Tag: <span>Youth Voices on Sustainability</span>

In Response to Mr. Brooks

Finally, a political commentator says we should stop paying attention to political commentators Originally posted on December 17, 2013 at theblisspoint.org New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks, in his first article in three months, writes, “Unless you are in the business of politics, covering it or columnizing about it, politics should take …

Public Relations: Environmental & Introspective?

Oh gosh, what did I get myself into? I thought as I found myself becoming a public speaking mentor for the C2C Fellowship Summit, co-organized by the Bard Center for Environmental Policy and Climate Corps Bay Area. In theory, working in a PR firm and volunteering for the Zawadisha fund …

Campus to Congress; A Young Person’s path to Politics

Written by Dorthea Thomas Originally posted at: http://thegenynot.com When it comes to politics, young people are often left out of the conversation. Today’s generation of young progressives are now encountering some of the most challenging issues of our time. Often these problems are sorely neglected. College affordability, student loans, jobs …

Speak Up at the EPA Hearings on Regulating Carbon Pollution

Crossposted from NRDC’s Switchboard Two weekends ago I stood in a room of over 7,000 fellow young people chanting that we believe that we will solve the climate crisis by ending our dependence on fossil fuels and transitioning immediately to 100% clean energy.  It is clear that, as a movement, we are …

I was gone for a minute, now I’m back again

Written by Adelina Keshishian Originally posted at http://theoriess.tumblr.com, on October 27, 2013 I haven’t written in my log for a while, but i am starting again for a few reasons… For starters, I was inspired. I was inspired to be optimistic again. The majority of the people in my life think …

On the Frontlines, Power is Shifting

by Robert Friedman Originally posted on October 22, 2013 on switchboard.nrdc.org There’s something about standing on a fracking pad or at the edge of a mountaintop removal site that changes you forever. You ask yourself how anyone could be so blinded to be removing mountains from the landscape, to be contaminating peoples’ …

Tanzania By The Numbers

By Sam Lohse (Originally posted at The Open Window Exchange October 17, 2013)   LOCATION: MONDULI, TANZANIA Twenty four people On an adventure. Tanzania. Nineteen thousand three hundred forty one feet of climbing. Run back down. Kilimanjaro. Two snakes at the park In our hands. Meserani. Hundreds of school girls Singing to …

Sustainable Meat, by Bike

By Will Mitchell, C2C Fellow The words that follow reflect Tenleytown Meat Company’s view on sustainability: “Sustainability is something good to strive for, daily, in all that we are. It is the honest, courageous, and exciting journey to create a future in which all people everywhere are able to live …

I Want to Be a Politician… or a Rock Star

Every year, the C2C Fellows Network sponsors a graduate from our first-round sustainability leadership workshops to attend Wellstone Action’s Camp Wellstone. This 2.5 day long workshop is open to anyone interested in gaining practical skills in progressive political action. Wellstone Action trains candidates, campaign workers, and organizers on how to win progressive change.  …

C 2 (small) C: The Best of Many Worlds

C2C is a versatile acronym that means several things. It stands for Campus 2(to) Congress, Campus to City Hall, Campus to Capitol Hill — and Campus to Corporation. We use “corporation” as a catch-all for entrepreneurship at every level –starting your own business, joining the team at a small company, or …