By Cynthia Kaufman Common Dreams August 22, 2021 If our economies are measured only by GDP, we will have the…
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Consumerism, Inequality, and the Climate Crisis
By Cynthia Kaufman Common Dreams August 12, 2021 Making a shift toward a society that works for people and the…
Racism, Capitalism, and the Climate Crisis
By Cynthia Kaufman Common Dreams May 21st, 2021 As we tried to connect the dots between the murder of George…
Who Funds the Climate Crisis?
For fossil fuel companies, what drives their profit is ownership of carbon in the ground. That’s why they have spent…
Investing in Destruction: California Teachers Pension Money Should Not Be Funding Line 3
By Cynthia Kaufman Originally posted on Common Dreams February 18th, 2021 For years organizations have been calling on pension funds…
The System Will Not Solve the Climate Crisis Without a Push: That’s Where You Come in
By Cynthia Kaufman Originally posted on Common Dreams February 18th, 2021 This is an all hands-on-deck moment where civil society,…
A Just Transition to a Fair and Sustainable Society or Healthy Green Growth?
By Cynthia Kaufman Originally posted on Common Dreams February 18th, 2021 Cynthia Kaufman is the director of the Vasconcellos Institute…
Understanding Accountability So We Can Hold the Police to Account
This is a moment where we can all work to make the power that is given to police forces more…
Mobilizing Climate Action in the Face of Planet of the Humans
By Cynthia Kaufman Originally posted on Common Dreams April 28th, 2020 Michael Moore and Jeff Gibbs’s new film is so…
Facing Our Other Crises With Lessons From COVID-19
By Cynthia Kaufman Originally posted on Common Dreams April 15th, 2020 As we prepare to bring our economies back from…