Tag Archives: Coal

Rider to Neighbor – Ciclista a Vecino

Posted on July 19, 2014 by benweilerstein

by A. Grace Steig, video coordinator for the Western MA team siga abajo para el Español “¡Sí se puede!” we chanted at the end of our third day of trainings and planning alongside members of Neighbor to Neighbor. We used … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Team Massachusetts, Team Western Massachusetts | Tagged #ClimateLegacy, #volunteer, #WestMass, action for a healthy holyoke, bilingual, carbon, Coal, edit, electricity, environmental justice, español, footage, generous transition, Holyoke, intersectionality, involvement, just transition, meme, Mt. Tom, Neighbor to Neighbor, organizer, power, puerto rico, roots, social media, Video | Leave a comment

La Historia de Rosa – Rosa’s Story

Posted on July 17, 2014 by benweilerstein

by Rosa Gonzalez, volunteer for Neighbor to Neighbor Holyoke Translated from Spanish to English by Ben Weilerstein – please forgive or offer correction to any mistakes in translation – for the original Spanish, scroll down Traducido del español al ingles … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Guest Blogger, Team Massachusetts, Team Western Massachusetts | Tagged #ClimateLegacy, #volunteer, #WestMass, action for a healthy holyoke, asthma, bilingual, clean-up, Coal, coal ash, coal worker, community, economic justice, environmental justice, español, generous transition, health, Holyoke, just transition, Neighbor to Neighbor, organizing, pollution, puerto rico, success, welfare, win, working class | Leave a comment

Structures of Water: Poetry as Activism

Posted on July 6, 2014 by sophiesokolov

by Sophie Sokolov, Social Media for Team North Shore When I heard that Footprint Power was going to host an art show and poetry reading inside of the defunct coal plant, my first thought was that we should infiltrate. We … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014, Team North Shore | Tagged Activism, art, Climate, Climate Change, climate summer, Coal, community, Creativity, Footprint Power, Improbable Places Poetry Tour, Montserrat Art College, Movement Building, Natural Gas, organizing, poetry, Salem Harbor, Salem Natural Gas Plant, structure, water | Leave a comment

Behind the Scenes: Brayton Point

Posted on July 30, 2013 by julierong

Written by Alexis Russell, Team Eastern Massachusetts, Media Coordinator I’ve been to protests before. I remember walking through the streets of San Francisco with my dad at my first protest when I was ten, protesting the war in Afghanistan. I … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013, Team Massachusetts | Tagged Activism, brayton point, climate summer, Coal, ema, emass, march, protest, rally | Leave a comment

Would You Like Oil With That?

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Kristin Jackson

Written by Amanda Crawford-Staub, Outreach Coordinator, Team Main The dislike for deadly energy companies like oil, coal, and gas is loud. They profit billions of dollars, destroy our environment, and make us sick with little to no accountability for all … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Team Maine | Tagged Coal, Corporations, Maine, Natural Gas, Oil, Personal Responsibility | 1 Comment

Let the Wave of Life Wash Over You

Posted on August 9, 2012 by bfpaaron

Written by Andrew Nguyen, Video Coordinator, Team Massachusetts Working in Holyoke was a change of pace. Petitioning day after day to shut down the Mount Tom Coal Plant afforded me the opportunity to interact with many of the locals. No … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Team Massachusetts, Video | Tagged 4th, action for a healthy holyoke, AHH, asthma, August, Coal, coal plant, farming, global warming, Mt. Tom, Nuestras Raices | Leave a comment

A Generation of Stored Sun

Posted on August 8, 2012 by bfpaaron

Written by Aaron Morales, New Media Coordinator, Team Massachusetts While at the 350MA.org kick-off in Cambridge, MA, someone was applauded for his organizing a concert dedicated to the planet every year as well as for all of the letters to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Team Massachusetts, Video | Tagged Coal, Deadly Energy, fossil fuels, life changing, Medford, Warren Senders | 1 Comment

Story of Self

Posted on June 29, 2012 by bfpaaron

Written by Murtaza Nek, Program Coordinator, Team Massachusetts One of the most important aspects of our training as Climate Summer riders has been to become more expressive, to share our stories and our reasons for being devoted to addressing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Team Massachusetts | Tagged Beijing, Camp Wilmot, climate summer, Coal, Deadly Energy, Environmental, fossil fuels, Gas, hope, Movement Building, Oil, personal, power, Self, Story | 3 Comments

Switch the Power in Bridgeport

Posted on July 8, 2011 by taraescudero

Riconn Team is having a potluck/meeting/rally against the Bridgeport Harbor Power Plant! Spread the word to those in the area and come support a healthier Connecticut! Here’s the Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182617911798503 And here’s a flyer that Jackie made, please circulate!