Moving the Movement Forward
The world's woken up to climate change -- now the struggle will be keeping the movement moving.
Earthbeat host Mike Tidwell debates the benefits of a proliferation of climate activist groups with Betsy Taylor -- the founder of the Maryland social justice organization Center for a New American Dream. Betsy is organizing a new endeavor to link climate activists under one umbrella organization -- 1 Sky.
Fasting may seem like an odd way to combat climate change -- but as Gandhi has shown, personal sacrifice opens the doors to empathy and to change. So Others May Eat is an effort by over a thousand people to put down their spoons and speak up on climate change. Fast organizers Ted Glick and Ibrahim Ramey join Earthbeat host Mike Tidwell and others in this personal effort to get Congress to acknowledge the climate crisis.
Eban Goodstein is one of the leaders of a massive movement on college campuses this fall -- Focus the Nation. A massive teach-in on climate change will culminate in a day of action on January 31st.
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Music used in this edition of Earthbeat: Ding-a-Dong and Tennessee Town by the Netherlands group Teach-in.
Our theme music is Baladi by Tony Anka, Bellydance Superstars vol. 2.