This is not what democracy looks like, to revise the chant embraced by Occupy Wall Street. After a popular movement rose up against the proposed Keystone XL project–over a thousand people were arrested at one protest outside the White House, and 12,000 people joined hands around it at another-president Barack Obama announced that he would delay [...]
Posts Tagged Bill McKibben
Honorees include leading environmentalist Bill McKibben, Congressman Edward Markey, Congressman Keith Ellison, conservation photographer Ian Shive, New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert and others SAN FRANCISCO – Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and world-renowned environmental activist, will conclude his global day of action by accepting the Sierra Club’s highest honor, the John Muir Award. A worldwide [...]
***The first 50 volunteers will get free T-Shirts and ALL volunteers will get free tickets to the 10 Anniversary Green Festival in SF!*** Moving Planet, Sept 24th is this Sat!!! About 200 volunteers are needed this Saturday to make Bay Area Moving Planet happen smoothly. That’s where you come in! There are many kinds of [...]
Hundreds of thousands prepare for the world’s largest “day without fossil fuels” INTERNATIONAL — Is it possible for the world to move beyond fossil fuels? On September 24, more than 150 countries are expected to take part in a global day events called “Moving Planet” dedicated to the goal of solving the climate crisis by [...]
‘I’m scared out of my mind’—but still getting arrested to stop the tar-sands pipeline [VIDEO]
Aug 22
“More than 100 activists have been arrested so far for protesting against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in front of the White House — and more are getting locked up every day. At least 2,100 people have signed up to participate in the two-week sit-in, which kicked off on Saturday and will continue every day through [...]
“Wednesday August 3rd, Bill McKibben took to LiveStream to give an updates on the action answer questions from folks who will be attending. Here is a recording of that conversation.” VIDEO: Bill McKibben Answers Questions about the Tar Sands Action via Tar Sands Action
“We will never have as much money as the oil companies, so we need a different currency to work in, we need bodies, we need creativity, we need spirit.” “That was one of my favorite lines from the rousing speech Bill McKibben delivered to a packed DC Convention Center on Saturday night. He was addressing the thousands [...]
My life as a communist
Mar 1
“My life as a communist actually began without me knowing it, on Friday evening, when Glenn Beck spent his program explaining about a “communistic” conspiracy that included 10 groups in America. One was 350.org, a global campaign to fight climate change that I helped found three years ago. He even put our logo up on his whiteboard [...]
National Environmental Writers Rally Around Wendell Berry in Kentucky Governor’s Office Sit-In
Feb 14
National Environmental Writers Rally Around Wendell Berry in Kentucky Governor’s Office Sit-In FRANKFORT, KY – February 14, 2011, The nation’s most acclaimed environment writers are rallying around Wendell Berry, whom they called “the dean of their profession,” in support of his four-day long sit-in protesting mountaintop removal mining that continues in the office of Kentucky [...]
Everything Is Negotiable, Except With Nature: You Can’t Bargain About Global Warming With Chemistry and Physics by Bill Mckibben via Huffington Post
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