Climate Action Epistemology Part 4: Technological Potential in the IPCC Mitigation Report
An activist’s analysis of the IPCC mitigation report. Part 4: Evaluating messages about the potential of technology to reduce emissions.
Building Autonomy
Everyday people must build social movements capable of creating a new society. These essays discuss the autonomy we’ll rely on to do so.
Climate Action Epistemology Part 5: Power Relationships in the IPCC Mitigation Report
An activist’s analysis of the IPCC mitigation report. Part 5: Exploring how the report covers the role of social power in climate (in)action.
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Climate Action Epistemology Part 6: Conclusion – Developing an Intellectually and Politically Active Culture
An activist’s analysis of the IPCC mitigation report. Part 6: We must cultivate a deep understanding of climate mitigation among the public.
Climate, Culture, and the Need for a New Enlightenment
The transition to a sustainable society requires more than technological change. Social movements must lay the cultural groundwork.
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Educating for Climate Activism, Autonomy, and System Change
To meet growing calls for system change, climate curriculums need to synthesize several disciplines. The broad literacies described here provide a foundation that can help people grasp the multiple dimensions of the climate crisis. By remaining focused on the goal of cultivating autonomy, educators can prepare learners to become activists who are capable of reshaping the interconnected systems at the root of the problem.
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A Few Thoughts on Transition Education
A transition-focused education system is essential for addressing our ecological crises. Social movements must create it.
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Mass Education and the Climate Crisis: Lessons from the Pandemic
There are political lessons highlighted by elites’ response to the pandemic that, if internalized by the climate movement and much of the general public, can advance the fight for a Green New Deal. Climate activists must take on the task of mass education to ensure these lessons are learned.
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Crises and Common Sense
A revised excerpt from “Mass Education and the Climate Crisis: Lessons from the Pandemic” published by Boston Review. Though our experience with the pandemic offers crucial lessons that could advance the fight for a Green New Deal, crises don’t necessarily trigger a shift in public consciousness. The climate movement must recognize that mass education is one of its core responsibilities.
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A Debt Reckoning is Unavoidable. Will Activists Seize the Moment?
Published by Waging Nonviolence. A debt crisis mounting in the wake of the pandemic’s economic shutdowns has two modes of resolution. It will either unleash mass homelessness and widespread financial ruin or force elites to cancel debts long treated as sacred. Social movements must seize this moment: either route offers an essential lesson for the public that activists must ensure is learned.
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Towards a Climate Activism Curriculum: Economic Literacy
Published as “The Promise of Ecological Economics” by The Trouble.
By developing economic literacy beyond the limits of the mainstream, activists can find ways to resolve the apparent conflict between economic stability and serious climate action.
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