Public opposition to the Keystone “Tar Sands” Pipeline continues to increase, with protests against ‘the dirtiest fuel on the planet‘ taking new and increasingly organized public forms of civil disobedience in … [Read full article]
Tag: environmental activism
Transcanada Seizes A Grandmother On Her Own Property, Detains NYTimes Reporter, & Pays Local Police to Make Arrests… As The Tar Sands Blockade Digs In
The Canadian fossil fuel giant Transcanada (net earnings 2011: $1.5 billion) is encountering increased resistance from the “Tar Sands Blockade” in eastern Texas — now in its 18th day of … [Read full article]
Tar Sands Opposition Escalates: Human Blockade, Tree Sit-In "Village," And Police Violence In Texas Forest
Protest against the controversial Keystone XL “Tar Sands” Pipeline has escalated dramatically in recent days, largely unreported in the national media. Protesters have established a human blockade in front … [Read full article]
Shit the FBI Says (VIDEO)
This is a tremendous, awesome video from Will Potter of Green is the New Red. Potter is an expert on the FBI and its growing obsession with labeling activists (in … [Read full article]
Everything is Connected: Currents of Activism, Occupy Wall Street, Tar Sands
Everything is connected: the things we do, the things others do, affect people’s lives. The aura of our material planet is a body of energy that is part of us and extends around us from the inside out. This connectivity is showing up willfully in our streets. Bill Mikkiben points out: “We cannot solve the carbon problem until we solve the power problem.” He also acknowledges the good timing of now-linking movements of activism. The time of putting positive energy into a collective force is in action now as a space to heal these gaping wounds in culture and environment unfolds.
Activism Roundup (7 Stories)
7 more good activism stories of the week we haven’t covered yet:
Guilt is Not Green
This is a common belief that because of the numerous environmental problems we’ve created, we need to feel guilty. We don’t need to feel guilty at all, about this or in life in general.
Activism Stories {Weekly Round-Up}
Some top environmental, climate, animal activism news from the past week or so….
Activism News {Weekly Round-Up)
Some activism news from around from the past week or so….
12 Animal Activists Arrested in Spain for "Eco-Terrorism"
Soooo ridiculous. Will Potter, THE expert on animal and environmental activists being inappropriately treated as terrorists had a breaking story yesterday on 12 animal rights and environmental activists who have been arrested in Spain and labelled “eco-terrorists.” It seems to have gone viral (gotten extremely popular), and for good reason.
Environmental Activism News of the Week
Some top green activism stories form the past week or so (that we didn’t cover,.. or pieces of them we didn’t cover)….
One More Environmental Activist in Brazil Murdered
Following up on the murder of a world-renowned Brazilian rain forest activist and his wife that I wrote about last week, it turns out another environmental activist in the rain forests of Brazil was shot and killed on Friday.
Funny Dancing Video & Insightful Commentary
A good friend and Planetsave supporter recently shared this great video above with me. It is really worth a watch, for the interesting dancing alone.