine what 2° or 3° or 4° will look like, and how much it will cost. Joel Makower. Mon, 09/14/2020 - 02:11.

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Q&A: ‘Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action’

DeSmogBlog

What will it take for the world to finally rally around rapid, sustained climate action? Building upon years of research on activism, democracy, and climate politics, Fisher explores the state of the climate movement today to understand how radical direct action is evolving as the climate crisis worsens. Professor Dana R.