'Even people who feel they have no ability to influence the political system have social power.'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

#BoekPerWeek 67/52 ★★★☆☆

Fairly informative book:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5807138102

#Boeken @boeken
#bookstodon @bookstodon
#Lezen #Read
#CivilResistance #Activism #EricaChenoweth

Please sign this open letter to UK politicians; Here's an extract:

"We will judge you at the next election. You have to step up. Securing a liveable planet hinges on actions taken by the end of this decade. The failure of successive governments has got us into this current mess, but your decisive actions can get us out of it."

https://bit.borfai.net/Mast2Greenpeace-We-Judge-You-at-the-Next-Election

#JustStopOil #CivilResistance #NoNewOil #EnoughIsEnough #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

Private jets are causing significantly more pollution per passenger than any other mode of transportation including commercial flights. As we witness the devastating impact of climate change, please sign this petition to urge all governments to tax private jets immediately.

https://bit.borfai.net/TaxPrivateJets

#JustStopOil #CivilResistance #A22Network #NoNewOil #EnoughIsEnough #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #CostOfLivingCrisis #CostOfGreedCrisis #FossilFuels #CivilDisobedience

The climate crisis is here. The storm will not pass. Climate change will only get worse unless our politicians act. We have to do everything we can to stop causing more irreverable damage to the climate.
If you're in the UK, join me and email your MP now! https://act.gp/441NTq8
#JustStopOil #CivilResistance #A22Network #NoNewOil #EnoughIsEnough #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #CostOfLivingCrisis #CostOfGreedCrisis #FossilFuels #CivilDisobedience

The next UK General Election must be fought and won over climate change. Please sign this Greenpeace open letter to UK politicians.

https://action.greenpeace.org.uk/climate-open-letter?source=WB&subsource=ECCLPLPEWB04QI

#JustStopOil #CivilResistance #A22Network #NoNewOil #EnoughIsEnough #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #CostOfLivingCrisis #CostOfGreedCrisis #FossilFuels #CivilDisobedience

Examples of successful #civilresistance

Part 1: India, USA, South Africa
https://youtu.be/watch?v=O4dDVeAU3u4

Part 2: Denmark, Poland, Chile
https://youtu.be/watch?v=cM695veBSUU

#war #peace #morals #ukraine #nonviolence

In just one week, I'll be in Ferrara, Italy, for #SMBE23, together with fellow @ScientistRebellion members. We will be hosting a series of workshops on #CivilResistance by scientists during the conference. If curious about what it is like to participate in #DirectAction, you are welcome to attend! Further details in the SMBE website or in the poster below.

All are welcome! After all, there will be no molecular or evolutionary #biology on a dead planet.

#ScienceMastodon #EcoEvo #evolution

"Don’t Stop thinking about tomorrow"

Here's a new video from Greenpeace, showing what could be described as "The Fossil Fuel Party".

Watch & Share

https://youtu.be/TPDTHl0S0G4

#JustStopOil #CivilResistance #A22Network #NoNewOil #EnoughIsEnough #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #CostOfLivingCrisis #CostOfGreedCrisis #FossilFuels #CivilDisobedience

I've Just Worked Out...

When I was driving my medium-sized diesel car, a kWh of diesel (0.093 litres) would get me about 1.4 km down the road.

Now that I drive a similar-sized EV, a kWh gets me about 7 km down the road. That's 5 times further!

Based on this, in our transition from fossil-fuel energy to renewable energy, we only need a small fraction of the energy to be transitioned. The rest (in my example 80%) is not needed.

For a more detailed view of USA Energy Consumption in 2021, look at the chart. Basically, it says what I just said, but their “rejected energy” is 67%.

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/02/13/why-arent-energy-flows-diagrams-used-more-to-inform-decarbonization/

#JustStopOil #CivilResistance #A22Network #NoNewOil #EnoughIsEnough #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #CostOfLivingCrisis #CostOfGreedCrisis #FossilFuels #CivilDisobedience

The World Health Organisation published a report showing that, in 2019, almost all of the global population (99%) breathe air that exceeds WHO guideline limits and contains high levels of pollutants. In the report, outdoor air pollution is estimated to have caused 4.2 million premature deaths worldwide in 2019.
The report attributes almost all of this air polution to the burning of fossil fuels.

https://www.who.int/health-topics/air-pollution#tab=tab_1

#JustStopOil #CivilResistance #A22Network #NoNewOil #EnoughIsEnough #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #CostOfLivingCrisis #CostOfGreedCrisis #FossilFuels #CivilDisobedience

Would you support or oppose a ban on new oil and gas developments in Britain's North Sea territory?
YouGov surveyed 2371 GB adults on 30th May 2023.
40% Support the ban
only 32% oppose it.
BUT why do 29% not know?

