Greta Thunberg just might save the world-and she's not the only one.

*Weekly Digest | September 21, 2019*



*Letter From an Editor*

Greta Thunberg has taken the world by storm-most notably, on Friday, when she led a global day of action for environmental justice [ [link removed] ].

But Greta Thunberg is not an outlier. She's exceptional, but she's not alone. Women around the world have been demanding action and crafting solutions to local and global matters for time immemorial, and the climate movement is similarly made possible by the fearless and persistent activism of feminists.

We've explored the intimate connection between gender justice and environmental justice, and the eco-feminist movement, at great length at Ms. for decades. This week, I'm highlighting pieces from our archives that examine the feminist fight for environmental justice [ [link removed] ]-and lay out blueprints for activism for anyone interested in continuing the charge in their own communities in the weeks, months and years ahead.

Of course, lots of other stories demanded our attention, too, in the days before the Climate Strike. We dug into the latest headlines about Brett Kavanaugh [ [link removed] ]-and the latest allegations against him. We called out Facebook for censoring abortion advocates [ [link removed] ]. We marked the kick-off of SuperMajority's Majority Rules bus tour [ [link removed] ] and examined the campus activism that is shaping California's legislative agenda [ [link removed] ]. We sounded off on a depressing new study [ [link removed] ] about sexual violence and celebrated Deb Butler's "melt-up" on the North Carolina House floor [ [link removed] ]. We took a hard look at the implications of Boston's "straight pride" parade [ [link removed] ] and mourned the fantasies migrant families envisioned when they crossed the border. [ [link removed] ] In excerpts from our latest issue now available online, we assess the damage of Trump's domestic gag rule [ [link removed] ] and explore how feminist voters and candidates could impact elections in 2019 and 2020 [ [link removed] ].

We also joined Judy Chicago in her latest reckoning [ [link removed] ] and asked Holland Taylor some questions about Ann Richards [ [link removed] ]; and got some good advice from Mozilla founder Mitchell Baker [ [link removed] ] before we talked to Tess Paras about her #MeToo movie [ [link removed] ].

Lots of women and girls around the world are making waves-and altogether we have the power to make a difference.

Onward,




Carmen Rios
Managing Digital Editor, "Ms." _________________________________________



*Eco-Feminist Must-Reads from Ms. *


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*Why Women's Leadership is What the Climate Justice Movement Needs* [ [link removed] ]









From Bella Abzug to Greta Thunberg, women and girls are and have always been at the forefront of the climate justice movement, applying solutions and demanding accountability. It's time that more of them to step up, connect with one another and be recognized as the leaders that this movement needs-because the leadership that women and girls exercise when they are connected is more than inspiring: It's revolutionary. And that's exactly the kind of leadership we need to address the climate crisis.





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*Marching for an Eco-Feminist Revolution* [ [link removed] ]

As a 30-something American woman, I literally have felt the pit of my stomach leap into my heart innumerable times over the course of this past year. At the same time, as a climate activist and attorney, I have felt my heart drop to the pit of stomach more times than I can keep track of this past year. During these crisis moments, the intersection between what I do and who I am has never been clearer. The foe in both contexts is one and the same.







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*Why Women? Why Now? Gender and Our Environmental Crisis* [ [link removed] ]* *

[ [link removed] ]Fires are raging. Sea levels are rising. While the scale of the climate crisis has grown, so has the band of passionate grassroots leaders hard at work to turn things around. More often than not, those leaders are women.



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*Meet the Women of Sunrise* [ [link removed] ]

With the Green New Deal resolution now before Congress, Sunrisers are working to make life miserable for its Republican opponents and pressing Democratic presidential candidates to back the measure. Sunrise has become a powerful expression of generational politics, but also one rooted in feminist values. More than half of Sunrise's steering team members are women, as are most of its principal staff, and in January founder Prakash became Sunrise's first executive director.

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*How Empowering Women and Girls Can Help Stop Global Warming* [ [link removed] ]

"Securing the rights of women and girls can have a positive impact on the atmosphere, comparable to that of wind turbines and solar panels and forests." I talked to author and expert Katharine Wilkinson about the key ways that empowering women and girls can help stop global warming.













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