Rabbi Herschel suggests an important first step for climate activists, although it is likely that for most activists it is radical amazement that has already moved them to be defenders of the planet.
Here are inspiring, provocative videos, words, and music, about issues that concern us, that guide us on our spiritual path, that support us as we struggle to know what we, personally, need to do to heal the climate and rescue our planet home.
Amazing Voices & Visions
Dr. David Suzuki - Canada - Why It’s Time to Think About Human Extinction - 61 min
Wendell Berry and Bill Moyers Hopes for Humanity - 40 min
Naomi Klein
This changes everything - 29 min
Chris Hedges and Roger Hallam
Civil Disobedience to Stop Ecocide - 29 min
Martin Luther King Jr - Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech - 12 min
Colin Kaepernick - ABC News - 2.30 min
ChaseExit Paul Weiss on Chase Bank - 2 min
Amazing Child Visionaries
15-year-old Greta Thunberg - 2018 UN Climate Change COP24 Conference - Poland - 3:29 min
Greta & Svante Thunberg
Straight Talk at COP24 Poland - 19 min
Greta - Speeches that helped spark a climate movement - 2 min
Greta & Naomi Klein on the Climate Fight - “If we can save the banks, then we can save the planet.” - 9:27 min
Severn Suzuki (11-year-old daughter of Dr. David Suzuki) - 1992 UN Environmental Summit in Rio de Janeiro - 8:30 min
More Amazing Videos
Cowspiracy - 90 min
Also: Response to criticism of Cowspiracy
King Corn - Subtitulado en español - 80 min
Chickens - Placing 20,000 chickens in a chicken barn - 7:00 min
“Placing” in the title should be replaced with “Dumping”. My grandfather raised chickens and never treated innocent, living creatures as if they were inanimate objects
Daniel Sheehan - Implications of Global Climate Change - 11 min
Richard Wolff - Air & Water Pollution (at 23:10) 4 min
Dr. Lee Camp - Scandalous Witness, Part 1 - Religion and politics - 55 min
Jill Stein to Standing Rock Protestors - 16 min
Paul Weiss - Teen Soldiers 4:30 min
New Zealand Climate Minister James Shaw blasts parliament after Cyclone Gabrielle - 2 min
Amazing Audio
Ralph Nader Radio Hour Confronting Climate Denial - 78 min
Martin Luther King Jr - April 4, 1967 Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence - 57 min
Amazing Music
Youth Sing For The Climate Belgium - 1:45 min
Pete Seeger - We shall overcome - 8 min
We Are The World For Haiti - 8:30 min
Pete Seeger - Where have all the flowers gone? - 4:22 min
Woody Guthrie - Ludlow Mine Masacre in Colorado - 3:30 min
Amazing Articles
Americas Climate Villains - Dirty Dozen including Chase Bank
Climate Crisis in 10 Charts - Guardian - Sep/2019
12 Best Books on Climate Change - NBC News - 2021
Going Green - Romero Institute in California says our climate crisis is at CODE RED. Steps offered to save money and shrink our footprint.
Amazing Books
Paul Weiss - Climate Break - A novel about a catastrophic climate event in Washington, DC
Walter Wink - Engaging The Powers
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr - Testament of Hope: Essential Writings and Speeches of Dr. King
Henri Nouwen - Life of the Beloved
Thomas Keating - Invitation to Love - Open Mind, Open Heart
Dan Berrigan - The Kings and Their Gods: The Pathology of Power
Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Life Together
Thomas Merton - Contemplation in a World of Action, Letter to a Young Activist
Mohandas K. Gandhi - An Autobiography
Jonathan Kozol - Amazing Grace
Paolo Coelho - The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
Paul Weiss - Touching The Rainbow Ground - 8 Steps To Hope