Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

By Elaina Burress and Hana Bracale Today I sat in on one of the few (if not only) COP22 side events on the impacts of animal agriculture in driving climate change. Speakers came from Brighter Green (a US non-profit action tank with a focus on food policy and equity), Humane Society International, and the Global […]

[Earth] Debrief COP21 at Uppsala University

By Sara Velander After two and a half weeks of navigating our way across Paris whether it’s attending the circus of negotiations at the Le Bourget, taking frequent naps at our hostel at Gare du Nord, making banners at the art space in Jardin d’Alice or leading workshops at the Climate Action Zone, it is […]

Civil Society Rise On D12

By Kimberly Lopez Castellanos “Do not pour water over your eyes while your head is leaned back.” “Clench your fist to make room between your wrist and the handcuff.” Somehow, I found myself in the basement of an alternative space training for civil disobedience. Even the date, D12, sounds like Dooms Day. Why would I […]

Class of 2010

<- Back to Alumni  Matthew Maiorana / Matt’s blogs Lauren Nutter / Lauren’s blogs **************************** Lauren Nutter back to top What are you up to now? Currently, I am living in Washington, DC working with the Udall Foundation’s US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution. Congress established the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution in 1998. […]