Climate Pledge of Resistance

Thus Far and No Further!

deadlyvine — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:32:41 +0000

“Thus far and no further”

Dear Friends-

We’re about the movement, not the moment! And we’re coming for the worst polluters and earth destroyers. We’re building a movement to counter Corporate America’s hold on our environment, our climate and our democracy.

Grassroots direct action in the climate movement is on the rise. This fight is not going to be won with some carefully choreographed photo ops or large numbers of “click-tivists” liking a post on Facebook or emailing Obama. It’s going to be won by you and us getting involved in our communities and figuring out who to best resist, rebel, build and create.

Rising Tide North America is a network of over 50 local contacts, chapters and ally groups all over Canada, Mexico and the United States that have worked to stop climate change at the point of destruction. And we want you to join with us! See your regional contact map HERE and…

Get Involved Here!

This Summer, we’ve been fighting the worst polluters and earth-destroyers on the planet. You’ve already heard about actions this summer in West Virginia, Montana and Utah. But more and more is happening:

Rising Tide joined with community and labor activists at the Midwest Rising Convergence to form an action faction that sat in on the doorsteps of Peabody Energy (world’s biggest coal company), and Bank of America (biggest financier of coal, largest forecloser of homes in the country.) – more at convergence2011.org
Right now scores over “trouble-makers” are sitting in at the White House to send the purveyors of politics as usual the message that the massive Keystone XL Pipeline needs to be stopped before it gets started- over 380 arrests at the time of this message – more at tarsandsaction.org
Meanwhile… megaload shipments of Tar Sands equipment are being disrupted and blocked by Wild Idaho Rising Tide and others who are bravely placing their bodies in the way – check out Northern Rockies RT for more info

Much of the world is in open revolt against authoritarian regimes, privatization schemes and the corporations. Now, we need to sow a garden where a thousand flowers of resistance can bloom in confrontation and resistance to policies and infrastructure that exacerbate climate change.

Echoing the words of Edward Abbey:

“At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, thus far and no further.”

Get involved and help fight the root causes of climate change.

In Solidarity,
Rising Tide North America

The Day of Action Against Extraction is One Week Away!

deadlyvine — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:39:04 +0000

April 20th, the anniversary of the BP Oil Spill, is only a week away. Rising Tide North America and allies have called for an International Day of Action against All Extraction to take action against fossil fuel extraction.

Are you ready to rise up? It’s not too late.
Sign Up Here!

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon explosion, which claimed 11 workers’ lives and spilled almost 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, was the largest marine spill in the history of the oil industry and one of the worst corporate disasters in U.S. history.

Since April 20th, a tide of black tar balls has washed up on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico poisoning wildlife, eco-systems and communities, including most recently dozens of dead dolphins. Since April 20th, local fishing and tourism economies have been decimated by poisoned oceans. Since April 20th, corporate extractors have only strengthened their influence over our political systems and continued their doomsday economy.

On April 20th, 2011, climate justice activists in the United States, Canada, Australia, the UK, New Zealand and beyond will be organizing aggressive protests and acts of civil disobedience at the doorstep of fossil fuel extraction.

We’re calling for actions at corporate and government offices, mountaintop removal mine sites, power plants and gas stations. We need YOU to take the plunge and be organizers of this uprising.

Join us by signing up here.

Check out our online map here [link needed]

Thanks for all you do.

For the earth, climate and communities at the doorstep of fossil fuel extraction.
Rising Tide North America

Montana Citizens Stall Tar Sands Refining Shipments

deadlyvine — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:06:34 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Susie Rosett

Ph. # (406) 546 – 8998

Northern Rockies Rising Tide

northernrockiesrisingtide@gmail.com

Montana Citizens Temporarily Block Tar Sands Refining Shipments

Missoula, MT, March 10, 2011 – At about 2:30 am on Thursday morning, two residents of Missoula, MT, Carol Marsh, 69, and Ann Maechtlen, 50, sat down in the middle of Reserve St. in an attempt to halt the shipment of large, oversize loads of equipment heading to a ConocoPhillips tar sands oil refinery in Billings, MT.

Marsh, a retired journalist and grandmother, and Maechtlen, a two-time cancer survivor, attempted three or four times to block the shipments but the police refused to arrest the two women, instead opting to forcefully remove them to the sidewalk as they were cheered on by a crowd of about 100 supporters. The police cited and released one other man who sat down with the two women.

