Is Humanity a Virus?
The world, as it is, is sick. … Many thus conclude that humanity itself is the sickness. They then point to deforestation, pollution of land and water, and extinction of various species as additional evidence. Their case rested, they comfortably call humanity either a virus or a cancer doomed from the moment we evolved to infect our heavenly host and bring about its demise.
What the Climate Movement Can Learn from the Civil Rights Movements
The climate movement is the move important cause of our generation. Yet it’s clear that those leading the fight haven’t understood what made past efforts so impactful. … Civil rights organizations show why we need to provide a clear vision, spread hope not fear or shame, criticize the system, meet people where they’re at, and empower local communities.
The Decade We Define Our Destiny
Here is where I tell the story of the work being done daily in the quest to create carbon free communities.
Here is where I share the visions of the future forming as the transition becomes tangible.
Here is where I unearth the emotions evoked as we watch the old world wither and witness the emergence of something new.
Why Are Black People Hotter than White People?
I didn’t make the rules. I see the facts. I report the facts. That’s all. And the fact is Black people are hotter than White people. It’s in the data and indisputable.
Before you burst into a white-hot rage, before you rush to call me a “reverse racist” or whatever other lackluster insult leaps first to your mind, before you barrage me with your list of bombshells exemplifying Eurocentric beauty standards, let me just say this: Idris Elba. Lupita Nyongo’o. Michael B. Jordan. Beyonce. Me.
The Climate Movement Must Lead with Hope Over Fear
The world is quickly being turned on its head as we hurtle towards and past a series of climate tipping points, each triggering an onslaught of unnatural disasters which are far beyond our ability to control or even predict.
Yet, the message I am here to send is not one of fear and despair. In fact, it’s quite the opposite.
Black Lives Can’t Matter Without Climate Justice
Black communities are surrounded by toxic waste sites. Black communities are breathing the asthma-inducing emissions of industry. Black communities are sliced through by highways.
And when heat waves, droughts, floods, extreme storms, and the other effects of climate change descend on cities, Black communities bear the brunt of it.
How a Terrorist Attack Gave Birth to a (New) Newsletter
When a White supremacist attacked a Black grocery store, everyone was affected. Some more than others. When the time-traveling grief of the shooting caught up with me, it left me alternating between shouting at the sky and crying into the dirt.