I’m penning just a short post today before I take the bus into downtown Portland for meetings on transportation options. (Happily, it appears that the statewide/interstate rideshare project we’ve been working on for a long time will officially be granted its funding today.)
As the world’s climate talks in Copenhagen approach their conclusion on Friday, police [...]
Entries Tagged as 'civil disobedience'
Clashes In Copenhagen Make Sense
December 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments · global warming and climate change
Tags: civil disobedience·Copenhagen·demonstrators·Dr. Martin Luther King·James Howard Kuntzler·long emergency·Mahatma Gandhi
Civil Disobedience Against Coal Plant Today
March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · sustainability
Following up on my earlier post, today a nonviolent, direct action against climate change is happening at a coal plant near Washington D.C. The organizers are a coalition of over 90 groups with support from people including Bill McKibben, Wendell Berry and Paul Hawken. They have my support, too. More info here including live blogging [...]
Tags: Bill McKibben·civil disobedience·climate change·global warming·Paul Hawken·Wendell Berry
Join Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben
December 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · energy, sustainability
Today I am printing an urgent open letter from Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben, two of the nation’s most respected environmental writers and thinkers. I initially decided to join them in civil disobedience in Washington D.C. to address global warming, and my husband told me he’d support me. Then I realized that March 2 is [...]
Tags: Bill McKibben·civil disobedience·climate change·coal plants·environment·global warming·Little_Ricky·Wendell Berry
