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Egypt’s Youth Revolution

Egypt’s Youth Revolution

Posted by Sara on Feb 18th, 2011 in RYSE | 0 comments

On what has become known as “The Day of Revolt” — January 25, 2011 — thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to protest the regime of authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak, and so began one of the most successful and influential peaceful protests in history. Inspired by the effective Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia earlier in [...]

Massive Wind Turbine Leak Causes Disaster

Massive Wind Turbine Leak Causes Disaster

Posted by Alec on May 26th, 2010 in Energy, Featured, Freedom From Oil, RYSE | 5 comments

Youth have power to insist that their parents boycott BP until they clean up the disaster they caused. They made $5billion this quarter…DURING the oil spill (135% more than last year.) All of that extra profit needs to go to disaster response and we can help them make that decision.

People for Climate Justice

People for Climate Justice

Posted by Tanuki on Dec 7th, 2009 in Climate Justice | 0 comments

Some exciting things have been happening in Canada lately. A country currently most well known for it’s terrible environmental track record and complete and utter refusal to do something productive about climate change. What has been happening in Canada? DIRECT ACTION for Climate justice!

All across Canada people have been coming together to organize peaceful sit-in/occupations [...]