This is the third in a sequence of posts taken from my recent report: Why Did Environmentalism Become Partisan?
Summary
Rising partisanship did not make environmentalism more popular or politically effective. Instead, it saw flat or falling overall public opinion, fewer major legislative achievements, and fluctuating executive actions.
Public Opinion...
I think right now EAs might be making a significant mistake by paying insufficient attention to the political realm. As EAs we tend to figure out what’s most impactful for us to work on and focus hard. That’s great! But there are various actions that are ‘non-delegatable’ - the extent to which an individual can do the action is limited (like voting, going to a protest, making hard money contributions to particular campaigns). It might be useful if we were all more in the habit of doing variou...
This post presents the executive summary from Giving What We Can’s impact evaluation for 2025. At the end of this post we share links to more information, including the full report and...
I'm going on an EA-break 🐢
I'll probably slowly reconnect in a few months.
(I was particularly inspired by this comment of "It's ok to leave EA")
Take care!
I can say the comic resonates very well with my experience :) of the EA-break I took in 2018.
Take the time you need and remember it's ok to not return to EA if that's best.
Wonderful post Rémi. Take all the time you need, and if you decide to get back involved then I imagine our paths will cross on the other side! 🤗