Activism

The first time I heard about Priscilla Woolworth was when she was named a “New Green Pioneer” in Time Magazine. Of course, having grown up in New York, her name was more than familiar. Priscilla is the granddaughter of the founder of Woolworth’s, the iconic chain...

We’re exhausted. And elated. Five hundred Moms Clean Air Force members — big and little (representing over half a million of you who couldn’t be there) — took our message to Senate Park in Washington DC to tell our lawmakers: You may not, you cannot,...

In Jurassic World, the latest installment in Steven Spielberg’s cloned-dinosaurs-run-amok franchise, a frantic aunt risks life and limb to save her young nephews from a pack of (what else?) rampaging, drooling dinosaurs. Back in the real world, though, too many adults seem unperturbed that another...

On a sweltering July morning, a crowd of five hundred parents, grandparents, young children, teenagers, and concerned citizens from across the country gathered in Washington, D.C.’s Upper Senate Park for Moms Clean Air Force’s second annual Play-In for Climate Action. After a morning of games,...

This was written by: Laurel Peltier for the Baltimore Fishbowl: I wonder if Mother Nature is doing the happy dance lately? I think the climate change discussion seems louder, bolder and more people are pushing for solutions. Maybe it’s the recent spat of super-storm events,...