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Who’s missing from the climate movement?
We all know who Greta Thunberg is, but do you know who Vanessa Nakate is? Last January, Nakate, founder of Fridays For Future Uganda, was famously cut out of a…
Lessons from the school strikes: Where the climate justice movement goes next
This article is part of a series - The Decade We Must Win - examining the successes and failures of social movements and the left since the financial crash, and…
4 things you can do to help Bright Green this Christmas
In 2020, Bright Green has published over 250 articles. We ran our most extensive coverage of the Green Party of England and Wales' internal elections ever - including hustings for the candidates…
Distant targets substituting for action today: The UK’s climate performance in 2020.
2020 has seen net-zero carbon emissions targets go from being an oddity adopted by small island states, Bhutan and Sweden to become a new policy norm across the globe. Less…
Racism, rurality and reversing generational prejudice
Black Lives Matter sign. Image Credit via Anthony Quintano, Creative Commons BY Before I begin, I want to acknowledge that as an able-bodied white woman, my voice will undoubtedly be…
Challenging institutional power must be integral to the fight for climate justice
As an activist, I am fascinated by the ways in which climate movements can disrupt systems of power and create opportunities for democracy on more equal terms. I believe that…
Martial Mining – The link between warfare and resource extraction
Martial Mining by Kay Stephens On the 6th November 2020, Environmental Conflict Day, social and environmental justice coalition, the London Mining Network, launched their latest report: Martial Mining. This research…
Solidarity funds: When donating is much more than charity
After the country's first lockdown showed laid bare the inequalities in our society, over ten resident-run solidarity funds have now started, aiming to redistribute wealth locally. Solidarity Funds are not…
Twitter suspends UK environmental justice group with no explanation
Reclaim the Power activists protesting at a mine. Image credit via Break Free From Fossil Fuels, Creative Commons. Reclaim the Power, a UK based environmental group, has found itself unceremoniously…
10 years on from the student revolt, marketisation is still haunting our universities
How can we be in a situation where we are seeing students trapped behind fences on their own campuses? People have rightly reacted with horror, but this is a logical…