This podcast introduces the US Tar Sands campaign network. In the podcast, Michael discusses strategy and tactics with Kenny Bruno, who was the US campaign coordinator of the bi-national campaign with Canada. “We aimed to stop the reckless and rapid expansion of the dirtiest project on earth, the tar sands industry in Alberta. One of […]
This podcast looks at the significance and impact of shareholder activism to push companies to assess, report and improve their environmental policies and practices. Companies need to be responsible for and reduce their carbon pollution not only in their own operations and sourcing, but in the companies whose materials they use to make their products, […]
This podcast peeks behind the influential Beyond Coal Campaign. In the early 2000’s, existing coal plants in the United States were the single biggest source of greenhouse gases in the nation as well as the single biggest source of mercury pollution and toxic water pollution. As a result, they were the single biggest contributor to […]
This podcast tells the story of the influential “1in5” and “Go Time” campaigns targeting the five biggest US tech companies: Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon. Both Bill Weihl and Jennifer Allyn were in this interview, with Bill providing his input via chat, and Jennifer Allyn spoke on their behalf. Bill Weihl’s vocal chords have […]
This podcast explores the influence and impact that employees can have on the company they work for. In this case, the company is Amazon and the campaign was “Amazon Employees for Climate Change”. In the podcast, we hear from Eliza Pan who talks us through the employee-led effort to get Amazon to report on its […]
This podcast looks at the Levi Strauss Campaign on Clean Renewable Energy also known as the “Too Dirty to Wear Campaign”. Calculations range from 5% to 8% that the fashion sector is responsible for that amount of global emissions. The goal of the campaign, as told by Todd Paglia, was to pressure Levi’s to be a fashion […]