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.
April 2, 2024 • ~8 min
Not all activists are in the media spotlight, but they’re crucial to promoting action to slow climate change.
With international climate talks failing to make progress fast enough, activists are radically rethinking how to be most effective in the streets, political arenas and courtrooms.
With international climate talks failing to make progress fast enough, activists are radically rethinking how to be most effective in the streets, political arenas and courtrooms.
Media coverage of Extinction Rebellion’s mass protest was muted compared with that of Just Stop Oil’s snooker disruption.
Activists aren’t necessarily more aggressive than in the past, but they are using creative and sometime shocking new tactics that quickly go viral.
Activists aren’t necessarily more aggressive than in the past, but they are using creative and sometime shocking new tactics that quickly go viral.
People want to shoot the messenger, but they do hear the message.
Global climate movements have espoused nonviolence, but some are adopting more radical tactics in light of the increasing threats posed by climate change.
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