News & Event Archive for March, 2010

3/30/10, 4:30pm: MG and the Oakland Climate Action Coalition Demand Climate Justice at City Hall

On Tuesday, March 30, the City of Oakland will unveil a Draft Energy & Climate Action Plan. Movement Generation joins dozens of other organizations in the Oakland Climate Action Coalition in calling for the infrastructure we need to foster resilient local communities that can lead the way out of the current fossil fuel driven global Read More »


Movement Generation on National Radio Project!

Listen to Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan, Movement Generation’s Strategic Initiatives Director, put forth strategies for building power towards climate justice on National Radio Project’s 3/16/10 show, “Back from Copenhagen: Moving Climate Justice Forward.” Listen to the whole show including insights from Vandana Shiva, Tom Goldtooth, and more!


Composting is not Enough: Resistance is Critical

Read Derrick Jensen’s new piece in Orion Magazine. Jensen writes, “right now, a small group of half-starved, poverty-stricken people in Nigeria have brought the oil industry in that country to its knees. They remember what it is to love their land and their communities—perhaps because they are not drowning in privilege, but in the toxic Read More »


MG Launches New Trainer’s Network

MG’s newly launched Trainer’s Network is comprised of folks from MG’s member organizations and represents diverse sectors of our movement including: environmental justice, labor, youth leadership, immigrant rights, womens’ rights, direct action, anti-oppression, native sovereignty and more. The Trainers Network is playing the critical role of increasing MG’s capacity to raise awareness and consciousness around Read More »


Story of Bottled Water Video Just Released

The Story of Bottled Water employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the fast-paced, fact-filled story of manufactured demand-how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. In just five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industry’s attacks on Read More »


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