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Devi Lockwood’s Journalist Portfolio

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Meet the globetrotting cyclist collecting 1,001 climate change stories

Meet the globetrotting cyclist collecting 1,001 climate change stories

The Guardian — On Saturday, Devi Lockwood will be at the People's Climate march in Washington, DC, hoping to add to the 600 interviews she's done in the US and beyond, about how people's lives have been impacted by climate change and water.

Learning to Scale Peaks From My Underprotective Mother

Learning to Scale Peaks From My Underprotective Mother

The New York Times — I grew up hearing stories of my mom's grad school days at M.I.T. in the early '90s: pulling all-nighters in the Fishbowl, a cluster of computers off of the Infinite Corridor; writing messages to other Project Athena users on black screens with green text; sneaking through tunnels at night.

Dispatches From a Youth Delegate at COP22

Dispatches From a Youth Delegate at COP22

Sierra Magazine — In September 2016, a group of youth climate activists and elders gathered around a campfire at Canticle Farm, an urban permaculture center in Oakland, California. The flames cast shadows on the faces of 13 youth delegates, including myself, headed to Marrakesh, Morocco, for the 22nd United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP22)-an annual gathering to assess international progress in mitigating climate change.

Thanks to science, we can hear the voices of icebergs. But are we listening?

Thanks to science, we can hear the voices of icebergs. But are we listening?

Public Radio International — If you walk along the Chicago River behind the Lyric Opera House between now and Oct. 1, you'll hear a low groan, a twinkling sound - a distinctive hum that is not-quite-urban. Passersby have compared the noises to an airplane passing overhead, a whale's vocalization or a penguin singing.

What Haunting Sound Does an Iceberg Make When It Breaks Off the Ice Shelf? Chicago Commuters Will...

What Haunting Sound Does an Iceberg Make When It Breaks Off the Ice Shelf? Chicago Commuters Will...

Slate — On July 12, when one of the largest icebergs ever recorded broke away from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf and into the Weddell Sea, no one was around to hear it.

From Standing Rock to Morocco: Indigenous Protesters Act in Solidarity Against Corporate Polluter...

From Standing Rock to Morocco: Indigenous Protesters Act in Solidarity Against Corporate Polluter...

Truthout — Like those resisting the pipeline threatening to cross Native lands at Standing Rock, Indigenous activists in Morocco have spent the past five years running a protest camp in defiance of an international mining operation on their territory.

Home: an Index - Alpinist.com

Home: an Index - Alpinist.com

Alpinist Magazine — A personal essay on being raised by mountaineers.

London: Some of the 100,000 Women's March protesters on Trump

London: Some of the 100,000 Women's March protesters on Trump

The GroundTruth Project — LONDON - A crowd estimated at 100,000 people took to the streets in London to protest Trump's inauguration, marching from the U.S. Embassy to Trafalgar Square. Along the way, protesters talked about what the Trump presidency meant to them and why they were demonstrating.

5 Alarming Ways That Climate Change Is Racist - Everyday Feminism

5 Alarming Ways That Climate Change Is Racist - Everyday Feminism

Everyday Feminism — Environmental racism - the disproportionate exposure to climate change and toxicity that people of color experience - is a slower, more insidious form of violence against communities of color. A fundamental proposition of climate justice is that those who are least responsible for climate change suffer its gravest consequences.

Ranchers and Tribes Unite Once Again to Fight the Keystone XL

Ranchers and Tribes Unite Once Again to Fight the Keystone XL

YES! Magazine — A week after tens of thousands turned out in support of science and as thousands more this weekend take to the streets for the People's Climate March, a quieter walk will be held at what might be considered ground zero of the country's energy debate.

Climate change: A feminist issue

Climate change: A feminist issue

Women's Media Center — In Tuvalu, climate change is a feminist issue. Asita Moloti has been leading workshops on gender equality and climate change in the tiny nation of Tuvalu since 2004. "While men's and women's lives are both impacted [by climate change], they are impacted differently," Moloti said.

Insults and artistry at a Nebraskan pirate festival - The Boston Globe

Insults and artistry at a Nebraskan pirate festival - The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe — PAPILLION, Neb. - Ten minutes outside of Omaha, we ventured out of our car on a 102-degree August day into a berry and pumpkin ranch. The reason? Midwest Pirate Fest, one of many pirate festivals held across the country. The vast majority of these festivals are held in landlocked towns.

Listening as Activism

Listening as Activism

Harvard Magazine — Leo and I sit across the table from each other in the home his family rents in Dunedin, New Zealand. The kitchen smells of roast garlic. Two days ago I cycled up the big hill to his house with all my belongings strapped and clipped to my bicycle: clothes, food, audio recorder, and a tiny guitar.

We Can't Talk Climate Change Without Talking Environmental Racism

We Can't Talk Climate Change Without Talking Environmental Racism

theestablishment.co — Structural racism is deadly, and not just because of police shootings of unarmed black youth. Environmental racism - disproportionate exposure to pollution and toxicity - is a slower, more insidious form of violence against low-income communities of color. The term "environmental racism" was coined in the 1980s to highlight the placement of low-income or minority communities in proximity to environmentally hazardous or degraded environments, especially toxic waste sites.

How Youth Delegates at COP22 Are Mobilizing Ahead of a Trump Presidency

How Youth Delegates at COP22 Are Mobilizing Ahead of a Trump Presidency

Pacific Standard — The youngest members of civil society have the most to lose - yet for COP organizers, they are too often an afterthought.

A Poet Who Delivers Dreams to Your Doorstep

A Poet Who Delivers Dreams to Your Doorstep

Hyperallergic — During the day Mathias Svalina writes the dreams. At 2am, he begins to deliver. There's a haunted quality to a city at night. After the bars close and crowds clear the streets, a lone cyclist on an '85 Raleigh Kodiak pedals past, a stack of pink envelopes in his backpack.

In An Armenian Kitchen, Finding A Heritage Lost To Domestic Violence

In An Armenian Kitchen, Finding A Heritage Lost To Domestic Violence

NPR — I was born to a white American mother and a Syrian-Armenian father. His family is Armenian, but lived in Kessab, Syria, before immigrating to Massachusetts. But growing up, I had little contact with his family and culture, including its rich Syrian and Armenian food traditions.

The Power of Slow

The Power of Slow

Bicycling Magazine — In January 2015, I reach the base of Mount Messenger in the North Island of New Zealand. A yellow-and-blue sign reads: Winding Road / Be Patient. It is there for good reason.

26 Reasons To Add Knoydart To Your Travel Bucket List

26 Reasons To Add Knoydart To Your Travel Bucket List

BuzzFeed — This remote peninsula is Scotland's last true wilderness. Population: 113. Awesome factor: Off the charts.

Why these 6 women marched against Trump in London

Why these 6 women marched against Trump in London

Cosmopolitan — From Washington to Sydney, Dublin to Tokyo, thousands of people joined together today to defend women's rights and show that loves always trumps hate. With an estimated 100,000 in London alone, one Cosmopolitan writer spoke to six women about why today mattered.

Breaking Up With Both A Person And A Place

Breaking Up With Both A Person And A Place

BuzzFeed — A personal essay on loving and leaving.

One bike and 1,001 stories on climate change

One bike and 1,001 stories on climate change

The Guardian — On 21 September 2014, 400,000 climate activists gathered in New York City for the People's Climate March, an 85-block-long tide of humanity walking from Central Park to the UN. The purpose? To demand that world leaders take meaningful measures to address climate change. I was a drop in that ocean.