Mary Annaïse Heglar
Climate justice essayist. Narrative change agent. Publications Director w/ @NRDC. Black & Green every day. She/her. BX via MS via AL. Opinions+ideas=mine.
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Meet the young activists of color who are leading the charge against climate disaster
These US-based activists know firsthand the impact racism, poverty, and colonialism have had on the planet.
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So proud to see the powerful voices of my @ThisIsZeroHour babies (okay, TEENAGERS) @Jamie_Margolin @nadiabaltimore @imkevinjpatel @Elsamengistu included here. Read this from @yumcoconutmilk and learn why I'm so in awe of these youth!
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There is Nothing Naïve About Moral Clarity
My speech from the September Climate Strike in New York City, where I was the oldest person to address a gloriously large and diverse…
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If you couldn't make it to last week's #ClimateStrike in NYC, you missed one helluva speech by @ayanaeliza. Read it here. And then strike today.
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Tiny Spark: The You-Sized Hole in the Environmental Movement on Apple Podcasts
Show Tiny Spark, Ep The You-Sized Hole in the Environmental Movement - Sep 24, 2019
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Y’all wanna listen to me talk to @tinyspark_org and @aaseiger about false narratives, racism, and exclusivity in the climate movement and why I could care less about optimism? I promise my voice isn’t as annoying as Twitter makes it sound...
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I’m Not Only Striking for the Climate
Thousands of students like me are protesting today. We know that we can’t solve the climate crisis without addressing the root causes of oppression.
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“I am fighting for a decolonized future, because a decolonized world is the only one that will be able to turn the tide on the climate crisis.”—@Jamie_Margolin in @nytimes
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My top 4 climate superheroes on Twitter
If you want to widen your horizons by following some fresh voices, look no further. I’ve pulled together a list for you of my top four Twitter climate heroes. I didn’t especially mean to
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What an honor to be mentioned here with @Jamie_Margolin @DrKateMarvel @rgunns—all of women I consider good friends. And one of whom I'm picking up in a couple of hours.
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The controversy over Jonathan Franzen’s climate change opinions, explained
Scientists are pissed at the novelist — and at the New Yorker for publishing him.
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What if doomerism and relentless hope are 2 sides of the same emotionally immature, over-privileged coin? What if it’s time for the climate movement to occupy the space in the middle? Because there’s so, so much of it. (Yes, I cried when I wrote this)
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Home is Always Worth It
The first time I met what I have come to not-so-affectionately know as a “doomer dude” was in 2007. I was volunteering with a New York…
Shut Up, Franzen
Climate change is real and things will get worse—but because we understand the driver of potential doom, it's a choice, not a foregone conclusion
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"there are times when the certainty of inevitability seems comforting. Fighting is exhausting; fighting when victory seems uncertain or unlikely even more so." @DrKateMarvel
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No, really, I love this planet because everything and everyone I love is here, including my damn self.
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What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped?
To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it.
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boils down to: an imperfect world is not a world worth fighting for, so save what you can for yourself right now. It could only have been written by a white man, the only demographic deluded enough to believe the world has ever been perfect.
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The Case for Climate Rage
"I barely know your kids and I feel like I would jump in front of a bus to stop this shit."
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Are you pissed about climate change or, more accurately, genocide-by-fossil-fuels? Well, you’re not alone. And fuck anyone who tells you you’re too emotional, hysterical, or overreacting. (And they’re probably men.) via @amywestervelt
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Mary Annaïse Heglar: The Fight for Climate Justice Requires a New Narrative
We don’t have to sit idly by and watch our future burn. We are not powerless.
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And thank you to @inversedotcom for the space to write my manifesto declaring war on the English language in pursuit of climate justice. It’s on, as I believe the kids say, like Donkey Kong.
How many black women you know w/ manifestos???
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Greta Thunberg's journey from solitary climate change protester to icon
“Instead of worrying about how that future might turn out, I’m going to try to change that future while I still can,” the teen told NBC News.
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I have such a problem with this framing. There were teen climate activists BEFORE Greta. And, I cannot ignore that those activists were—AND ARE—largely young women of color. You can celebrate Greta without erasing them. It is very possible.
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Climate Change Isn’t Racist — People Are
We cannot assess the damage without looking at the impact on people of color
'Bees, not refugees': the environmentalist roots of anti-immigrant bigotry
Recent mass shootings have been linked to ‘eco-xenophobia’ – part of a tradition that dates to America’s first conservationists
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“You can be a genuine environmentalist and a genuine xenophobe – the two often do converge”
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“People tell me that climate change isn’t racist. My insistence to connect racism to the conversation is seen as “divisive”/a “distraction”/“identity politics.” But climate change is a man-made problem. If I can be real, it is a White-man-made problem.”
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In July, I did a talk at the University of Santa Barbara in California about the intersections between climate change and the histories and realities of white supremacy, colonialism and slavery. That turned into this.
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How Climate Change Is Becoming a Deadly Part of White Nationalism
This weekend’s mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, has re-opened the festering debates over gun control, immigration, and the president’s penchant for racist hate speech. But the manifesto believed to have been authored by the suspected shooter also...
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And that’s why I so appreciate this piece by @blkahn
“What we are facing now is the greening of hate, stage two: the lethal embrace of these ideas by violent, armed white nationalists is another order of magnitude.”
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In defense of eco-hypocrisy
We don’t have time for purity tests.
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"might be time to stop fighting w/ each other b/c we’re making unsustainable choices... & instead start grappling with the structural and systemic influences that put us in that position in the 1st place." @SamiGrover
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