#UK#ClimateChange#ClimateActivism#Protest#PoliceState: "Trudi Warner is, in many ways, an unlikely rebel. The 69-year-old former child mental health social worker is, in her retirement, a keen organic grower, and she spent part of last year looking after sheep on the Isle of Eigg.
She is also worried stiff by the threat of climate change, and—after the resounding European Court of Human Rights verdict against the government of Switzerland this week—who’s to say she’s wrong?
Her concern about the climate crisis and how to draw attention to it has led to the prospect of being sent to jail. She is being prosecuted by the attorney general for, as we shall see, telling an accepted truth, or, as the authorities would put it, contempt of court. Her crime, if that’s what it is, was to tell the truth in the wrong place—on a pavement outside the Inner London Crown Court."
Mar 22 EWE: Canada — In #HamOnt, 98-year-old arrested for trespass in RBC Dundas bank along with three other courageous elders to stop RBC, one of the dirtiest, most crime-ridden banks in the world, from committing more environmental crimes. https://twitter.com/Mivasair/status/1771376313414341003#ClimateActivism
Very interesting paper on how best to target #climate#activism with lessons from the Black civil rights movement.
"the movement’s power stemmed not from majority support, which it never possessed, but from the ability of a minority to impose direct costs on the elite sectors that had influence over government"
The presence of Indians, from India, in Fediverse is insignificant as on today. Most of us are happy with X and social media tools from Meta. Even the number of posts from existing users, in India, is very low though many of them seem to be active in the above mentioned social media sites.
What can be done to improve the situation? There are no carrots here.
I am yet to see the presence of any climate activist or climate activism groups, from India, here. I will be glad to correct myself.
There are several notable climate activism groups in India, including:
Fridays for Future India: This is a youth-led movement that organizes peaceful demonstrations to call for action on climate change.
Balajee Sewa Sansthan (BSS India): This organization is headquartered in Dehradun and promotes sustainability and fighting climate change. They conduct awareness programs on climate change in various schools and register students as environment ambassadors.
The Climate Reality Project India: This is a non-profit organization that works to promote climate action and awareness in India. They organize training programs, workshops, and events to educate people about climate change and its impacts.
The Indian Youth Climate Network: This is a network of young people who are working to promote climate action and sustainability in India. They organize events, campaigns, and workshops to raise awareness about climate change and its impacts.
The Centre for Science and Environment: This is a research and advocacy organization that works on environmental issues, including climate change. They conduct research, publish reports, and organize events to promote sustainable development and climate action.
The above groups seem to available only in X, Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn.
Because let’s be clear, power is more terrified of losing power in the status quo than they are of losing their children’s futures when the status quo gets ripped away by sheer circumstance.
The collective failure to envision a better future and the lack of leadership or imagination to do it condemns us all.
You have to ask who the real criminals are. #ClimateCriminals#climateactivism
Is climate activism like the German “Last Generation” harming the climate movement?
There is no direct evidence for this.
"The accusation is an example of successful framing: It diverts the public’s attention from the fact that national and international climate policies alike are still insufficient." -
says political scientist Dr. Jan Wilkens from Universität Hamburg
By Carlos Martinez Censored News, September 29, 2023
"#Indigenous#ClimateActivist, artist, musician, and father Jacob Johns was shot in the chest this morning, Sept 28.2023, during a No Juan de Oñate statue peaceful protest in #Tewa territory (more commonly known as Española, New Mexico). Jacob put his body between women and children when the shooter charged towards the altar. He was air-lifted to a hospital in Albuquerque and had surgery.
"The shooter, who was wearing a red #MAGA hat, is in custody of tribal police. We ask everyone to please pray with us that he survives this surgery and that doctors have the strength and wisdom to help him.
"Jacob, who is Hopi and Akimel O'odham, has dedicated his life to Indigenous and #ClimateJustice. He is a skilled muralist and speaker, and specializes in non-violent, peaceful 'artivism'. He has a teenage daughter, Lily, she and his other family are currently flying from Washington State to Albuquerque New Mexico to be by his side.
"This inspirational man has put his life on the line over and over again to make a better world for his fellow humans, and now he and his family need your support to recover from this terrible hate crime. As you can imagine, being a climate activist is not lucrative work to readily afford major life- saving surgery. We are humbly requesting your donations to help cover his recovery, his medical bills, and to help support his family needs during what will likely be a very lengthy recovery period.
By Eyewitness News WABC Tuesday, September 19, 2023
"At least 20 people were arrested during a climate change protest outside Bank of America on Tuesday.
"Police said 11 women and nine men were charged with civil disobedience and most are expected to be processed and released.
"Critics say that the bank is the third largest financier of fossil fuels.
"On Monday more than 100 people were arrested on Wall Street during a climate change demonstration and protest.
"A total of 114 protesters were arrested and taken into custody in #LowerManhattan. Those arrested were charged with civil disobedience.
"Despite the arrests, the group is promising more activism this week during the U.N. General Assembly.
"'This is our last resort,' said Alicé Nascimento of New York Communities for Change. 'We're bringing the crisis to their doorstep and this is what it looks like.'
"The aim of the protesters is to demand an end to fossil fuel financing.
"On Sunday, yelling that the future and their lives depend on ending fossil fuels, tens of thousands of protesters took to the Upper East Side in a march.
"Organizers estimated 75,000 people marched Sunday."
"As the #ClimateCrisis worsens, and as the international efforts to mitigate its effects continue to fall short, activists like #CameronFord have become more daring. Over the past year and a half, the 32-year-old British carpenter has blocked highways by gluing himself to roads and chained himself to an oil tanker.
"Like most #environmental campaigners, Ford never wanted to do anything that could land him in jail. 'I was hoping to emigrate to Canada one day,' he says from his home in Cambridge. But Ford changed his mind about the need for bolder activism after attending a talk hosted by the climate group #InsulateBritain last summer. 'It made sense to make that stand earlier, whilst there was still a chance that we could actually mitigate the worst of it, rather than once it’s too late,' he says.
"Ford is hardly alone in that view. Other British protesters like him have gone so far as to tunnel under major infrastructure projects, throw soup at famous works of art, and scale a 190-food bridge—all in a desperate bid to draw the public’s attention to the looming climate catastrophe.
"But their democratic right to protest is now at risk as the British government declares war on tactics that it regards as disruptive and, ideally, illegal. Draft legislation that the House of Commons approved in October [2022] would pose unprecedented restrictions on the right to #protest in #England and #Wales.
"'When [#ClimateCollapse] is what we face, I believe the only thing that would curtail us is the death penalty,' says Ford, 'because the alternative to us not standing up is death.'"
A rally of mostly myself today (there was a bigger one dealing with homeless issues down the road). A few folks showed up for a bit. Got honks and cheers. I plan on doing another one at some point soon. A few folks commented on my "Climate Change Weather Wheel".
"They don't want the protesters to win. (...) No one wants to contemplate the harsh reality of climate. They especially don't want to contemplate how they personally fit into the situation, in terms of both morality and mortality."
That's right. Everyone wants to carry on with their lives with minimal disruption.
The #OrlandoScienceCenter is really great about teaching the causes and effects of climate change. This piece, "2 degrees", by Parker Sketch is on the second floor.
Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary got a rude welcome in Brussels today when he received two cream pies to the face while standing next to a cardboard cutout of EU chief Ursula von der Leyen."
Climate activists turn Venice Grand Canal bright green (i.stuff.co.nz)
Activists have turned Venice’s famous Grand Canal bright green in protest at the ongoing COP28 UN climate summit in Dubai....