The People’s Climate March last Sunday was an overwhelming experience in many ways: where the route was planned for 100,000 to 250,000 people, between 310,000 and 400,000 people actually participated by the end of the day. Halfway through the morning, one of my march buddies looked around and said to me: “So many people here. And not one […]
After the People’s Climate March
UPDATE: The Climate Justice Alliance, one of the multi-demographic coalitions that literally led the People’s Climate March through the streets of New York, was barred from the UN Climate Talks this week. I’m back from the People’s Climate March—and it was an incredible experience to share with hundreds of thousands of other people. As I […]
Reader Review 10
Fewer than 36 hours before the People’s Climate March in NYC! But between that and the Scottish independence referendum (#indyref), there’s a lot of good writing to look over. Let this week’s long and short reads help you catch up. Watch Disruption and inform yourself, but leave the fear behind Climate Stew: Disruption Film and Review […]
Watch Disruption and Listen to Climate Stew
If you have 53 minutes today or at any time this week, you have the time to watch 350.org’s film, Disruption. It’s captioned in English. “DISRUPTION” – a film by KELLY NYKS & JARED P. SCOTT from Watch Disruption on Vimeo. “Climate change exacerbates every kind of social injustice that faith communities have fought against for […]
Updates: Tumbling into Fall
Where did the summer go? I blinked and it was gone. June: Sunlight Foundation’s Transparency Camp (#tcamp14) I met the Sunlight Foundation’s operations director Scott Wells in May this year at a mutual friend’s new pastorate—just a few days after I’d seen a promoted tweet about the foundation’s annual un-conference on transparency, open government, and civic technologies: […]
