Civil Disobedience: Climate Change Edition
Dr. James Hansen, head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, will lead a national day of civil disobedience at the Capitol Power Plant on March 2, 2009.
In the video below, Dr. Goddard says that he thinks its time we take a stand on climate change, and that our current rate of use of fossil fuels cannot continue. That's why the action will be at the coal plant that powers the nation's capitol.
In the video below, Dr. Goddard says that he thinks its time we take a stand on climate change, and that our current rate of use of fossil fuels cannot continue. That's why the action will be at the coal plant that powers the nation's capitol.
To convince legislators and decision makers that climate change is serious business, the disobeyers ask for those who join them to wear dress clothes and protest peacefully (though Thoreau did warn us to "Beware of all enterprises that require a new set of clothes.")
The action is endorsed by a number of environmental and peace groups, justice organizations, and some of Thoreau's descendants in the environmental literature department: Bill McKibben and Wendell Berry.
If you want to join the party, you can correspond with climate action through the social networking tool of choice. And while I've never visited the great statue myself, you might check to see if Thoreau was right when he said "Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. "
The action is endorsed by a number of environmental and peace groups, justice organizations, and some of Thoreau's descendants in the environmental literature department: Bill McKibben and Wendell Berry.
If you want to join the party, you can correspond with climate action through the social networking tool of choice. And while I've never visited the great statue myself, you might check to see if Thoreau was right when he said "Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. "
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