#extinction rebellion

[probablyasocialecologist]

Pure uncut liberalism

#bb (british brainworms) #extinction rebellion

[uboaappears]

Shroomy presents: A comic about going to protests as an autistic person! Man. This took absolutely forever, but I am very proud of my work 💪 Huge thanks to everyone who supported me, signed up to cameo in this comic and came to my streams to cheer me on! And of course to @schnumn for organising the autistic comic takeover!! ❤ Alt text for the whole comic here. 🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄 Twitter Twitch Instagram YouTube

#comics #autistic comic takeover #actuallyautistic #actually autistic #extinction rebellion #blm #activism

[peacephotography]

Introducing Myself (Leaving a Decade of Anonymous TumblrLife!)

Hi I’m Robin 👋 I’ve been on tumblr for almost a decade and now I feel like its time for a fresh introduction. This damned creative hellsite has been my anonymous world to explore creative and aesthetic trends for years and now I want to be part of that creativity and buzz. Over the last couple of years, I have suffered from Long Covid and many of its dehabiliating symptoms (Chronic headaches, migraines and fatigue). During that time I rediscovered Tumblr as a refuge for appreciation and relaxation. Adding my favourite new photographers to an ever growing peaceful puddle of artwork. Now I want to start adding my own creative juices to that puddle (uh oh I better leave that metaphor there before tumblr community guidelines gets me!). I’ll be upload my photography and writings - I hope you enjoy them!😌 Your feedback is super welcome! I’m not much of a whizz at photo editting or software but I’ll get there with your help. If you’re interested I’m also one of the cofounders of Extinction Rebellion(XR) and have started writing articles on the climate crisis and civil disobedience. You can check them out here.

My current mission is to inject peaceful art into our chaotic, crumbling world and also help to spark change by making even the driest scholarly articles about civil resistance, community organising and climate breakdown into accesible, fun resources. I'm particularly interested in supporting other young people on this journey. I might even join them on TikTok to do it 😉

Phew that’s the scary introduction over! Feel free to drop me a message anytime if you have questions, feedback or just wanna chat 😊 Peace, Robin ☮️

#robinboardman #photography #climate change #extinction rebellion #activism #me #introduction post #thanks for encouraging me to do this! #been thinking of it for ages xD

[reasonsforhope]

“Climate scientists have blocked private jet terminals around the world [for Valentine’s Day] in protest of ‘luxury emissions.’

London Luton Airport, Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam and Bromma Airport in Stockholm are among those being disrupted by activists from Scientist Rebellion, Extinction Rebellion (XR) and Stay Grounded.

It follows actions against private jets in Brussels and Seville yesterday, and one in Los Angeles on 11 February, with more protests expected in the coming months.

“It is time to ban private jets and tax frequent flyers to the ground,” says NASA climate scientist Dr Peter Kalmus from Scientist Rebellion.

“We cannot allow the rich to sacrifice our present and future in the pursuit of their luxury lifestyles."

The protesters aren’t just blocking entrances to private jet terminals; some are also stopping trains loaded with airplane fuel from reaching the exclusive aircraft.

A number of climate activists and scientists also crashed AIR OPS 2023, a business aviation conference in Brussels this morning, bringing a ‘Make Them Pay’ banner onto the stage.

Where are the private jet protests?

Shortly after 7am [on Feburary 14], Scientist Rebellion announced on Twitter that it was blocking the Harrods Aviation private terminal at Luton Airport on the outskirts of London.

“Valentine’s Day shouldn’t cost the earth,” added Extinction Rebellion UK.

Another XR group representing Farnborough in Hampshire, England claimed to have disrupted airports in the South East. They targeted a private jet base used by COP26 delegates in 2021.  

Protests also took place at Milan Malpensa Prime Airport, Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, Sweden’s Bromma Airport and in Lisbon.

Activists in New Zealand and Australia also took part in the global day of action.

Why are private jets so bad?

Simply put, their exclusivity makes them a hugely inefficient way to blow the world’s remaining carbon budget.

