Some much needed climate change humour

BPSDB Huge thanks to Brian D for reminding me about Marcus Brigstocke. I went to fetch the video that he refers to in his comment and was delighted to find a new one … it’s awesome The Return Of Marcus Brigstocke In a six minute piece a comedian debunks more Denier memes and gets more [...]

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Copenhagen, step up the pressure

Copenhagen: One World – Keep Us Safe! BPSDB from Avaaz.org With 4 days to go and leaders arriving tomorrow, planet-saving negotiations are failing to deliver. Hopes now rest on a tidal wave of public pressure from ALL of us — as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu said at our summit vigil, “We expect a [...]

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The Copenhagen Climate Science “Challenged”

BPSDB The Copenhagen Climate Challenge was signposted by a hand-written piece of paper and a small picture of a happy-looking person in a sun hat declaring: “Global warming: Hurrah!” Copenhagen climate summit: Behind the scenes at the sceptics’ conference This is of course the CFACT sponsored, ICSC hosted Climate Science Challenge Conference meeting in Copenhagen, [...]

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Days of doubts and fears

BPSDB “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” Eleanor Roosevelt . It is out of this admiration that I am joining a small group of people who will be participating in [...]

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The Climate Justice Fast Seven

. BPSDB These are the six inspiring activists who have committed to a water only Fast (hunger strike) until there is a Just Settlement in Copenhagen, at least 43 days, and possibly beyond… .t . Anna Keenan Anna began fasting on November 6 at the UN climate talks in Barcelona, along with Sara Svensson, and [...]

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Climate Justice Fast, ripples and waves

A drop of water blood BPSDB Mother Are you crying? Forgive us our sins For we know not what we have done Forgive me So I can give the last drop to my brother Horizontal Because he is your son And I am not your daughter. Maybe I forgot Your daughters feed the world. They [...]

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Die Mauer (Berlin Wall), the CJF and climate action

BPSDB What does the fall of the ‘die Berliner Mauer‘ (the Berlin Wall) on Nov 9, 1989 and the end of the Cold War got to do with the Climate Justice Fast (CJF)? What can the Wall teach us about the effectiveness of political action in general, and a hunger strike in particular? Everything! The [...]

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Climate Justice Fast is to be … indefinite

BPSDB This morning two amazing women, Anna Keenan and Sara Svensson, gave a press conference in Barcelona about the Climate Justice Fast. Nothing I might say could compare to their words and actions. I can’t embed the webcast, so please click the link below and hear why they are putting their health and lives on [...]

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Climate Justice Fast begins Nov 6th, how will you be helping?

BPSDB True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding out the true path for ourselves and in fearlessly following it. Gandhi . On Nov 6th activists will be beginning a 40 day fast for climate justice, including people in India, the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Bhutan, [...]

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Zen and the art of planetary maintenance II: Impossible love

BPSDB One of the great challenges in any social justice activism is that the ultimate goal is, practically speaking, impossible.  Whether we are talking about ending poverty or human trafficking, stopping climate change or saving the whales, any sort of realistic analysis says that they are unattainable goals that are beyond ridiculous. Needless to say [...]

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