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International Women’s Day: A Time to Care
Author: Green New Deal Rising volunteer Stephanie Johnston Amid the emoji-laden messages from aunties on Whatsapp and colourful infographics circulating on Instagram, it’s easy to lump International Women’s Day in with all the other casually-observed holidays in our society. But this is a fairly recent development in its public perception. If we want to reclaim […]
Why we need green jobs for everyone
Author: Micke Ahola In order to address the existential risk posed by climate change, we need to rapidly transform our economy. This means winding down high-carbon industries like fossil fuels and industrial agriculture, and investing in the growth of new ones like renewable energy and nature-friendly farming. As a transformation to a low-carbon economy will […]
‘We are all leaders in this movement’
Reflections from the 2022 cohort of the Green New Deal Rising Leadership Programme As we come to the end of this year’s GNDR leadership programme, here are some reflections on the experience from Pooja, Iman and Daniela – three of the incredible organisers on the Programme. Pooja’s reflections The second residential training weekend took place […]
Labour conference 2022 – what was it like on the ground?
You’ve probably seen the news by now – Labour Conference this year brought many wins for the climate movement. The party shaped their entire conference around building a “fairer, greener future”, including the announcement of an £8bn National Wealth fund for green investment and a new nationalised renewable energy company ‘GB Energy’ within their first […]