Private jets are on average 10 times more ‘carbon intensive’ per passenger than commercial planes and 50 times more polluting than trains, research by the European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E) shows.

“Burning tons of fuel for luxury flights is incredibly unfair during a cost-of-living crisis, and criminal within the context of an intensifying climate crisis”, says Inês Teles from Stay Grounded.

What does the Make Them Pay campaign propose?

Banning private jets is one of the demands of the ‘Make Them Pay’ campaign group, made up of citizens and scientists from Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and Stay Grounded.

But aviation at large is a huge part of the climate problem, contributing around 3 per cent of all human-induced carbon emissions.

Taxing frequent fliers is the next step to creating more equitable airspace and a habitable planet, the campaigners say.

Sara Campbell from Extinction Rebellion Aotearoa/New Zealand argues that aviation fuel and frequent flyers should be taxed.

“The proceeds from this tax should be used to finance affordable public transport for all and climate reparations to those most affected by the climate crisis, who are also the least responsible.”

This isn’t a new call to action. At the COP27 climate summit last year, the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group (representing the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries) also proposed a global aviation tax in order to help pay for climate 'loss and damage' funds.

Studies show that we could raise in excess of $100 billion (€92.8 billion) a year this way.

“I'm an aviation worker,” says Finlay Asher, an aerospace engineer taking part in today’s actions.

“But feel that I can't stand-by watching the emissions from my industry continue to grow and contribute so heavily to the climate carnage wreaking havoc around the world.””

-via EuroNews, 2/14/23

#aviation #airplane #private jet #the 1% #the one percent #protests #climate protest #extinction rebellion #climate change #air pollution #carbon emissions #day of action #valentine's day #climate action #direct action #good news #hope

[timsplosion]

In June, we had the biggest wildfires in Nova Scotia's history. In July we had the worst floods in 30 years that killed 4 people. In August, we flip flopped between extreme heat and "rain bombs". In September we're getting hit by Hurricane Lee, only a year after the last major hurricane (the one before that was back in 2017). The North Atlantic sea surface temperature remains over 1.2C above the 1991-2020 average, and 2023 is heading towards being the first recorded year to breach the 1.5C global temperature barrier. Any Nova Scotian who is still denying climate change at this point is the dumbest asshole alive. We have been slammed by extreme weather events back-to-back-to-back. Here's hoping next year is calmer, but it's clear that this is a taste of a 1.5C warmer world, and it kinda fuckin sucks.

#climate change #nova scotia #hurricane lee #halifax ns #climate crisis #global warming #climate denial #climate action #extinction rebellion #just stop oil #activism #atlantic canada

[mlem-wooloowoo]

To elaborate on the tags I wrote earlier today:

In case you don't know, some dozens of activists from Extinction Rebellion sat around the wheels of private jets in the Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, and after weeks and weeks of "food smeared on famous painting which is actually protected by a glass" and "activist glued herself to a museum door" this is the first action that feels right to me.

First of all, museums are not a place typically connected with climate change, nor should they be. Museums provide beauty and leisure to everyone who wishes to pay a very small ticket, whereas in the past this privilege was exclusive to rich people. In a sense, museums are democratic. What the activists did was put unnecessary stress to museum workers, build a less trusting environment inside museums and hide from public view some incredible works of art that are public property for everyone to see. It felt wrong, it felt like a pointless marketing stunt, which does not point to climate change in any meaningful way.

Now the problem with climate change (with which I mean to say: the lack of effective regulation against human activities that cause climate change) has much to do with the opposite of what museums try to do. Essentially, the lobbying against climate change regulation boils down to this: a group of extremely rich people who profit from making our planet unfit for human life (and, incidentally, from exploitation of workers) wish to continue doing so, since they are so wonderfully rich that they will have means to survive anyway. (Of course I'm oversimplifying things but please bear with me, I'm trying to get the point across).

Museums make beauty available to everyone. Corporations and CEOs wish to make that beauty available only for them, and if they can't, then nobody will be able to benefit from it. The pattern is simple: limited resources that should be equally distributed among all human beings are hoarded and made artificially scarce by people who waste them, without any care for externalities or any empathy for other people. This sounds like the exact opposite of a museum.

