Yale alumna, Liz Wyman, speaks out against the controversial Northern Pass project – and her alma mater’s decision to lease land enabling its completion.
Tag: activism
The Center of the World
The protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline brought the attention of the world crashing down on the banks of the Missouri River. If justice must exist in place, what does it look like?
Empowering At-Risk Teens to Shape Environmental Challenges with Design
The L.A. River inspires local teenagers to reimagine environmental problem-solving in their own community.
Reclaim Harlem Park
Baltimore residents cultivate community power in place.
Seguimos Luchando: We Will Continue Our Fight
Deep in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, the encroachment of internationally-owned palm oil plantations on ancestral Shibipo lands inspires a village’s resistance.
A Very Human Struggle: The Making of a Different Kind of Documentary
Noah Sokol sits down with one of the co-directors of the new documentary ELEMENTAL, which screened recently at the Environmental Film Festival at Yale. They get to talking about capturing the human side of activism, and the personal toll commitment to a cause can exact.
Audacious Hope: An Interview with Environmental Activist Sharon Smith
Author, activist, and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies student Sharon Smith knows a thing or two about organizing.
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?