Indian farmers are still protesting, though you wouldn’t know it if you were only following Western (and primarily American) news sources. These brave farmers have led one of the largest labor uprisings in the world, blocking major highways into New Deli demanding that the government recall three disastrous laws that promise to deregulate the Indian...
I’ll be honest, I’m skeptical of any brand or company that claims to be doing any kind of altruistic alternative form of Black Friday. Not that it’s impossible that any are doing so, but that the goal remains to sell as much as possible – be it through traditional or ethical consumerism. That’s not to...
If I hear anyone say that we live in unprecedented times again, I’m going to scream. It doesn’t make it less true. Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for eight minutes and 36 seconds in response to a call that Floyd may have used a counterfeit bill...
There have been protests across the United States demanding that states “re-open” their non-essential businesses as part of a concerted, conservative push to re-open the American economy. While it’s true that millions are suffering economically and emotionally as we shelter in place, this push brings forth a terrifying, eugenics-laden question of “when is it safe...
As the Coronavirus pandemic rages on, we have to be vigilant of disaster capitalism and what author and activist Naomi Klein calls the shock doctrine, an exploitation of crises to push through policies while the public is overwhelmed in order to create a “new normal.” The Trump administration has already made alarming moves to deregulate...
A global pandemic is upon us, and we will not be the same after this is over. Millions will die across the world and hundreds of thousands here in the U.S. – and that’s the best-case scenario. It’s overwhelming, it’s scary, and it’s hard to make sense of this slow-moving tragedy that’s unfolding in front...
It’s been a long time since eco-fascism has been in the news, but we in the environmental community need to stay alert to this kind of thinking as more people wake up to the global climate crisis. Unfortunately, being concerned about the environment does not necessarily lead to leftist or even left-of-center ideology. As people...
Biodiversity is as much a part of the health of our planet as a balanced diet is part of our own wellbeing. Biodiversity describes the variety within and between species, or within and between ecosystems; generally, the greater the diversity the healthier the system. The more different kinds of species are found in an ecosystem,...
Combining cute mascots, productivity, games, and environmentalism is a good way to make me obsessed with something. The world of productivity apps is crowded, and honestly most of them don’t really help, or make tasks needlessly complex. However, I find them necessary to give me either the encouragement to develop good habits, like doing yoga...
A couple of nights ago, half the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates took the debate stage for a second time. There are still twenty candidates trying to break out from the crowded field, many will ask a resounding “Who??” as former Maryland Rep. John Delaney, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, or Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan answer...
I knew it would be barely sustainable for me, a Millennial working in the precarious creative field, a small business owner, a woman plagued by an unshakable sense that I’m forgetting something or not doing enough to claim success; still I tried, and subsequently failed, to take a digital cleanse. I aspired to turn off...
I’ve seen it in environmentalist spaces, I see it every day on social media, I hear about it in the news as genteel talking heads croon with calm authority; we mourn the loss of civility in Western civility. However, now that it’s so often a topic of public consternation, I encourage a critical discussion about...