Private jets are the perfect symbol for this! Rich assholes who can "afford" private jets feel like they have a right in polluting as much as they wish, since they are not concerned with thoughts about the "fair share" of everyone's limited resources.

So in short, stop smearing potatoes on paintings. It's boring, it does a bad job at communicating what you're angry at. Consider instead: blocking private jets, protesting in front of oil company buildings, vandalizing yachts.

Good job, activists from Amsterdam!!

#extinction rebellion

[alicemccombs]

#just stop oil #extinction rebellion #climateactionnow #healearth

[lavenderinoz]

Tom Glynn-Carney plays Emma Thompson’s son in this satirical short film "Extinction" (2019)

#tom glynn carney #extinction #emma thompson #Rakhee Thakrar #nicholas rowe #charlotte hamblin #extinction rebellion

[westeroswisdom]

^^^ Yes, that’s Carice van Houten, AKA: Melisandre, taking part in a demonstration against a fossil fuel company in the Netherlands. It’s a shame that she can’t just recite an incantation in Valyrian that would turn all the oil in the world into seltzer. BTW, great sign!

The onetime Red Priestess was arrested for blocking a major highway with other climate activists.

Extinction Rebellion protest in Netherlands ends with 1,500 arrested

During the protest, organised by Extinction Rebellion, activists walked onto the A12 highway demanding an end to fossil fuel subsidies.

Police fired water cannon to try to disperse the crowds - but many came prepared in raincoats and swimsuits.

Most arrested protesters were released, but police said 40 would be prosecuted.

Among those at Saturday's protest were several Dutch celebrities, including actress Carice van Houten, known for playing Melisandre in TV series Game of Thrones. She was arrested but later allowed to return home, Dutch news agency ANP said.

So cheers to Ms. van Houten for her efforts at keeping Earth’s climate from getting worse.

#game of thrones #house of the dragon #carice van houten #melisandre #fossil fuels #climate change #extinction rebellion #gra o tron #trône de fer #juego de tronos #jogo dos tronos #trono di spade #spel der tronen #trò chơi của ngai #kampen om jerntronen #pemainan takhta #taht oyunları #hra o trůny #valtaistuinpeli #гра престолів #왕좌의 게임 #权力的游戏 #ゲームの玉座 #صراع العروش #تخت کے کھیل #गे��� ऑफ़ थ्रोन्स #গেম অব থ্রোনস #ಗೇಮ್ ಆಫ್ ಥ್ರೋನ್ಸ್ #משחקי הכס #игра престолов

[ingek73]

Extinction Rebellion: ‘We are going to block a motorway’

Dutch Police: ‘We will use a water cannon on you.’

Activists: ‘Bring it…

‘the weather is nice, water party!’

‘Woohoo!’

Saint Nicolas even showed up!

Another mentioned how refreshing it was on this hot day

#extinction rebellion #protests #climate change #climate activism #the hague #the netherlands

[wewantclimateactionnow]

Climate Choir Melbourne singing to support a sit down by Extinction Rebellion.

#jail climate criminals #climate change #climate crisis #we want climate action now #klimawandel #jailclimatecriminals #changement climatique #klimakatastrophe #cambio climático #qihou bianhua #extinction rebellion #melbourne #australia

[deepdrearn]

Yesterday it was leaked that the Dutch government subsidizes fossil fuels with over 40 billion euro's per year. Today I was out protesting that. We got a taste of what the state monopoly on violence entails. The same state that funds the burning of the planet with insane amounts of money, whips non-violent protesters with water cannons on full force, pulls batons and shouts that they will be hurt if they don't comply.

To be honest, I do not feel empowered. I feel angry, sad, vulnerable and scared. But I am glad that we went and I might just go again.

#tw police brutality #tw violence #extinction rebellion #climate activism

[witaliswritesstuff]

Veganism Rant

Disclaimer: it’s just a rant of a tired autistic punk who was active in XRY for a while. I’m not hating on people who genuinely just don’t like animal products or just don’t feel good morally whe eating meat etc. It’s just about political veganism (I’m not sure what else to call it) and veganism in activist spaces.

