[Original published in the Atlantic]

For decades environmentalists have fought to save our oceans from the perils of overfishing, climate change, and pollution. All noble efforts — but what if environmentalists have it backwards? What if the question is not how to save the oceans, but how the oceans can save us?

That is what a growing network of scientists, ocean farmers, and environmentalists around the world is trying to figure out. With nearly 90 percent of large fish stocks threatened by over-fishing and 3.5 billion people dependent on the seas as their primary food source, these ocean farming advocates have concluded that aquaculture is here to stay. (more…)

Nothing is more important right now for labor, for the environment, for the climate, for democracy, and for a sustainable global future than to prevent the destruction of the Occupy movements around the US  by the forces of corporate greed.  It is up to us — the 99 percent — to answer these coordinated attacks.

By sending his police to beat, pepper-spray, and evict unarmed protestors, billionaire Mayor Bloomberg is placing himself in the great tradition that runs from King George III of England to Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. (more…)

“Occupy Wall Street” is inspiring a broad movement for the interests of the “99 percent” against domination of our country and the world by corporate greed.  That movement is challenging the sacrifice of the common interests of ordinary people — the “99 percent” — to the short term private interests of wealthy speculators.  And it is demanding protection not only of the economic future of the 99 percent, but also our environmental and social futures.  ”The 99 Percent Organize Themselves” by LNS staff member Jeremy Brecher tells what 99-percenters are doing  – and what further we could do — in response to the Occupy movements. (more…)

LNS has been actively involved in shaping and organizing support for a “Statement of Our Nation’s Moral Obligation to Address Climate Change.”  We hope LNS members will sign. To do so, click here: Climate Ethics Campaign

We firmly believe that climate change is a real, dangerous, and rapidly worsening problem with deep moral implications. But the U.S. has done little to reduce its contribution to the crises. Concern about the costs of reducing emissions is one of the primary reasons we have failed to act. Given the stakes, we must acknowledge and act on the core moral principles our nation has long stood for, enacting effective climate goals that will at the same time protect vulnerable workers and communities. (more…)