Should one still engage with fossil fuel companies at all? In this episode of Outrage & Optimism, Head of Greenpeace Jennifer Morgen says ’no’. Take away their social licence.

Greenwashing protects business as usual - so have your protagonist expose it! In real life, Client Earth is launching legal complaints against misleading PR campaigns.

All lot of greenwashing claims to head for ’net zero’, which is a very complex and often misunderstood (and mis-used) concept, so treat it with caution. I’ll try to put up some info in the ‘Resources and Links’ section soon.

Speaking of  'exposing', check out OCCPR. Not specifically climate-focused, but dedicated and deeply passionate investigative journalism. Hugely important work and plenty of story material.

Finally, take a moment to think about this, from XR on Instagram: Ruthless compassion leads to radical hope. How can you shape your stories around that? And from hope to action?

Happy New Year, Ecotopians. In lieu of a weekly digest, I would like to offer two things:

First, congratulations on having made it through another effed-up year, to still be standing, to still be creating.

Then, not a resolution but an invitation. It is easy to feel helpless in the face of everything that is going on in this world. So I invite you to think about this: Where can you make a difference at this point in time? Big or small, individual or collective. For yourself or for others.

We all have agency somewhere where it matters. Find it, then act on it.

A Swiss father goes on hunger strike for his children’s future. The dad equivalent of Greta Thunberg - heartbreaking - he deserves attention and support.

I’ve been reading up on Thanksgiving - l’il ol German me had grown up thinking it was the same as our ‘Erntedankfest’. I had no idea. My research also led me to these two platforms for ‘Indigenous Storytelling’ - haven’t checked them out in detail yet. 

This is an article about how being outdoors helps war veterans cope. Plenty of story material in there… Plenty of story material in there… 

George Monbiot labels mainstream media climate villain #1 for giving the fossil fuel industry social licence. He also calls out David Attenborough for saying it (ff industry) is the solution. (To be fair, the Attenborough film he quotes was made in 2006).