He mea hoʻonohonoho ʻo Joshua Kahn Russell e hoʻopaʻa i ka neʻe ʻana no ke kaulike kaiaola a me ka hoʻoponopono lāhui. He mea hoʻolālā a me ka non-violent direct action trainer me ka Ka Hui Ruckus, a lawelawe i nā kaiāulu i hoʻopili pololei ʻia e ka ʻili wahie fossil.

Hāʻawi ʻo Joshua i nā papa hana, hoʻomaʻamaʻa, kūkākūkā, hoʻomaʻamaʻa, a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā hana i nā hui a me nā hui.   

Ua kākau ʻo ia i nā mokuna no nā puke he nui a me nā manual hoʻonohonoho he nui, i kēia manawa Hoʻomaʻalili ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka Honua: Nā mea hana a me nā noʻonoʻo e hoʻokele i ka pilikia Climate, me Hilary Moore, ma PM Press. He mea kākau maʻamau ʻo Joshua no nā blog Znet, ʻO Grist, Rabble.ca, WireTap, a Ke Wela Mai nei, a ua puka mai kāna mau ʻatikala maʻAe! Makakini, Left Turn Magazine, Ka Makaina Peacework,Hoʻonui i ka Anti, a Z Magazine, Me kekahi po'e'ē a'e.

Ua hana ʻo Joshua ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa me nā hui kīwila ma United Nations Climate Negotiations a he leo alakaʻi i ka International Youth Climate Movement. Ua noho o Iosua eha makahiki e like me Pūnaewele Hana HālāwaiʻO Grassroots Actions Manager, e kōkua ana i ka lanakila ʻana i nā hoʻolaha e hoʻōki i nā ʻoihana mai ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kā mākou addiction i ka lanahu a me ka ʻaila, a me ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana iā Wall Street me nā hoʻolaha kūleʻa i hoʻoneʻe i ʻeono mau panakō mai ke kālā kālā ʻana i nā papahana wahie fossil.

Ua hoʻonohonoho a kōkua ʻo Joshua i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hana hoʻolohe ʻole kīwila, me ka poʻe 4,000. Kapilika Climate Action i ka makahiki 2009. I kēia manawa he kumu aʻoaʻo a me ka hoʻoponopono hana no ka Hana Sands Tar ka mea i hoʻouluulu i 1,250 poʻe me nā ʻepekema, nā senator, nā alakaʻi ʻōiwi, nā mahiʻai, nā kumu, nā makuahine, nā alakaʻi hoʻomana, nā haumāna a me nā mea kaulana e komo i loko o 2 mau pule o ka noho ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā ma ka Hale Paʻa. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke komite hoʻokele o ka Huihui Hana Hana, he hui ʻōpio alakaʻi ʻia ma luna o 48 mau pūʻulu e pili ana i ka spectrum kaiapuni, a ua kōkua i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka "hou" Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), he hui ʻōpio a me nā haumāna no ka lehulehu, a ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki i ulu aʻe. 250 mau mokuna a kokoke i 3,000 mau lālā a puni ka ʻāina. Ua kōkua ʻo ia i ka hoʻolaʻa hou ʻana i ka Activist Resource Center a me nā hui haumāna ʻē aʻe ma ke Kulanui ʻo Brandeis, kahi i hoʻonohonoho ai ʻo ia i nā huakaʻi hele haumāna ma ke kulanui ma 2003 a me 2006. International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life; ʻO ka Elise Boulding Sociology and Social Activism Award; a me ka Karpf Peace Award. I loko o ia manawa ua hana ʻo ia i ka hana koʻikoʻi honua ma Cambodia, Jamaica, a me Mexico me nā hui e like me ka Womyn's Agenda for Change a me ka International Jamaican Council for Human Rights.

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