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Climate Change
16-year-old Swedish girl fighting the government over climate change
High school students' constitutional lawsuit over climate change
The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future
Book by David Wallace-Wells about the devastating effects of climate change
Instrumental in writing HR 763 Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act
Tools and information for grassroots organizations fighting climate change
Committed to environmental justice and the health and safety of Bay Area communities threatened by climate change and toxic pollution
The Green New Deal
The Green New Deal - House Resolution 109
Text of the Green New Deal resolution on the official Congress.gov website
Lisa Chang's Talk about The Green New Deal
Video recording of the the April 11, 2019 Huddle meeting program. Lisa answers Huddle questions.
Group of young people working to gain Democratic consensus on the Green New Deal
Election-Related
Project to identify inactive environmentalists and turn them into consistent activists and voters.
How to Stop Freaking Out and Tackle Climate Change - New York Times opinion
Where Does our Recycling Go? - NPR/Fresh Air. Discussion at meeting on 10/24/2019
Environmental scientist Kate O'Neil, author of Waste, discusses recycling and the global politics of waste.
SOIL 2017 - Winona LaDuke Keynote Address. (41:45 on YouTube) Discussion at meeting 9/26/2019
The Story of Stuff Project - Movies
The Plastics Crisis Is About to Get Worse - Article from The Nation
Built on Sand (Episode 361) by 99% Invisible (Podcast 36 minutes) Discussion at meeting 8/22/2019
Watch: Grand Designs, Season 18, Episode 9, Herefordshire II on Netflix; Focus on repurposed materials for the home.
Read: The Rent Collector by Cameron Wright; about a young family scavenging for recyclables from a dump in Cambodia, a story of hope.