Feb 11
Data-to-Action Paradigm vs Civic Engagement Paradigm An article by Samantha Jo Fried, in the Jan-Feb 2020 issue of American Scientist, explores the advantages for Climate Action groups of moving from a data-to-action approach (which assumes people will take action if scientists feed them good data) to a civic engagement approach (which recognizes that people are …
Jan 23
Chili Dinner is free! Donations to Terry Christenson’s GoFundMe legal campaign are welcome. A short video of Terry’s arrest will be shown (beginning with his climb over a 10′ barbed-wire fence onto Kinder Morgan tank farm); Terry’s brother Ken will perform one of Terry’s songs; then there will be a panel-discussion on the question: “Are …
Jan 22
Updated Jan. 19 open link here: https://www.fridaysforfuture.org/calendar
Jan 13
Open link to Frank’s letter to the editor below: https://www.parrysound.com/opinion-story/9793690-we-are-living-a-real-life-tragedy-with-climate-change-says-parry-sound-reader/
Jan 11
[PLEASE NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN CONDENSED TO ONE HALF OF ITS ORIGINAL LENGTH FOR PERFORMANCE PURPOSES BY CLIMATE ACTION PARRY SOUND] If words make worlds, then we urgently need to tell a new story about the climate crisis. Here is one vision of what it could look and feel like to radically, collectively take …
Jan 05
Judy and I had a chance to visit with Tanya Bucknor at her “Walk to Waken the Nation” camp in front of the parliament buildings in Ottawa on Christmas day. She normally has lots of company, but this was her quiet Christmas feast. Yesterday Tanya, and others from Extinction Rebellion Ottawa, had a little visit …
Jan 04
We are taught to think of humans first. When we look at this photo we see a human tragedy unfolding due to a ‘climate emergency’ that threatens ‘the world as we know it’. In this New Year, the first of a decade during which the science tells us we have a last chance to mitigate ecological …
Dec 25
This on Twitter today from extinction rebellion edmonton@xredmonton: We demand governments TELL THE TRUTH about the ecological crisis, ACT NOW, and get BEYOND POLITICS for a JUST TRANSITION. #extinctionrebellion
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