Don't Call it Clean: Confronting the White House on Dirty Energy by Shadia Fayne Wood

Don't Call it Clean: Confronting the White House on Dirty Energy by Shadia Fayne Wood: "We were a group of young people, most of us people of color from communities disproportionately impacted by dirty energy. We had all imagined how different our lives might become under the Obama administration—and many of us had worked tirelessly to get him elected."

Colin Beavan: Advice From an Accidental Activist

So many of us have good ideas for helping the world. But we tuck our ideas away. I did. I’d tell myself that if the idea were any good someone else would have already done it. That I’m not capable of making a difference. I’d sit on my ideas, get on with my “life,” and then feel angry at the world because the problems I cared about didn’t get solved.

I had that fear of going first. Read more...

Activist Post: The Tipping Point is Here

Activist Post: The Tipping Point is Here: "I believe we have finally breached the tipping point in the socio-political landscape of the United States of America. �There will be no going back from here. �Everyone on all levels of society including the elites must make a choice. �Will you stand for real reform and an end of the feudalistic rule of the oligarchs and their paid-off puppets that line the streets of Washington D.C., or will you keep your mouth shut and play the old and dying game in the context of a completely different cultural environment?"

The Revolutionary Optimists - ITVS

The Revolutionary Optimists - ITVS: "Amlan Ganguly empowers children to become activists and educators, with powerful results. The Revolutionary Optimists follows him as he attempts to replicate his work in the brick fields outside the city, where children live and work in unimaginable conditions."