Below is a basic reading list of sorts – to describe and outline the movement, to help people get up to speed, to help aggregate good solid coverage into a foundation – sites for following development, specific journalism, prominent voices, and miscellany. We will be adding to this foundation in the coming days, and in perpetuity while the occupation persists. […]
Recent Articles
No One Knows Exactly, And That’s OK
Now that Occupy Wall Street is headlining, after weeks of minimal coverage, the conversation about exactly what it is is growing too. Has the slumbering giant (the 99%) woken up? How long will it (we) stay awake? And what have we got to say to each other now that The Conversation is afoot? Here is what I’ve gathered about OWS […]
Arresting Fear with Hope: Protesting the Keystone XL Pipeline
Yale F&ES alumni Eliza Cava (MEM ’11) tells the story of her arrest at the White House protest against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline–and the surprising hope that she brought away with her.
Bill McKibben on the Keystone XL Pipeline
In an interview with Sage Magazine, environmental leader Bill McKibben says protesting the Keystone XL pipeline is about buying time for the planet.
Occupy Wall Street: Starting a Discussion
F&ES Students reach out to connect themselves, and the Yale community, to the ambitious, ambiguous, organized chaos of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Represent the 99%.
Fishing Report From Ibo Island
Ibo Island off the coast of Mozambique hosts a large network of subsistence fishing villages. Rich Press, photojournalist, documents this way-of-life, currently threatened by industrial fishing operations and a changing climate.
Father John McCarthy on Forests and Faith
Father John McCarthy, an ordained Jesuit priest with a PhD in forest ecology, is working with the Newfoundland government to protect a unique species of boreal lichen. Earth is an altar, says McCarthy, and God speaks through the beauty of the forest.
Really Good Poems by Alanna Bailey
Visions from a drive through Plaquemines Parish.
Complications with English: A Fight for Clean Power and Clean Air
In 2001, an effort to restart a New Haven power plant while cleaning the city’s air stalled in litigation. It took another decade and myriad lawsuits until a serious proposal to improve New Haven’s air quality once again took to the fore, found traction, and became reality. So, what happened?
The Arctic Irony: Protecting Areas We May Never See
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, huge and undeveloped, represents the kind of wilderness upon which America has defined itself. Its almost 20 million acres are visited by only a few thousand rugged tourists each year. And the Refuge’s northern border sits atop billions of barrels of untapped oil. Eliza Cava reports on this tension during a week-long rafting trip down the Firth River.
Snapshot: Mass Transit in India
India’s rapid development and rising wealth pose huge questions for the motorization of a country with more than one billion inhabitants. The subcontinent is on the move, and here Joshua Sperling considers some of the major implications.
Photos: India in Mass Transit
Photos from travel in India.