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Demonstrations in and around Place de la République in Paris on the day before the COP21 climate talks opened.

Paris activists come in many shades of green, and of optimism

Environment

There are thousands of green activists in Paris for the UN climate summit this week. How they feel about the likely outcome depends a lot on whether they represent “big” green or “little” green.

The Living on Earth Almanac

The World

Earth Day at 25 Years: A Retrospective of the Environmental Movement

The World

Earth Day at 25 Years: A Retrospective of the Environmental Movement

The World

Environmentalism: Grassroots or Leaderless

Blessedly Unrestful

Activist, author and businessman Paul Hawken has long been a leader in the environmental movement. In his new book, “Blessed Unrest,” Hawken looks at how civic society is organizing from the bottom-up to help undo some of the harm to the earth caused by t

The Environmental Movement: Dead? Or Alive?

Living on Earth host Steve Curwood talks with Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, the authors of the controversial essay “The Death of Environmentalism.” Shellenberger and Nordhaus say the environmental movement is outmoded and ineffective and must make way for “new, bold visions”. Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope also joins the conversation. Pope disagrees with […]

Civic Environmentalism

Author William Shutkin focuses on the ecological problems of inner-cities in his new book “The Land That Could Be.” He discusses with host Steve Curwood why he’s advocating civic environmentalism as a way of giving urban communities a voice in the environmental movement.

The World

Earth Day: a 40 year long experiment in environmentalism

Environment

It’s been 40 years since activists got together to set aside a special day to encourage people to think about our environment. But while Earth Day was originally a good idea, a new tension exists today in how the movement should move forward.