Fuel Your Inspiration
- Tom Vermolen
- 14 hours ago
- 3 min read
November 2025
Now is a time to stand up and not be scared: Invincible youth is here to stay, no matter what
Getting to justice: The inspiring young Montana activists who 10 years ago led the charge by suing the United States for climate action in Juliana V. U.S., may lose their case in US federal court after all. They are not taking no for an answer. They are taking their case to an international tribunal at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Read the full story from Inside Climate News. The youth’s lawyer, Julia Olson, founder of non-profit law firm The Children’s Trust, said, "Now is not a time to sit back. Now is a time to stand up and not be scared, but to embrace democracy and be there with our youth, because they are going to live with all of this."
The Peace and Climate Justice banner is flying high in Africa—Future leaders are organizing, speaking out. You can help.
Momentum in the Peace and Climate Justice movement has been steadily building over the last year in Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Kenya. Aided by Fridays for Future and the Action Network platform, volunteers are building a viable network. You, our readers, have read volunteers’ reports on these activities in this FFF Newsletter. More and more volunteers are organizing groups, putting in hours, cleaning up rivers and lakes choked with weeds and rubbish, collecting tons of plastic waste, conserving forests, and conducting outreach and education to schools and communities. The job of holding the parties responsible for this pollution to account is a lot of work, but work delegated into smaller, doable tasks can be shared and is made easier. If you, dear reader, can contribute even a couple of hours per week to this climate justice momentum (no matter where you live), please share your story with us at info@fridaysforfuturenewsletter.org.
Peruvian Stingless Bees Get Legal Rights
The tiny Tetragonista augustula bee has been a building block of the world’s tropical forests for 80 million years. It is the first insect to be recognized by a legal entity for protection. Read about this exciting development in an article from our friends at Inside Climate News, one of our go-to sources of news about the environment and climate justice. More on the Rights of Nature movement, from The Guardian, here.
Get on board the SHIFT
Join the Super High-impact Initiative for Fixing Tomorrow, a new project from our friend, sustainability professor in Lund, Sweden Dr. Kimberly Nicholas, and Project Drawdown, a goldmine of climate solutions and action. Dr. Nicholas says, “Any job can be a climate job.” Take their survey to determine your climate superpowers and get a match to meaningful climate actions tailored to you, your workplace, your climate group, your classroom, or your schedule—wherever you want to make an impact.
Bright Harvest: Powering Earth From Space—Science fiction becomes reality
Imagine an endless supply of clean, sustainable energy. It sounds like science fiction and indeed, it was such a story by Issac Asimov that inspired a team of scientists at California Institute of Technology to develop the Space Solar Power Demonstrator, launched in 2023. It is now successfully collecting and wirelessly transmitting energy from space to Earth. A short documentary film about the SSPD, called Bright Harvest: Powering Earth from Space, is debuting this month. Click the link for news and screenings to come.
Hands Off Kenya’s Forests!
The Karura Forest, called “the lungs of Nairobi,” and the Aberdare Forest are being threatened by plans to build roads through them. Private developers are grabbing acres of the Oloolua Forest. And a successful 2023 logging ban threatens to be lifted. The Friends of Karura Forest, Greenpeace Africa, and many of our Kenyan Fridays for Future colleagues are working to save these forests. You can find more details about this and support their fight to preserve these public forest refuges by signing this petition.
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