The action was the culmination of a “welcome to Missoula” street party organized by local grassroots group Northern Rockies Rising Tide (NRRT) in an effort to take back the streets from Big Oil.

“These megaloads are serving refineries that process oil from the Alberta tar sands, the worst ecological disaster the planet has ever faced. The tar sands undermine any effort to stop global warming. I did this because I want there to be a world for my granddaughter to grow up in,” said Marsh.

The NRRT action was preceded by two other demonstrations the same day, one of which drew about 70 people and ended in several arrests.

Opponents of the megaload shipments are also concerned with the potentially devastating local impacts posed by the transformation of Montana’s scenic byways, specifically Hyw. 12, into an industrial shipping corridor for big oil corporations.

“Conoco is merely the first in a potentially very long-line of oil companies. Exxon is next. The construction of a high-and-wide industrial shipping corridor through some of the most remote and scenic byways in our state represents an assault on Montana, and the strip-mining of tar sands represents an assault on Alberta and on the world. Make no mistake: we are going to stop this,” commented NRRT organizer Susie Rosett.

Conoco Phillips, the third largest integrated energy corporation in the United States, operates a tar sands refinery in Billings and has a 50 percent equity interest in the

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proposed Keystone XL Energy Pipeline, which would cut through the Northeastern portion of Montana, transporting large quantities of tar sands crude to Texas, a project that has sparked an outpouring of opposition from Glasgow to the Gulf.

The action was the culmination of a “welcome to Missoula” street party organized by local grassroots group Northern Rockies Rising Tide (NRRT) in an effort to take back the streets from Big Oil.

The NRRT action was preceded by two other demonstrations the same day, one of which drew about 70 people and ended in several arrests.

Conoco Phillips, the third largest integrated energy corporation in the United States, operates a tar sands refinery in Billings and has a 50 percent equity interest in the

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Contact:

Susie Rosett

Ph. # (406) 546 – 8998

Northern Rockies Rising Tide www.northernrockiesrisingtide.org

northernrockiesrisingtide[[ at ]]gmail.com

What would you risk to save the planet?

deadlyvine — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:05:36 +0000

Ten years in prison? Your career? Or just your permanent record?

A little over two years ago, our friend and comrade Tim DeChristopher put it all on the line when he entered a federal auction and derailed it so that oil and gas companies could not destroy the planet.

Tim is now facing ten years in prison on two felony charges for stopping that illegal sale of public land. Furthermore, federal prosecutors have decided to make an example of Tim, so that anyone speaking out or taking effective action to save their community or the planet will be intimidated into staying home.

Rising Tide North America is proudly standing with Tim DeChristopher, and anyone else who takes bold action in the defense of the planet. At his trial on Feb. 28, we’re joining Tim’s group and Rising Tide affiliate, Peaceful Uprising as they mobilize outside the courthouse in solidarity with Tim.

If you able to join us, please come to Salt Lake City for the Uprising Summit on Feb 25-27 and Tim’s trial on Feb 28. If you can’t join us, consider organizing a solidarity action in support of Tim in your home town.

Thanks for all your support.

When you donate to Peaceful Uprising, your money is funding creative, hard-hitting, dynamic actions.

The CPR is changing!

deadlyvine — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:37:56 +0000

Greetings friends,

The Climate Pledge of Resistance has been in transition over the past few months. In order to concretize the accountability behind messages, and to be clear about the facilitation of message submissions the CPR coordinating groups are formally authorizing Rising Tide North America as the current administrative organization.

Originating organizations and individuals that were instrumental in the creation of the Pledge continue to endorse BeyondTalk.net, but will no longer have a direct administrative role. Their contributions to the CPR via contributions to the cause, of course, continue!*

We, as RTNA, are making a concerted effort to expand the pledge and to sync it with our existing database of contacts who are interested in, and endorse, direct actions to confront the grave scenarios related to climate change.

Please keep posted, and get in touch with comments, questions, or contributions.

(founding members include the Yes Men, Rainforest Action Network, PR for People and the Planet, RTNA, the Ruckus Society, Climate Ground Zero, Alliance of Community Trainers, Center for the Working Poor, Mobilization for Climate Justice/MCJ West)

Action is Our New Year’s Resolution!

deadlyvine — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:18:54 +0000

Dear Friends,

While many environmental groups have spent the past year bumbling over climate legislation and devising better list-building and branding strategies, Rising Tide has been building the climate justice movement and challenging the root causes of climate change. Nowhere is this more evident than in the northern Rockies.

