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What’s a Movement, anyway?
Written by Julie Rong, Team Eastern Massachusetts, New Media and Video Coordinator Climate Summer was a summer of firsts. It’s the last Sunday of the last week of the program, and I still sometimes wonder how I ended up here. … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Team Massachusetts
Tagged brayton point, climate summer, ema, emass, fall river, protest, rally, somerset, summer heat
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Less is More
Written by Jamie Garuti, Team Eastern Massachusetts, Events Coordinator In the movie Castaway starring Tom Hanks, the main character gets stranded on an uninhabited island and must fight for survival, turning almost barbaric in the process. When he is finally rescued, he … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Team Massachusetts
Tagged climate summer, ema, humility, lifestyle, living with less, minimalism
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Building an Inclusive Movement
Written by Jamie Garuti, Team Eastern Massachusetts, Events Coordinator Last night I waited in line with my teammate to pay for our groceries. It had been a long day – it was already almost 9pm and we still had to … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Team Massachusetts
Tagged Climate, climate summer, diversity, ema, massachusetts, movement, new bedford, privilege
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Cycle Away: Ride from Brockton to Fall River
Written by Jordan Mlsna, Team Eastern Massachusetts, Outreach Coordinator Doleful streets Where cars move fast But nothing else moves at all Give way to a breezy seaside lane Thousands of reeds Tap each other, whisper Sunlight overflows The only affront … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Team Massachusetts
Tagged biking, Brockton, climate summer, ema, emass, fall river, massachusetts, poetry
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What are you fighting for?
Written by Aaron Karp, Team Eastern Massachusetts, Team Leader As a member of Climate Summer, my mission is to convey the explicit urgency of the climate crisis and encourage those I meet to join the climate movement. But as I … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Team Massachusetts
Tagged Climate Change, climate summer, ema, emass, habitats, ocean explorium, oceans, urgency
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Behind the Scenes: Brayton Point
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
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Sweating the Small Stuff
By Jamie Garuti, Team Eastern Massachusetts, Events Coordinator In general, I struggle to take time for self-reflection and to look at the big picture. I have tried keeping a journal several times in my life, … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Team Massachusetts
Tagged climate summer, eastern mass, ema, little things, reflection, team
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Lights. Camera. Action.
Written by Aaron Karp, Team Eastern Massachusetts, Team Leader It felt like I had just learned about a meteor that had been hurtling towards Earth since before I was born, a planetary crisis that the media had for some reason … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, awareness, Climate, Climate Change, climate summer, earth, ema, emass, massachusetts, Natural Gas
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The Why
Written by Julie Rong, Team Eastern Massachusetts, New Media and Video Coordinator Arnie Danielson is a man with a big soul. He’s easy to recognize by his long gray ponytail and his wide-brimmed straw hat (a black beret in the … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Team Massachusetts
Tagged 77 souls, Brockton, climate summer, community service, eastern mass, ema, emass, environmental justice
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The Spirit of the Movement
Written by Jordan Mlsna, Team Eastern Massachusetts Outreach Coordinator I had the slight inclination to assert that this choice of what to do with my summer had the potential to be profound. It was vague in the description. I wondered … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Team Massachusetts
Tagged Climate, climate summer, eastern mass, ema, emass, forward on climate, movement, Movement Building
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