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Special Announcement from MG: Evolutions & Transitions

February 12, 2018 | Ellen Choy

“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X Ten years ago, Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project (MG) was born in study, analysis, relationship and conversation.... Read more »

Transition Is Inevitable, Justice Is Not: A Critical Framework for Just Recovery

December 18, 2017 | Ellen Choy

Guided by the leadership of communities building and re-building home everywhere post-disaster, we humbly offer this framework for a Just Recovery.

CALL TO ACTION: Zombie March on Coal – Monday October 30th!

October 27, 2017 | Ellen Choy

Workers and youth unite against the Tagami Coal-pocalypse!

Support North Bay Fire Relief for Frontline Communities: Donate Today to the Undocufund

October 26, 2017 | Ellen Choy

The lives of so many people, plants, animals, and land that we know and love have been impacted by the ecological catastrophe of the North Bay fires. Please support communities who face significant challenges in meeting urgent needs and rebuilding their lives. Donate to UndocuFund!

Towards a Just Transition in Richmond, California: Cooperation Richmond Launches!

October 26, 2017 | Ellen Choy

Congratulations Cooperation Richmond for a successful launch!

Congratulations Michelle! Announcing the 2017 Ashoka Fellows

October 23, 2017 | Ellen Choy

We are so incredibly proud that our sister/comrade Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan has been chosen as a 2017 Ashoka Fellow!

Watch ‘The North Pole’ : Full Season Available Now!

September 28, 2017 | Ellen Choy

It's here! The full season is available to watch for free on the show's new website.

The Work of Love and the Love of Work: Resilience-Based Organizing as a Path Forward

September 7, 2017 | Ellen Choy

An article written by MG in 2013 about the concept of "Resilience-Based Organizing" and how the vision of directly meeting needs through collective actions begins to liberate our labor from the chains of the market and restore our labor to the web of life - which is at the heart of ecological restoration and community resilience in the face of ecological disruption and economic collapse.

Biological and Cultural Diversity: Repairing and Depending On the Web of Life

September 7, 2017 | Ellen Choy

The web of life is all of what we’ve got to work with – the biological and cultural diversity that currently exists – all of the living world. This living web has strands that are connected – but the exploitative, oppressive system that we live in, in addition to creating all kinds of social destruction, is snipping away at the strings and we are getting close to collapse.

The Meaning of Home / El significado de ‘hogar’

September 7, 2017 | Ellen Choy

Using etymology to break down the concepts of ecology, ecosystem, economy, and why it's time to restructure and reclaim the management of home.

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Culture Shift Using arts and culture together with grassroots organizing to build our creative resistance and radical imagination for our peoples and the planet, building a loud, proud, and beautiful front for climate justice. Current projects include The North Pole web series!
Resilience-Based Organizing Applying our labor to directly meet our needs through shared work, democratic self-governance and, ultimately, confronting and transforming unjust policy as a critical ingredient for ecological restoration and community resilience.
Climate Justice Alliance / Our Power Campaign The Climate Justice Alliance has launched the national Our Power Campaign to win real solutions to the climate crisis – solutions that will foster quality jobs that meet people’s needs while caring for the natural resources and ecosystems we depend on.
Earth Skills Training Program A series of interactive, land-based workshops designed to help us restore and manage our relationship to our own work and to the resources that meet our basic needs.
Justice & Ecology Retreats A learning and strategy retreat that brings together a selected cohort of 25-30 local and national leaders of racial, economic and environmental justice movements explore the depths and connections of the current ecological, economic, and social crises and discuss, study and design key strategic movement interventions.

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Building Economy for People & Planet: Half Day WorkshopA half day workshop developed, in collaboration with PODER (SF), for community members and organizations to explore what we mean by economy, its relationship to ecology, and to learn about steps we can take to create a more just, sustainable and participatory economy.
Rope Exercise: From Greenhouse to Hothouse An exercise that visually demonstrates and represents the scale of fossil fuel consumption and growth.
"Brother Earth" Comedic Video MG's comedic video with Boots Riley of The Coup, “Brother Earth: The Final Communiqué.” Brother Earth deliver a hilarious, passionate plea to address our global ecological crisis.
Body Earth Metaphor Workshop A roleplay activity that uses the human body as a metaphor for the earth and the ecological crisis.