December 15, 2025
When I dream of home, I dream of rural Appalachian Ohio where my son was born and where I lived for most of my life. Southeastern Ohio taught me how to be in community. It showed me love in action from my favorite foraged mushrooms a neighbor would leave in baskets on my doorstep to the “snow day co-op” fellow single moms organized for childcare when school was closed.
But my home also introduced me to fracking. There was an injection well just up the road. Hourly, trucks carrying fracking waste rumbled past. I had friends who were arrested for standing up to defend those woods and hills which already carried a heavy legacy of coal mining. Others polled their resources to buy land and keep it safe from extraction.
In this installment of Justice This Week, we’re looking at how we defend what we love, from the pushback against destructive AI Data Centers moving into communities to the advancement of land justice.
Sometimes love means standing up and speaking out. Sometimes love means fighting.
Dr. Alison Stine
Climate Justice
Senior Editor