#JustStopOil #CivilResistance #A22Network #NoNewOil #EnoughIsEnough #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #CostOfLivingCrisis #CostOfGreedCrisis #FossilFuels #CivilDisobedience

Just Terminate Oil

Here's Arnold Schwarzenegger on the BBC, talking about Just Stop Oil:

https://chuffed.org/project/juststopoil?link_id=0&can_id=2739b572ef84f205e5917cf1dc7cf3f7&source=email-arnold-schwarzenegger-has-something-to-say&email_referrer=email_1926320&email_subject=arnold-schwarzeneggers-on-our-side

#JustStopOil #CivilResistance #A22Network #NoNewOil #EnoughIsEnough #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #CostOfLivingCrisis #CostOfGreedCrisis #FossilFuels #CivilDisobedience

At the #BeyondGrowth Conferene 2023, the EU President, Ursula von der Leyen, said:
"A growth model, centered on fossil fuels, is simply obsolete"
"Building a 21st century, clean energy, circular economy is one of the most significant economic challenges for our times"
"Only a sustainable economy can be a strong economy"
"For the first time in history, in 2022, we generated more electricity from sun and wind than we ever did from gas and oil."

For more, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odGsCKMFBV4

#JustStopOil #CivilResistance #A22Network #NoNewOil #EnoughIsEnough #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #CostOfLivingCrisis #CostOfGreedCrisis #FossilFuels #CivilDisobedience

This cannot be right. These are clearly good, principled people.
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RT @InsulateLove
🚨BREAKING: THREE #InsulateBritain SUPPORTERS SENT TO PRISON AFTER THEY PLEDGE TO CONTINUE #CivilResistance

They had stopped traffic on Bishopsgate on 25/10/21, other supporters who were part of the same roadblock have been acquitted. 🧵

Read in full: https://insulatebritain.com/2023/04/18/breaking-three-insulate-britain-supporters-sent-to-prison-af…
https://twitter.com/InsulateLove/status/1648380169034383385

On Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called upon nations to cease the funding of all new oil and gas discoveries and projects, and stop the expansion of existing oil and gas reserves if the world is to avert a climate catastrophe.

On Wednesday, UK PM Sunak said "I think it's an economically illiterate policy of, I think, almost all oposition parties to prohibit any new exploration of fossil fuels in the North Sea... Its a completely absurd policy".

When the UK government is diametrically opposed to UN policy, which is based on the work of thousands of scientists across 195 member governments, I see two options:
The UK government must change its policy, or
The UK must change its government.

#JustStopOil #CivilResistance #A22Network #NoNewOil #EnoughIsEnough #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #CostOfLivingCrisis #CostOfGreedCrisis #UK #Government #FossilFuels #CivilDisobedience

All this is great, you might say, but what if I think #Elsevier's contribution to the #planetary disruption of our atmospheric and #ecological systems merits a tad more than just a letter?

Well, I hear there will be announcements for collective #DirectAction against Elsevier, soon to be posted on this website, in collaboration with @ScientistRebellion . Stay tuned! n/n

In the mean time, check it out: https://stopelsevier.wordpress.com/

#CivilDisobedience #CivilResistance #ClimateCrisis #Activism #ActNow

RT @DoctorAnanas
📢 ZÜRICH STUDENTS!

Climate #civilresistance is happening.
@Renovate_CH has a plan.

Come meet me (former #UZH & ETH academic) & Moritz (#ETHZ student), and we'll tell you all about it!

🔶Wed 22.3, 19:00-21:00 (includes time for 🍻)
🔶Karl der Grosse, 14 Kirchgasse
🔷in 🇬🇧

3000 lidí.

Policie a magistrát už ráno upozornily, že blokování silnice je zakázáno.

Na žádost obce silničáři pokryli část silnice horkým solným roztokem, aby zabránili aktivistům ve snaze přilepit se na vozovku.

#CivilResistance
https://www.iportal24.cz/zahranici/klimaticti-aktiviste-zablokovali-jednu-z-hlavnich-dalnic-v-haagu/

RT @InsulateLove
Today, Judge Silas Reid, who has denied Insulate Britain campaigners from mentioning "climate crisis" & "fuel poverty" in their trials, will sentence the first 4 who were found guilty by jury.

We are in #CivilResistance to a state that is failing its citizens!

#InsulateBritain

Klimatičtí aktivisté ze skupiny Letzte Generation (Poslední generace) dnes pomazali tmavou hmotou památník německé ústavy, který stojí nedaleko Spolkového sněmu.

#CivilResistance
https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/kultura-klimaticti-aktiviste-v-berline-ponicili-umelecke-dilo-na-pocest-nemecke-ustavy-227094