Year: 2019
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Resisting Banks that Fund Climate Change
Progressive Christian Social Action Resisting Banks that Fund Climate Change Re-posted here on United Methodist Insight e-magazine. On September 25, 2019, during the week of the Global Climate Strike, I participated in an action in San Francisco that focused on big banks, in solidarity with the millions of children, young people, and their allies…
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Youth-Led Climate Actions
Progressive Christian Social Action Youth-Led Climate Campaigns I often walk along a canal in the woods near my home. One day, while walking there with my teenage granddaughters and two of their friends, our talk turned from light-hearted banter to the state of the planet. Sixteen-year-old Darren said, “When I think of the future, it’s…
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Global Climate Strike
Progressive Christian Social Action Global Climate Strike In a recent article, climate leader Bill McKibben challenged adults to offer support to children and youth who face accelerating climate change by joining in upcoming Global Climate Strike actions. He asked, “On what kind of world do we expect 15-year-olds to tackle our biggest problems by themselves?”…
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Climate Trial: #AllEyesOnJuliana
Progressive Christian Social Action Climate Trial: #AllEyesOnJuliana Tomorrow, June 4, in Portland Oregon, at 2 p.m. Pacific Time, three judges of the Ninth Circuit will hear Trump Administration lawyers who seek to stop the progress of a high-stakes trial related to climate change: Juliana vs. the United States. The lawsuit is being brought by a…