Who are today’s climate activists? Dispelling 3 big myths for Earth Month

Not all activists are in the media spotlight, but they’re crucial to promoting action to slow climate change.

Dana R. Fisher, Director of the Center for Environment, Community & Equity and Professor in the School of International Service, American University • conversation
April 2, 2024 • ~8 min

How ‘Dune’ became a beacon for the fledgling environmental movement − and a rallying cry for the new science of ecology

When Frank Herbert sat down in 1963 to start writing ‘Dune,’ he wasn’t thinking about how to leave Earth behind. He was thinking about how to save it.

Devin Griffiths, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
March 15, 2024 • ~10 min

'Blue marble': how half a century of climate change has altered the face of the Earth

A new image has been taken of the whole Earth 50 years after the first - revealing noticeable changes to its surface.

Oliver Gruner, Senior Lecturer in Visual Culture, University of Portsmouth • conversation
Jan. 31, 2023 • ~7 min

Earth Day panel examines a way forward on climate change

The panel of experts looked at success and failures since the first Earth Day in 1970.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
April 22, 2022 • ~6 min

Is it possible to heal the damage we have already done to the Earth?

The Earth is a resilient planet, but people are altering it in ways that may take centuries to reverse.

Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University • conversation
April 18, 2022 • ~6 min

Q+A: Joe Biden's Earth Day summit – what could it achieve for action on climate change?

Plus how to interpret the outcome of the pre-COP26 summit.

Richard Beardsworth, Professor of International Politics, University of Leeds • conversation
April 21, 2021 • ~7 min

Environmental activism goes digital in lockdown – but could it change the movement for good?

During the pandemic, climate activists are thinking globally and acting digitally.

William Finnegan, PhD Candidate in Climate Education and Activism, University of Oxford • conversation
May 7, 2020 • ~7 min

Earth Day at 50 – what the environmental holiday means today

Thousands of Americans took part in the first Earth Day 50 years ago. What has changed since then?

Marc Hudson, Research Associate in Social Movements, Keele University • conversation
April 22, 2020 • ~7 min

The first Earth Day was a shot heard around the world

April 22, 2020 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, which catalyzed action to protect the environment not just in the US but internationally.

Maria Ivanova, Associate Professor of Global Governance and Director, Center for Governance and Sustainability, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston • conversation
April 16, 2020 • ~8 min

Gina McCarthy reflects on progress 50 years after Cuyahoga River fire

Environmental protection is not a goal to achieve but a task to be undertaken by one generation and handed to the next, Gina McCarthy, the former EPA administrator and current director of Harvard’s Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, told the Gazette in an Earth Day interview.

Alvin Powell • harvard
April 19, 2019 • ~12 min

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