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Parable of the Canaries

By Carolyn Raffensperger

A quiet, ordinary canary, an older female named Vida had sent many of her brood into the mines. She had had enough. “What”, she thought,” can I do to stop sending our children into the mines to warn the miners of death? The mines themselves are death. This is [...]

On being an environmental lawyer: storytelling with a purpose

Guest Blog by Caitlin Sislin

As a young environmental attorney, I am fortunate to count Carolyn Raffensperger as one of my most trusted mentors. Carolyn’s advice and guidance deeply inform my work as the Advocacy Director for Women’s Earth Alliance, where I am building and stewarding a new pro bono legal and policy advocacy initiative to [...]

Hope? A Letter to a Young Ally

By Carolyn Raffensperger

Over the years I’ve had many young people come up to me and ask how I do this environmental work without collapsing in despair.  They are acutely aware of how desperate the situation is.  They doubt that the rain forest or ocean or jaguar will be salvageable by the time they are able [...]

Slacktivism and Acedia

By Nancy Myers

I receive daily email invitations to put my name to an appeal: Reform health care. Slow climate change. End poverty. Save a species.

Easy enough, just hit return. You don’t even have to give money although you are always asked.

I’ve been calling this “slacktivism” for some time and thought I may have invented the [...]