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The system is the state, a complex mechanism that includes government, capitalism, patriarchy and imperialism. It will not go away until we force it to.

An international network of creative agencies is launching a new campaign for World Environment Day.

That cited struggles with troopers but nothing about use of force. and then after that there was use of force but stating it was justified. that video that came out last week, and the full 46 minutes from the louisiana state police, seemed to have change everything. thats been the gravitational pull to all of this. the questions are and really is, why did it take two years? why did it take video last week to get this conversation started? and thats what i expect to hear in a matter of moments. >...

Naomi Klein and Rebecca Stefoff Since her days as a columnist for The Globe and Mail, Naomi Klein has written eight New York Times bestselling books and co-authored Canada’s Leap Manifesto, a blueprint for transitioning off fossil fuels. For How to Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other (Puffin Canada), her first book for young readers, she teamed up with Rebecca Stefoff, the author of more than 200 nonfiction books, including a young readers e...

The nine types are both distinct and relational as the diagram below shows. Figure 1: The Enneagram Diagram Schlegel believes the real power of the Enneagram is the relational aspect. “You can see the diagram has these lines in it. So, for instance, Im a six and I have a line connected to type nine and a line connected to type three. Those lines are called the paths of integration and disintegration or security and insecurity." “So when Im feeling secure, then I start to move towards ...

How to Change Everything. A call to action for those who have inherited this environmental mess, How to Change Everything confronts the stark realities of climate change and climate injustice. The book is a relevant deep dive into the science of greenhouse gas and the planet’s rising temperature, the history of the industrial revolution and society’s collective dependency on fossil fuels, and the reality of modern climate tragedies like melting polar ice and Australian wildfires. This is...

Naomi Klein: We shouldn’t be surprised that kids are radicalised Patrick Barkham When Naomi Klein toured North America with her 2019 book about the Green New Deal, she and her assistant liaised with local campaigners from the Sunrise Movement. This youthful climate action group was organised to set up a table at each event, with petitions and actions, so audiences could become activists, right there. When they reached Palo Alto, they discovered that the Sunrise Movement contac...

The Next Wave in Leadership Development: Habits As a leader, what role do you take in your own leadership development? If 2020 taught us anything, it was the importance of seeing the big picture without losing sight of the small details. This requires a tremendous skill in balancing priorities, energy, and focus. And while most great leaders can take pride in their ability to multi-task under stress, this year has really tested their abilities. Leaders are called on again and again to shift th...

Climate activist Disha Ravi was granted bail on February 23. | Adnan Abidi/ Reuters The bank of cameras that camped outside Delhi’s sprawling Tihar jail was the sort of media frenzy you would expect to await a Prime Minister caught in an embezzlement scandal, or perhaps a Bollywood star caught in the wrong bed. Instead, the cameras were waiting for Disha Ravi, a nature-loving 22-year-old vegan climate activist who against all odds has found herself ensnared in an Orwellian...

During the pandemic, Naomi Klein has been spending a lot of time exploring the woods in British Columbia, Canada (her “happy place”) with her son, Toma. “In the early years, it’s all about connecting with the natural world,” she tells Vogue via Zoom. “Young people are going to have to fight for a better world — thats just reality. And so the more that young people are able to fight from a place of love, and not just fear, the better.”  “There is a huge appetite for systemic ...