Over the past year, climate activists in Montana and Idaho, led by Northern Rockies Rising Tide have organized to stop mining equipment shipments bound for Canada’s oil sands.

Sign up for the April 20 Day of Action Against Extraction

Oregon, Idaho and Montana have fast become a hub of resistance to tar sands oil expansion. Companies like Exxon and Conoco Phillips have spent millions in hauling this equipment from Korea, up the Columbia and Snake Rivers to Lewiston, ID where they are awaiting transport on big rigs to Alberta. Once in Alberta they will continue the expansion of tar sands to feed pipelines with oil to the United States and Asia.

Local activists from the region have fought these “heavy haul” shipments in the courts, the regulatory hearings, the media and the community. They’ve organized teach-ins and action camps, but each day the oil barons get closer and closer to beginning the shipments. This spring, the campaign will only escalate as residents will use people powered to slow the flow of climate-destroying earth-wrecking tar sands oil.

Northern Rockies Rising Tide is one chapter in Rising Tide’s network. On April 20th, the anniversary of the BP oil spill, Rising Tide groups all over North America will be taking action against extractive industry. It’s time we began to push back whether it’s in the mountains of Appalachia, the streets of San Francisco, New York or Chicago or on the oil drenched shores of the Gulf of Mexico. Get involved now!

Thanks for all you do.

For Mother Earth,
Rising Tide North America
http://risingtidenorthamerica.org

Australia: 73 arrests as 130 Climate Campers occupy coal tracks for 8 hours

deadlyvine — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:13:02 +0000

Hundreds of people gathered near Australia’s single largest source of carbon pollution – The Bayswater power station – for Climate Camp NSW over the last week.

Climate Camp culminated in a day of mass action where 130 campers pushed over a fence and for eight hours occupied the train tracks adjacent the power station. 110 people remained on the tracks. 73 arrests were made and 12 people locked-on, in protest of the NSW Government’s approval of ‘Bayswater B’ an additional coal-fired power station building built on the site as part of Australian Government plans to build another 12 coal-fired power stations nationally (”The Dirty Dozen”).

By all accounts (apart from perhaps the Police , the day was a huge success. The Camp represented a diverse range of grassroots organisations including local climate action groups, Rising Tide Newcastle, Friends of the Earth Sydney, members of the Christian movement, students, senior citizens, medical professionals, farmers, scientists, teachers and many more.

One of the major highlights was when Police arrested Bill, and 89 year old Korean War veteran who was occupying the tracks – this is his fourth arrest.

more information at Climate Camp NSW website HERE

Take Action to Support the Youth People’s Assembly in Canadian Parliament

deadlyvine — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:47:04 +0000

At 10:30 a.m. on November 16th, organizers with Climate Justice Ottawa began a People’s Assembly for Climate Justice in Canada’s House of Commons staging a sit-in and dropping a banner that reads “If the Politicians Will Not Get to Work on Climate Justice, We Will.”. The organizers are risking arrest to deliver a message that Canada needs to take real action on climate change, starting first by listening to the demands and needs of communities across this country. Join with them and send a message to Members of Parliament that it is time to listen, it is time for Climate Justice.

The 5 demands for Climate Justice:

1. Lead, follow, or get out of the way
At the upcoming UN Climate Summit in Cancun, Canada should be the first nation from the global north to adopt the emissions reductions and temperature rise limitation targets of 300ppm and 1.5 degrees celsius, presented by the largest gathering in history of directly impacted communities at the April 2010 World People’s Summit on Climate Change and Mother Earth in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The first step to achieving this and repaying our climate debt is accepting the Cochabamba Declaration text presented at the UN Summit.

2. Shut Down the Tar Sands
Tar sands developments are on course to destroy a section of the boreal forest the size of England, and are Canada’s fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. The direct pollution from tar sands developments is poisoning the Athabasca River watershed and surrounding lands, and is a health catastrophe for impacted communities who are experiencing high rates of cancer and a loss of traditional food sources. Therefore, we call for an immediate moratorium on present and future tar sands expansion projects, a phase out of existing projects, and to hold corporations responsible for environmental destruction while facilitating a just transition for workers out of destructive industries.

