Opinion

Opinions and perspectives on the climate crisis from experts, activists and other extraordinary people.

Opinion

Online privacy is a right

While the scientific consensus on climate change has gradually penetrated mainstream consciousness, privacy remains a topic that many of us attribute to a separate, and niche conversation.

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Decolonizing the climate change conversation

Many of us have heard of the term “climate justice”, but it requires real effort and introspection to understand what it means, and then to act on it.

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The Links Between Industrial Agriculture & Environmental Racism

Industrial agriculture is one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions, and often involved environmental racism. How can we fix it?

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Trees can't vote — but that doesn't mean they shouldn't have a voice

What if we reevaluated our interactions with, and relationships to, the very trees and plants that we threaten to destroy, or use to breathe, and viewed them as having not only a stake, but an effect in and on human political decisions

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Does carbon offsetting work? Only if you get it right.

Can companies take their footprint off the planet by buying carbon credits? Here's what to look out for.

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Why privacy-focused search engines matter to browser users

More and more people don't want to be tracked online. A guest post by our friends at Vivaldi Browser on why people want to take control of their data.

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The Amazon fires are back and worse than ever, and it’s not just climate change that's to blame

I’ve spoken to tree-planters and firefighters on the ground, and they’ve already seen about 30% more fires in their region than last year. Why?

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Diversity within environmentalism is not new, it’s just been erased

The Environmental Justice movement is one of the most critical movements within environmentalism. So why isn’t it more widely spoken about?

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COVID-19 is tearing apart Google’s competitors - here's what we must do to combat this

Last week, our good friends at the alternative search engine Cliqz announced they would have to close it down.

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What if social entrepreneurship became business as usual?

To everyone sitting at home thinking of ways to help their community: consider if we shifted to thinking about business as a means of social good.

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The pandemic lays bare just how futile conscious consumerism is

This crisis makes clear that we can't think of ourselves as just consumers, and instead remember our most important roles as neighbors, friends, family, and citizens.

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How to help the environment without donating money

Instead of donating your money, you can be smarter about how it’s being invested on your behalf.

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