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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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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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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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Ten Thousand Hours
By Jamie Garuti, Team Eastern Massachusetts Events Coordinator To be honest, I have been uncomfortable a lot in the past two weeks. Along with my teammates, I have been sleeping on church floors, biking in hot, sticky weather, and practicing … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Team Massachusetts
Tagged climate summer, ema, emass, marblehead, obstacles, Salem, ten thousand hours
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The Spirit of Revolution
Written by Aaron Karp, Team Eastern Massachusetts, Team Leader If we’re to have any hope of avoiding catastrophic climate change, we’re going to have to start a revolution. But this cannot be a revolution solely within our own lives—the problem … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Team Massachusetts
Tagged Activism, Climate, climate summer, eastern mass, ema, emass, Environment, fossil free, independence, marblehead, revolution, Salem
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