3. No more Tax Breaks or Subsidies for Oil Companies
Oil companies received more than $2.8 billion dollars in government tax breaks and subsidies in 2008. These subsidies lower the cost of oil and promote the use of dirty fossil fuels when we should be transitioning to clean forms of energy. Therefore, we call for an immediate end to government financing of environmentally and socially destructive industries.

4. Invest in Community Solutions
Community-based renewable energy sources like wind, solar, and hydro need to be developed in a way that does not damage natural ecosystems, meaning energy production must be controlled by communities and not corporations. Current subsidies and systems of agriculture decrease healthy food choices, contribute to ecological destruction, and hurt small scale farmers, while a shift towards community-controlled diversified agriculture leads to healthier people and ecosystems. There are more efficient ways of transporting people and products than building mass highways; Canada needs to invest in solutions that re-imagine how we move around within and between cities through the localization of production, bicycle infrastructure, and accessible public transit.

5. Reject False Solutions
Canada currently relies heavily on technofixes, such as promoting biofuel projects where the amazon rainforest is slashed and burned to grow corn to put in our cars and investing over $3 billion in expensive and unproven carbon capture and storage technology. Furthermore, solutions such as carbon trading and offsets turn our atmosphere into a commodity to be bought and sold, allowing corporate lobbying to export responsibility for reductions to elsewhere and perpetuating inequality. Instead of wasting billions on band-aid solutions that ignore the root of the problem, Canada needs to take action at changing unequal and unsustainable systems of production, consumption, and distribution….

BECAUSE IF OUR POLITICIANS WON’T GET TO WORK ON CLIMATE JUSTICE, WE WILL!

Step 1: Post this to your wall and invite all your friends to this event and tell them to do the same.

Step 2: Call any or all of the following politicians and let them know you support the five demands for Climate Justice.

Stephen Harper (Prime Minister): (613) 992-4211
John Baird (Acting Minister of Environment): (613) 996-0984

Michael Ignatieff (Leader of the Official Opposition): (613) 995-9364
Gerard Kennedy (Liberal Environment Critic): (613) 992-2936

Jack Layton (Leader, NDP): (613) 995-7224
Linda Duncan (NDP Environment Critic) (613) 995-7325

Gilles Duceppe (Leader Bloc Quebecois): (613) 992-6779
Bernard Bigras (Bloc Quebecois Environment Critic): (613) 992-0423

Step 3: Email your M.P. with the five demands and let them know that you support the action in parliament and want them to start talking to your community about what Canada really needs.

Find your M.P. by clicking HERE

Got Twitter? Tweet this link to all the Federal leaders!
@pmharper, @M_Ignatieff, @jacklayton, @GillesDuceppe

Thanks for joining the fight for Climate Justice!

This November: Two movement-building gatherings

deadlyvine — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 07:38:32 +0000

This November there will be two climate justice movement-building gatherings in mid-western North America -

The International Tar Sands Resistance Summit will be held from November 19th to 22nd, in Montana.
The Everyone’s Downstream conference, from November 25th to 28th, in Alberta

International Tar Sands Resistance Summit: Nov. 19-22

Strategizing Globally to Win Locally: Building an international, grassroots movement to shut down the Tar Sands

The Summit will take place at the Lubrecht Experimental Forest conference center, 30 miles east of Missoula, Montana, USA. The summit is designed to be a place where individuals representing tar sands-impacted communities can come together to strategize, learn skills and network in order to grow and strengthen the international effort to effectively resist the most destructive industrial project on the planet, the Alberta tar sands. The four-day convergence will focus primarily on connecting individuals and communities affected by the Alberta Tar Sands, the XL Energy Pipeline, and the proposed mega-load shipments. This event is free and open to the public, but due to limited space we will have to cap the number of attendees. Feel free to register online, but please be sure to read the information provided on the form.

See the event web site for information about the schedule, food & housing, and other aspects of the gathering.

A ride share board is available on a separate web site.

You can contact the event organizers at TarSandsSummit [at] gmail.com

In Edmonton, Alberta, this annual conference will bring together community members, activists and others fighting the global infrastructure of the tar sands gigaproject.

This year’s themes include:

The Tar Sands go Global: reports from Madagascar, Trinidad and more
Environmental NGOs, secret deals, and how to build a democratic, transparent environmental movement
Ongoing resistance to pipelines, refineries, and other tar sands infrastructure

During the gathering, activists will be taking further steps toward building a Climate Justice Co-op that can support direct actions, and a wider range of climate justice mobilizations.

