Many consider political polarization—the vast gap between Republicans and Democrats—to be a defining and ever-growing feature of American politics today. But an experiment called “America in One Room” set out to discover just how rigid and vast that gap is. Turns out: It’s not as solid or as wide as you may think.
Tag: Environmental Justice
The Climate Crisis is a Feminist Issue
We’ve heard stories about natural disasters time and time again as global warming has intensified, resulting in more “worst-ever weather events.” But we are less likely to hear what happens next.
Population Control Isn’t the Answer to Our Climate Crisis
It’s time to kill the idea, once and for all, that we can address climate breakdown and resource scarcity through population control.
From Apathy to Activism in the Fight for Clean Water
I’m committed to being a water protector that will hold polluters accountable and change the system—so that my future children, and their children’s children, can live in a world where our health and environment means more than filling the pockets of industry interests.
We Don’t Need to “Fix” Women—We Need to Build Systems That Work for Them
Most of the global conversations on women’s empowerment in the agriculture sector have been about how women can contribute to food security and poverty reduction, and how we need to organize them and build their capacity to play this role better and more effectively. This is not enough.
Young Activists are Going on Strike to Demand Action on Climate Change
“We young people have understood that the climate crisis is an emergency, and we ask everyone to act like it, to stop business as usual with us.”
TAKE ACTION: Join Feminist Leaders in Advancing Climate Justice
At the Connected Women Leaders Forum, Mary Robinson challenged the global women leaders present to make a commitment to put climate justice at the center of their work, whatever their primary focus might be, and become a Connected Leader for Climate Justice. Every woman in attendance said “yes.”
Why Female Leadership is What the Climate Justice Movement Needs
The need for women’s leadership is ever more pressing when it comes to the climate crisis. Here’s why they should step up—and how you can help.
The Women of Sunrise
Young women are leading a fast-growing movement to enact a Green New Deal and halt climate change.
Why Women? Why Now? Gender and Our Environmental Crisis
Climate change is the world’s problem, but women are taking the lead to solve it.