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The Youth Climate Movement Around the World | Earth Focus | Season 3, Episode 1 | KCET

By Sarah Duroff | October 21, 2022 | Comments Off on The Youth Climate Movement Around the World | Earth Focus | Season 3, Episode 1 | KCET

In 2019, sixteen children from across the world, including Greta Thunberg, filed a historical, global lawsuit petitioning the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to hold five of the world’s leading economic powers accountable for inaction on the climate crisis. All 16 young people are alarmed by the changes they see in…

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Generation Now: The Fight For Climate Justice | TIME

By Sarah Duroff | September 7, 2022 | Comments Off on Generation Now: The Fight For Climate Justice | TIME

Today’s young people are coming of age just as the stable climate that has allowed previous generations to thrive on our planet begins to visibly break down—and just before our last chance to stop it falls out of reach.

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Indigenous Peoples and Climate Justice by Kyle Powys Whyte

By Sarah Duroff | May 24, 2022 | Comments Off on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Justice by Kyle Powys Whyte

In his lecture “Indigenous Peoples and Climate Justice,” Kyle Powys Whyte showcases indigenous leadership in the climate justice movement and illustrates the unique and grave threat climate change poses to indigenous experiences and ways of life. Climate change is not a new phenomenon for indigenous people, he explains. There are long-standing traditions in indigenous cultures…

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This is just how unfair climate change is

By Sarah Duroff | May 18, 2022 | Comments Off on This is just how unfair climate change is

We’re all living through the climate crisis. But we’re not all in it together. So what exactly does climate change have to do with social injustice? And how can we fix it? This is climate justice explained. We’re destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn’t need to be this way. Our new…

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Frontline Youth: Fighting for Climate Justice

By Sarah Duroff | May 6, 2022 | Comments Off on Frontline Youth: Fighting for Climate Justice

Black and Brown youth speak for themselves to tell their stories as a part of an intergenerational movement for liberation from all extractive systems and industries. More info This 7 minute video showcases the beauty and joy of young people who come from a long legacy of intergenerational leadership, grounded in community. They are fighting…

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Racism and Climate Change Are About You | Dr. Atyia Martin | TEDxDirigo

By Sarah Duroff | April 28, 2022 | Comments Off on Racism and Climate Change Are About You | Dr. Atyia Martin | TEDxDirigo

Climate change effects us all, but it doesn’t effect us equally. In this thorough talk, Dr. Martin examines the intersections of climate change and racism, from who’s at the table during policymaking, to which communities are effected by natural disasters, and which receive resources first. Incorporating multidisciplinary data and research, Dr. Martin proposes ways for…

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Moving to Action on Climate Justice | Tracey Osborne | TEDxGAIAjourney

By Sarah Duroff | April 26, 2022 | Comments Off on Moving to Action on Climate Justice | Tracey Osborne | TEDxGAIAjourney

Tracey Osborne addresses the topic of intersectionality in the climate crisis through a systems view. This talk was featured as the closing keynote speech at the TEDxGAIAjourney event of Oct 15th, 2020.

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The Promise of Climate Justice | Michel Gelobter Ph.D. | TEDxMarinSalon

By Sarah Duroff | April 18, 2022 | Comments Off on The Promise of Climate Justice | Michel Gelobter Ph.D. | TEDxMarinSalon

Michel discusses how Justice and Climate Change are inseparable, and understanding their unity is the key to transformative solutions. Michel Gelobter is the co-founder of the Green Leadership Trust, a coalition of the people of color and indigenous board members of US environmental organizations. He is the managing director of the non-profit Reflective Earth, chairman…

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ICLD Migration from the Sahel

By Sarah Duroff | April 13, 2022 | Comments Off on ICLD Migration from the Sahel

ICLD Migration from the Sahel from ICLD on Vimeo. This video forms part of a research series that seeks to understand the multiple treatable causes for climate-related migration from the Sahel towards Europe and the role of local political representation through local government in addressing those causes, researchers travelled to the Tambacounda Region in Senegal…

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Climate Change is a Social Justice Issue | Adriana Laurent | TEDxUBC

By Sarah Duroff | March 29, 2022 | Comments Off on Climate Change is a Social Justice Issue | Adriana Laurent | TEDxUBC

Adriana talks about the connection between climate change and social justice through a lens of story telling. She discusses the impacts of climate change on her home country, Honduras, and how she discovered the intersections between these two issues. Far too often we talk about the effect of climate change on the planet, and she…

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