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Imagine You Are a Poor Nation, Trapped by Debt and Strangled by Climate Change—What Are Your Options?

May 10, 2025 By Independent Media Institute Leave a Comment

Climate change, debt, and development have a caustic relationship, hindering economic justice and national advancement, but solutions exist.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Africa, Africa/Nigeria, Asia/China, Asia/Indonesia, Asia/South Korea, Climate Change, economy, environment, europe, Europe/France, Europe/Germany, Europe/United Kingdom, North America/Barbados, North America/United States of America, Opinion, social justice, South America/Argentina, South America/Chile, South America/Ecuador, United Nations

The Commercial Fishing Industry Is Destroying Vital Marine Ecosystems

December 8, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

Fish are sentient beings subjected to cruelty to maximize profits for the multibillion-dollar industry.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Animal Rights, Climate Change, economy, environment, food, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Science, United Nations

This Chicago Community Envisions a World Without Prisons and Police

December 1, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

This Chicago Community Envisions a World Without Prisons and Police

The #LetUsBreathe Collective offers a hub for art, activism, and healing to those impacted by mass incarceration.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, BreathingRoom, Community, EverybodyEats, food, LetUsBreathe, LUBC, North America/United States of America, Opinion, social justice, United Nations

The ‘Blue Economy’ Myth: We Have to Stop Thinking the Ocean Can Be Run Like a Business

October 19, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

Protecting the Earth’s oceans is problematic when profit is the leading concern.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Africa, Africa/Guinea, Africa/Nigeria, Africa/Tanzania, Climate Change, economy, environment, europe, Europe/Norway, Europe/United Kingdom, Human Rights, Indigenous Resistance, Mozambique, North America/United States of America, Opinion, social justice, United Nations

How Corporate News Has Tried to Numb Americans to the Horrors in Gaza

September 14, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

As the Gaza war enters its 12th month with no end in sight, the ongoing horrors continue to be normalized in U.S. media and politics.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: biden, book, food, History, Human Rights, Media, Middle East/Gaza, Middle East/Israel, Norman Solomon, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, social justice, United Nations

Why Children’s Rights Are Critical for Climate Policy and Environmental Activism

September 8, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

Birth equity is essential for ecological security.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Climate Change, economy, environment, Human Rights, Middle East/Iran, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, social justice, United Nations

Sanitation in Namibia Is a Catastrophe for Its People and Environment

September 4, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

More than a million Namibians lack adequate access to toilets, resulting in one of the world’s highest rates of open defecation.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Africa, Africa/Angola, Africa/Botswana, Africa/Namibia, Africa/Zambia, Europe/Germany, Health care, Human Rights, Opinion, social justice, United Nations

The GOP’s Stalinesque Plan 2025 to Shape the Future of U.S. Food and Agriculture

June 5, 2024 By Independent Media Institute

The conservative think tank Heritage Foundation wants to rid the USDA of sustainability, climate change mitigation, and racial equity.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: biden, Climate Change Economy, environment, food, GOP/Right Wing, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Presidential Elections, Science, Time-Sensitive, Trump, United Nations

Our Planet Versus Plastic Bags—A Tale of Two Cities

January 28, 2023 By Independent Media Institute

Our Planet Versus Plastic Bags—A Tale of Two Cities

Americans discard 100 billion plastic bags annually, the equivalent of 12 million barrels of oil.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Asia, Asia/Bangladesh, Asia/China, Asia/Indonesia, Asia/Japan, Asia/Philippines, Asia/Thailand, Asia/Vietnam, Climate Change, Community, economy, environment, Erika Schelby, Europe/Denmark, Europe/France, Europe/United Kingdom, History, North America, North America/United States of America, Oceania/Australia, Opinion, Science, Social Benefits, South America/Uruguay, Trade, United Nations

‘Public Trust’—A Key Legal Tool to Preserve Our Natural Resources

January 10, 2023 By Independent Media Institute

boy scouts standing near a river

Law professor Mary Wood breaks down how people can protect their right to clean air, water, and land as well as fortify their climate change resiliency.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: activism, Aric Sleeper, book, Climate Change, Community, environment, Europe/Italy, Europe/United Kingdom, History, Human Rights, interview, Law, North America/United States of America, Opinion, Politics, Social Science, United Nations

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