The UK’s Red and Green Revolt

The UK’s Red and Green Revolt

WIN Magazine | February 25, 2010 |No Comments

The solidarity that has formed between trade union and environmental campaigners over the closure of the UK’s only wind turbine factory marks a historic change from a relationship dominated mainly by the view that the two sides’ agendas are mutually exclusive.

Review: Owning the Weather

Review: Owning the Weather

Grist | December 23, 2009 |No Comments

The manipulation of nature as the answer to the climate problem is the subject of a new documentary called Owning the Weather, which chronicles attempts over the last century to unlock the planet’s most mysterious and intricate of systems for both personal and societal gain.

Jonathan Schell discusses the state of climate activism

Jonathan Schell discusses the state of climate activism

Waging Nonviolence | December 17, 2009 |No Comments

Noted anti-nuclear activist and author Jonathan Schell says, “The real energy crisis is the failure to mine the energy that is locked up within each of us.”

A Conversation with the Director of Owning the Weather

A Conversation with the Director of Owning the Weather

The Indypendent | December 11, 2009 |No Comments

The first feature documentary about geoengineering takes a look at previous attempts to control our environment.

The Rise of the Global Climate Movement

The Rise of the Global Climate Movement

The Indypendent | November 19, 2009 |No Comments

Hundreds of climate activists swarmed down a hill toward Britain’s largest coal-burning power plant Oct. 17 with the intention of shutting it down. Within minutes, dozens had broken through the perimeter fence, erected specifically for this protest, and entered the site, known as Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station.

The Monkey-Wrench Prank: An Interview With Tim DeChristopher

The Monkey-Wrench Prank: An Interview With Tim DeChristopher

Mother Jones | November 13, 2009 |No Comments

How the Yes Men inspired a climate activist to impersonate an oil speculator—and derail a multimillion-dollar federal land giveaway.

An Inglourious Basterdization of History

An Inglourious Basterdization of History

The Providence Journal | September 5, 2009 |No Comments

In one of the most memorable scenes from Inglourious Basterds, Brad Pitt’s character gives his army of Jewish soldiers a pep talk so rousing audiences can’t resist whooping with excitement after he says, “We’re in the killin’ Nazi business. And cousin, business is a-boomin.”

A more creative way to protest

A more creative way to protest

The Guardian | August 29, 2009 |No Comments

When it comes to saving jobs or securing better pay, workers needn’t hold employers hostage or threaten to poison rivers in order for their voices to be heard.

The Green Zone: a book review and author interview

The Green Zone: a book review and author interview

The Indypendent | June 20, 2009 |No Comments

Barry Sanders’ new book, The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of Militarism delivers a wake-up call to the green movement, which, so far, has ignored the single greatest source of greenhouse gas pollution: the Armed Forces of the United States.

Green Camo: Seeing Through the Military’s New Environmentalism

Green Camo: Seeing Through the Military’s New Environmentalism

WIN Magazine | May 20, 2009 |No Comments

As the single largest consumer of energy in the world, the U.S. military is poised at the center of two of the most life-altering issues of our time: climate change and the height of oil production (“peak oil”).


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