I genuinely HATE how most of eco activists see veganism.

I understand if you think that it’s morally bad to eat meat. I understand if you don’t want to eat it. But saying or behaving like it’s a morally superior practice - that’s absolute bullshit.

Vegans who try to guilt trip people into becoming vegan/vegetarian are not morally superior - but somehow they think they are. They’re not morally superior for advocating for eliminating meat from everyone’s diet. They’re just assholes and I’m tired of pretending that they aren’t.

They’re not making the world better by saying that all consumption of animal products is bad.

Often the vegan alternatives are just as bad for the environment as animal products. And I just can’t understand why are they focusing on the meat and animal products? Those aren’t the problem. The real problem is the industrialisation of the process of production. Animal products aren’t bad - the overwhelming number of animals and the inhumane conditions they live in are the problem.

There are so many people who can’t or just don’t want to resign from eating animal products. I can’t stop eating animal products encaustic I’m an autistic person with a long history of eating disorders and very bad sensory issues. If I stopped eating animal products I’d have to survive on fruit juice, pickles and rice waffles. And I don’t want to resign from animal products because I don’t want to resign from my culture. I don’t want to resin from the classic dishes from my country and traditional regional products.

And the most infuriating thing is that when I try nicely discuss this stuff they either ignore me or don’t listen to my arguments at all. I really want to be active in XRY but it’s impossible when everyone is making me feel like the most despicable human being on Mother Earth because I can’t/won’t switch to veganism/vegetarianism

I swear to gods - if another vegan/vege/eco activist tells me I should go vegan/vege I’ll start biting and stealing knees (/hj)

#sorry #I’ve been thinking about this for months but didn’t have anyone to talk to about this #punk #activism #rant #veganism #XRY #XR #extinction rebellion #extinction rebellion youth #audhd problems #punk academia

[diaryofaphilosopher]

With the ‘discovery’ of America, the idea took root that colonization was also a climatic normalization, a way of improving the continent’s climate by clearing and cultivating land. It was a promise to the colonists and a discourse of domination: a way of saying that native peoples had never really owned the New World. In the eighteenth century, acting on the climate served to rank societies and their historical trajectories hierarchically: Amerindian peoples still in the infancy of a savage climate; European peoples creating the mild climate of their continent; Oriental peoples destroying theirs. The Maghreb, India and, later, Black Africa: in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the French and British empires were built on accusing Blacks and Arabs, Islam, nomadism, and the ‘primitive’ mentality, of wrecking the climate. Colonization was conceived and presented as an attempt to restore Nature. The white man must mend the rains, make the seasons milder, push back the desert – and to that end command the natives.

— Jean-Baptiste Fressoz & Fabien Locher (translated by Gregory Elliott), Chaos in the Heavens: The Forgotten History of Climate Change.

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#Jean-Baptiste Fressoz #Fabien Locher #Chaos in the Heavens: The Forgotten History of Climate Change #Climate Change #book quotes #global warming #extinction rebellion #Colonization #environmentalism #activism #activist #human rights #imperialism #quote #quotes #academia #studyblr #gradblr #chaotic academia #philosophy #philosophy quotes #colonialism #America #Latin America #ecology #solarpunk #ecopunk #1492 #Christopher Columbus #Indigenous Peoples

[thatbiologist]

My country’s government (the Tories) have abolished all European Laws that protected the environment throughout the UK and Northern Ireland. This has removed protections on air and water quality, as well as, allowing construction on SSSIs (Sites of Special Scientific Interest), and protection for threatened and endangered species. This political move from the Tories is unprecedented will be catastrophe to our ecosystem. This is an act of ecocide.

It’s astonishing that wanting clean air, unpolluted rivers, and saving species from extinction have become “radical-left” positions in modern political discourse.

#fuck the tories #extinction rebellion #ecology #brexit #never trust a tory #Tories lie

[russzoran]

#russzoran #russ zoran #razor suns #orcs #warhammer 40000 #climate change #extinction rebellion