See the conference web site for the schedule, and for other conference material. Directions also are posted there, and a ride share board has been set up on another web site.

For more information, or to get involved, email the organizers at info [at] everyonesdownstream.org

International Action on OCT. 12th – System Change Response to Climate Change!

deadlyvine — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:53:45 +0000

In this message from Climate Justice Action:

1. Why take action from October 12th?
2. Day of Action website
3. Tell the world – action newsletter
4. Contribute to the October 12th Video
5. Pass this on!

1. Why take action from October 12th?
In 2009, indigenous peoples throughout the world called for a global mobilisation ‘in defence of mother earth’ on October 12, reclaiming the day that used to be imposed as ‘Columbus Day’. Responding to this call, and the demand for a day of action for ‘system change, not climate change’ issued by the global movements gathered in Copenhagen last year, Climate Justice Action is proposing a week of direct action for climate justice from October 12 – 16, 2010.

We invite all those who fight for social and ecological justice to organise direct actions targeting climate criminals and false solutions, or creating real alternatives. This means taking direct responsibility for making change happen, not lobbying others to act on your behalf, but through actively closing things down and opening things up. This is an open callout, we are not picking targets. But it is not a day for marches or petitions: it is time for us to reclaim our power, and take control of our lives and futures.

For more information about the Week of Action visit the CJA OCT12 Info page

2. Days of action website
It’s absolutely crucial that we tell each other about our actions! Through communicating and documenting the diverse actions that we are taking, we can show great solidarity to one another in our struggles and inspire others to start taking action. CJA have set up a website specifically for the Day of Action, where we hope to map all of the actions happening world wide. For this to work, it relies upon all of us submitting actions that are happening world wide. To see the map, visit: http://global.climate-justice-action.org/

There are three ways you can submit your action:
1. By sending an email to web@climate-justice-action.org
2. By sending a tweet with the hashtags #cja2010 and #mingaglobal
3. By filling this form – http://global.climate-justice-action.org/reports/submit/

3. Tell the world – action newsletter
Following the week of action, we are going to produce an ‘action roundup’ newsletter to send to all our friends worldwide. If you have participated in an action, please send us a paragraph explaining what you did and why! Of course, this can be anonymous, and you can link to websites or news articles about your action.
Also, remember to take photos – a picture can be worth a thousand words!
Please email your report to: info@climatejusticeaction.org

4. Contribute to the October 12th Video
We want to encourage everyone to film as much of their action as they can – so we can produce an ‘action round up’ video! If you have any footage, or you would like to help with video, get in touch: info@climatejusticeaction.org

5. Pass this on!
We need this email to reach as many people as possible. Please send it out to your networks – especially to compañeros in different countries. We don’t want to miss a single action off our map!

— en francais–

12 Octobre 2010: Changeons le système, pas le climat ! Appel à des actions directes pour la Justice Climatique.

Dans cette newsletter…

1. Pourquoi agir la semaine du 12 Octobre?

2. Un site web dédié à cette journée d’action

3. Diffusion des informations – le bulletin d’action

4. Participer à la vidéo du 12 Octobre

5. Faites circuler ces informations!

1. Pourquoi agir la semaine du 12 Octobre?

En 2009, les peuples autochtones ont appelé à une mobilisation mondiale pour la ‘défense de la Terre Mère’ le 12 octobre afin de se réapproprier ce que l’on nommait le ‘Jour de Christophe Colomb’. En réponse, l’organisation ‘Climate Justice Action (CJA)’ appelle à une journée d’action directe pour la justice climatique la semaine du 12 Octobre 2010.

Nous invitons tous ceux qui luttent pour la justice sociale et écologique à organiser des actions directes ciblant les “criminels” responsables du changement climatique et qui proposent de fausses solutions. Nous vous invitons aussi à proposer de réelles alternatives. Cela veut dire prendre nos responsabilités et agir directement, sans compter sur d’autres qui pourraient agir en notre nom. CJA n’a pas pour vocation à décider des objectifs ou des actions spécifiques à mener, mais lance un appel à choisir vos cibles. Ce n’est pas une journée de manifestations ou de pétitions: il faut agir car le temps est venu de récupérer notre pouvoir, et de reprendre le contrôle de notre vie et nos futurs.

