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Grassroots Organizing Cools the Planet: Letter from the Grassroots to 1Sky

October 27, 2009 | Movement Generation

October 2010: In 2010, 1Sky published a letter calling for grassroots organizing in the US to address climate change. In October of that year, MG joined other grassroots groups in writing this collective letter in response.

[VIDEO/AUDIO] Gopal Dayaneni at the 2009 International Climate Justice Day of Action | Democracy Now!

October 26, 2009 | Movement Generation

Oct 2009: View an excerpt of Gopal Dayaneni's speech as seen on Democracy Now, 10/26/09.

The Case for Holistic Economic Transformation | RPE Journal

October 25, 2009 | Movement Generation

Fall 2009: To be truly transformative we need to work toward filling the spiritual void left by an economy based on individualism, consumption, and exploitative waged labor. We can do this by learning to live more cooperatively and setting our focus on “roles” rather than “jobs” in seeking social progress over growth.

Resilient Cities: Building Community Control | RPE Journal

October 25, 2009 | Movement Generation

Fall 2009: From a grassroots perspective, building community resilience and higher degrees of material self-sufficiency will be critical towards ensuring that communities of color weather coming ecological transitions. The basic needs of urban communities of color— such as access to potable water, healthy food, and mass transit—will otherwise be at stake in an era of heightened ecological stress.

Carbon Fundamentalism vs Climate Justice | RPE Journal

October 25, 2009 | Movement Generation

Without a holistic, integrated approach to the ecological crisis that is grounded in science but predi- cated on justice and equity, we will simply shift the problem around, make it worse, and further compro- mise our survival.

Indigenous People’s Guide to False Solutions to Climate Change

October 18, 2009 | Movement Generation

Looking for useful educational tools around Climate Justice? Check out the Indigenous People’s Guide to False Solutions to Climate Change!... Read more »

10/24: International Day of Climate Action

October 18, 2009 | Movement Generation

Tell our leaders that the world needs just climate action now! Join thousands around the world, at over 1500 actions in 125 countries, in calling for climate justice at the Copenhagen climate talks.... Read more »

The Road to Copenhagen and Beyond

August 31, 2009 | Movement Generation

Movement Generation presents a briefing on The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) & Social Movements Tuesday September 1st, 6-8pm Centro del Pueblo Auditorium (2nd Floor) 474 Valencia St.... Read more »

Sept. 18-20: West Coast Convergence for Climate Justice & Action

August 31, 2009 | Movement Generation

Sponsored by the Mobilization for Climate Justice, in Richmond, CA: Climate Convergence Training: Sept.... Read more »

West Coast Convergence for Climate Justice and Action

August 31, 2009 | Movement Generation

Sponsored by the Mobilization for Climate Justice, in Richmond, CA: Climate Convergence Training: Sept.... Read more »

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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.

Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project

Opening Eyes. Sharpening Lens. Focused on Action.

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Grassroots Organizing Cools the Planet: Letter from the Grassroots to 1Sky

[VIDEO/AUDIO] Gopal Dayaneni at the 2009 International Climate Justice Day of Action | Democracy Now!

The Case for Holistic Economic Transformation | RPE Journal

Resilient Cities: Building Community Control | RPE Journal

Carbon Fundamentalism vs Climate Justice | RPE Journal

Indigenous People’s Guide to False Solutions to Climate Change

10/24: International Day of Climate Action

The Road to Copenhagen and Beyond

Sept. 18-20: West Coast Convergence for Climate Justice & Action

West Coast Convergence for Climate Justice and Action