Tag: youth climate movement
How young climate activists built a mass movement to be reckoned...
The movement of the future has potential to further re-shape politics in ways most of us can’t even imagine.
Three years after the first global school strike, signs of the...
Instead of succumbing to the challenges of the past few years, young climate activists are learning to adapt and build on their past actions.
Youth demand action on nature, following IUCN’s first-ever global youth summit
“So we linked our demands to our own actions through our ‘Your Promise, Our Future’ campaign and are showing world leaders what we are doing for the world and then asking them what they are going to do for us and our future.”
Youth demand US action on climate-induced loss and damage in global...
"We are a generation that doesn't want only to blame; we want to influence concrete change on the political, community, and society level."
‘2020 really belongs to us’: The youth climate movement rallies around...
The Sunrise Movement and progressive allies are applying new strategies to turn out young voters—and to convince parents to pull the lever for Democrats.
Youth activists call on California state teachers retirement system to end...
"CalSTRS is playing roulette with our pensions and our children's future by holding onto these doomed assets."
Judges point dismissed youth climate plaintiffs to political system corrupted by...
“The real issue here is one of democracy."
A rising youth movement picks up where governments have failed
The youth movement is diverse and contains many political currents, but above all it is an expression of positive action, hope for the future, and readiness for far-reaching change.
How the youth-led climate strikes became a global mass movement
The Global Climate Strike is the result of a whole new generation taking bold action and could be the turning point for grassroots resistance to fossil fuels.
With youth climate actions backed by leading experts, latest round of...
"We can change it all if we want it all, and we do."
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The Target company’s capitulation to homophobes and transphobes is a testament to the dangers of relying on corporations to uphold social justice.