Pour plus d’informations sur cette journée d’action: http://www.climate-justice-action.org/mobilization/system-change-not-climate-change-taking-direct-action-for-climate-justice/

2. Un site web dédié à cette journée d’action

Il est absolument crucial que nous échangions les informations relatives à nos diverses actions! Grâce à cette communication et la documentation de nos différentes actions, nous pourrons faire preuve d’une grande solidarité dans nos luttes et inspirer d’autres personnes pour qu’ils commencent à agir. A cet effet, CJA a mis en place un site web dédié à cette journée d’action, où nous planifions de “cartographier” l’ensemble des actions qui se dérouleront à travers le monde. Pour que nous réussisions, il appartient à chacun d’entre nous de relayer ces différentes actions. Vous trouverez cette “carte” sur notre site web: http://global.climate-justice-action.org/

Il existe trois possibilités pour soumettre vos actions:

1. Envoyer un courriel à web@climate-justice-action.org

2. Envoyer un tweet avec les “hashtags” ##cja2010 et #mingaglobal

3. Remplir le formulaire disponible sur: http://global.climate-justice-action.org/reports/submit/

3. Diffusions des informations – le bulletin d’action

Après cette semaine d’actions, nous allons produire un bulletin d’information que nous allons envoyer à tous nos amis à travers le monde. Si vous avez participé à une action, merci de nous en envoyer un bref résumé! Bien sûr, cela peut être fait de manière anonyme. Vous pouvez aussi nous envoyer le lien à des sites internet qui montrent et expliquent votre action. N’oubliez pas de prendre aussi des photos – une photo est parfois plus efficace que de longues phrases! Merci de nous envoyer votre résumé et vos photos à cette adresse: info@climatejusticeaction.org

4. Participer à la vidéo du 12 Octobre

Nous voulons encourager tout le monde à filmer autant que possible leurs actions, afin que nous puissions créer une vidéo rassemblant l’ensemble de nos actions! Si vous avez des images, ou si vous voulez participer à l’élaboration de cette vidéo, merci de prendre contact avec nous: info@climatejusticeaction.org

5. Faites circuler ces informations!

Nous avons besoin de faire circuler ce mail et ces informations au plus grand nombre. Merci d’envoyer ce message à vos réseaux – surtout à nos compañeros à travers le monde. Nous voulons répertorier l’ensemble de nos actions sur notre carte!

late september introductory letter:

In 2009, indigenous peoples called for a global mobilization ‘in defence of mother earth’ on October 12, reclaiming what used to be ‘Columbus Day’. In response, Climate Justice Action is inviting activists across the world to join a week of direct action for climate justice starting October 12, 2010.

The climate crisis has reached a new level. The 2009 UNFCCC Copenhagen Climate Conference (COP15) was a complete failure, and ‘our world leaders’ are refusing to work together towards real solutions to the climate crisis.

The insanity of such inaction is becoming more and more obvious as extreme global climate catastrophes become more frequent. Right now an estimated 18.7 million Pakistanis are affected by the worst floods in Pakistan’s history. Just last month in Moscow, gas masks were worn on the streets and in homes as a result of the poisoned air caused by fires, pollution and the highest recorded temperatures in the country’s history. This is, of course, in addition to the ongoing environmental exploitation that severely threatens the livelihoods of the global south and all indigenous communities.

However, worldwide activists, organizations and many others are not just standing by. Indigenous communities experiencing climate change catastrophes and all people who care for the health and well being of the rights of Mother Earth are taking the lead towards real change.

We know the fight for climate justice is challenging, but our successes are many and we are building strength! In the last year alone we have seen a series of mobilizations that have turned off production at coal factories, occupied spaces planned for airport construction, dropped banners from sky high locations, held fierce massive public rallies, marches and demonstrations, and numerous more actions.

In an effort to reclaim the day that has traditionally been imposed as ‘Columbus Day,’ indigenous peoples around the world have called for a global mobilization ‘in defence of Mother Earth’. Climate Justice Action has taken up this call and is proposing a global day of direct action for climate justice on October 12, 2010. CJA is not picking specific targets or actions, but is rather calling for all of us to engage, plan and take direct action on this day.

If you are already prepared to take action, let us know what you’re you to by submitting it to the ATLAS OF CLIMATE RESISTANCE. If you haven’t started there’s still time. Mobilize and plan an action in your city, town or village. Don’t forget to film it and take photos and send them to CJA so we can show off our global force!

There is power in numbers and together we can achieve system change in response to climate change!