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“Common Sense” Newsletter – September 2026: Community Movement Building with Democracy School & Trainings

16 hours 39 min ago

Our September Common Sense monthly newsletter shares a message about a new version of CELDF's Democracy School debuting in 2027, how much of what has been called a movement during the past two decades is more accurately understood as a collection of moments, and explains why and what we need to do to give ourselves a shot at challenging and collapsing the dominant system for all life, not just people.

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Categories: G1. Progressive Green

2-PART TRAINING: People’s Assemblies and The Revolutionary Potential of Grassroots Power

Tue, 09/01/2026 - 12:17

Join us for a free two-part training on September 30th and October 6th to learn from two experts on people's assemblies: Dr. Camila Vergara, an academic and organizer who was deeply involved in numerous assemblies held in Chile between 2020 and 2022 as part of the effort to enact a transformative new constitutional structure, and Denzel Caldwell, an organizer with the Black Nashville Assembly working to build black political power in Tennessee. 

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Categories: G1. Progressive Green

Oregon Humanities: Declaration of the Rights of Nature

Mon, 08/31/2026 - 06:30

A Lane County, Oregon initiative, part of a rising global movement, fundamentally reimagines humanity’s relationship with nature.

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Categories: G1. Progressive Green

Greenwashing: The Central Strategy of Next-Generation Industrialism with Max Wilbert

Wed, 08/26/2026 - 06:15

This was an international webinar for the People's Climate Summit held in Antalya, Turkey, parallel to COP31 in November, featuring Max Wilbert (CELDF's Co-coordinator of the Community Resistance & Resilience Program and author of Biocentric) as the main speaker.

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Categories: G1. Progressive Green

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