Wendy Becktold
Sierra Club
Oakland, CA, United States
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For Rachel Parham, Practice Makes Perfect
The Sierra Club volunteer details her journey from introvert to activist → Read More
Rebecca Jim and the Legacy of Tar Creek
The lifelong activist brings people together to heal the land → Read More
Mercedes Macias on Organizing in Her Own Backyard
The Beyond Dirty Fuels organizer wants to see Kern County free of the oil industry → Read More
Speaking Up on Behalf of Others
Tasmin Mellouli on trees, wetlands, and her Muslim faith → Read More
Educating Girls May Be Nigeria's Best Defense Against Climate Change
The Center for Girls' Education is giving impoverished girls new opportunities → Read More
California Just Banned Chlorpyrifos. Why Won’t the EPA?
Numerous Studies show that the pesticide is harmful to human health → Read More
10 Reasons to Feel Hopeful About Climate Change in 2019
Humanity’s on the brink, but signs are emerging that we’ll pull back → Read More
Is Deregulation to Blame for the Most Recent E.coli Outbreak?
Farmers don’t have to test their irrigation water for pathogens. That’s a problem. → Read More
Is Deregulation to Blame for the Most Recent E. coli Outbreak?
Farmers don’t have to test their irrigation water for pathogens. That’s a problem. → Read More
Hanifa Yousoufi on Her Historic Climb up Mt. Noshaq
The 24-year-old is the first Afghan woman to summit the country’s tallest peak → Read More
A Group of Young Afghan Women Reach New Heights Trekking in Nepal
Three teens from Kabul reach personal summits while mountaineering → Read More
Climate Activists Say Women Are Key to Solving the Climate Crisis
When will everyone else get the memo? → Read More
Constance Okollet’s COP23 Message: Climate Change is Reality in Uganda
The head of the Osukuru United Women Network wants actions not words → Read More
Junkgirls’ Jenny Kompolt Practices Art of Healing with Discarded Objects
How to see beauty in worn-out things, and help others see it too → Read More
Community Activist Anthony Torres Receives Youth Brower Award
It might sound radical, but this youth organizer wants a world that works for us all → Read More
Fall Armyworm Arrives in Africa on the Heels of Climate Change
A rapidly spreading invasive pest now threatens crops across the continent → Read More
Ugandan Women Didn't Cause Climate Change, But They're Adapting to It
How a network of women are weathering the changing climate → Read More
Puerto Ricans Face Uneasy Future After Hurricane Maria
Questions loom about damaged infrastructure and a coal ash landfill in Guayama → Read More
Dispatch From the Path of Totality
Witnessing a big eclipse on a small farm (spoiler alert: there was no electronica) → Read More
Patricia Schuba Is Cleaning Up Missouri
Patricia Schuba fought a coal-ash dump in Missouri. Now she's running for office. → Read More