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I’ve learned a lot about how to be an ordinary person, filled with self-doubt, who still takes the risk of trying to do something about the world.
Colin Beavan | Jan 25, 2019
When hatred stops our ability to understand, it prevents our ability to make change.
Colin Beavan | Nov 30, 2017
As a self-identified feminist man who has survived abuse, I wonder how and if I should participate in the conversation.
Colin Beavan | Oct 31, 2017
If we can stop clinging to stories that obscure the truth of what happened, then what follows easily is, How can I help?
Colin Beavan | Oct 6, 2017
Some of my anger at the recent actions of white supremacists comes from acknowledging my own capacity for ugliness.
Colin Beavan | Aug 18, 2017
A young white man moved into a black neighborhood to fix a crumbling house and discovered what really transcends differences.
Colin Beavan | Jul 1, 2017
There are so many ways we can slow and stop the burning of fossil fuels in the United States. But we need to get to work.
Colin Beavan | Jun 2, 2017
Resolute Forest Products provides the paper for the nation’s biggest newspapers and publishers. So it’s up to independent media to speak out.
Colin Beavan | May 20, 2017
Try less fighting and speaking and doing to get “our†way—and a lot more sitting and listening and questioning and being still.
Colin Beavan | May 9, 2017
Critics of nonviolence say that option is the prerogative of the privileged. But actually it’s the other way around.
Colin Beavan | Apr 24, 2017
While we work to change the government, we can’t forget that we can also make big change ourselves by starting small and local.
Colin Beavan | Apr 8, 2017
Our current political climate is volatile, scary, and uncertain. But maybe the not knowing and the confusion will finally allow us to arrive at a true beginning.
Colin Beavan | Mar 25, 2017
If you want to sustain yourself for the work ahead, here’s some advice: It doesn’t matter whether the other side “deserves†anger.
Colin Beavan | Mar 11, 2017
To get someone’s support, you need more than just facts.
Colin Beavan | Feb 23, 2017
We must take care of ourselves in a way that ensures our compassion is not drained away.
Colin Beavan | Nov 26, 2016
Having fewer and slower cars on the streets where we live encourages neighborliness, makes us not only feel safer but actually be safer.
Colin Beavan | Feb 12, 2016
Low-carbon living isn’t a sacrifice. Colin Beavan says it’s the good life.
Colin Beavan | Dec 2, 2009
One family’s daring experiment: Christmas without all the stuff.
Colin Beavan | Nov 1, 2008