environmentalism Archives - Samantha Allemann

Running For Good (Matters Journal)

February 9, 2020
Samantha Allemann
Issues, People doing good

If the promise of endorphins aren’t enough to get you moving, how about knowing the health of the planet can be helped by you going for a run? Across the world, ultrarunners, sprinters and joggers are dedicating some of their runs to looking after the environment, proving that exercise can be a form of activism.

Captain Planet: Fearmonger Or Prophet? (The Vocal)

October 20, 2016
Samantha Allemann
Issues

Climate change is at the forefront of our minds and political debates these days. This focus, while crucial, has somewhat diverted our attention from all of those other environmental issues us 90s kids grew up fearing thanks to our trusty green haired, blue-skinned friend Captain Planet.

So was the Captain and his devoted Planeteers being overly dramatic about the future of Planet Earth, or should we have taken greater heed?