350.org: Difference between revisions
Siterunner (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Siterunner (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
''From TomDispatch [http://www.tomdispatch.com www.tomdispatch.com]'' | ''From TomDispatch [http://www.tomdispatch.com www.tomdispatch.com]'' | ||
> ''Who imagined that a small number of environmentalists running an obscure organization called [http://350.org/about/team/ 350.org] would help spark a climate-change movement that would spread globally in a startling fashion, mount a [http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/17/nation/la-na-nn-climate-change-rally-washington-20130217 large demonstration in Washington] and others across the planet, venture [http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/arctic-impacts/Peace-Dove/Arctic-30/ into the Arctic] and [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jul/31/portland-bridge-shell-protest-kayaktivists-fennica-reaction by kayak] into the waters of the American West, and actually [http://www.npr.org/2015/11/06/455048998/obama-rejects-plans-to-build-keystone-xl-pipeline stop] the building of a pipeline slated to carry the carbon-dirtiest of energy sources from [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/business/energy-environment/canadas-oil-sands-industry-staggers-after-a-devastating-fire.html now-ravaged Alberta, Canada], to the American Gulf Coast, and -- with a growing [http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/09/22/3704205/divestment-movement-50-times-bigger-in-one-year/ divestment movement] and other activities -- put the fear of god into the most profitable and influential corporations on the planet?'' | > '''''Who imagined''''' ''that a small number of environmentalists running an obscure organization called [http://350.org/about/team/ 350.org] would help spark a climate-change movement that would spread globally in a startling fashion, mount a [http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/17/nation/la-na-nn-climate-change-rally-washington-20130217 large demonstration in Washington] and others across the planet, venture [http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/arctic-impacts/Peace-Dove/Arctic-30/ into the Arctic] and [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jul/31/portland-bridge-shell-protest-kayaktivists-fennica-reaction by kayak] into the waters of the American West, and actually [http://www.npr.org/2015/11/06/455048998/obama-rejects-plans-to-build-keystone-xl-pipeline stop] the building of a pipeline slated to carry the carbon-dirtiest of energy sources from [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/business/energy-environment/canadas-oil-sands-industry-staggers-after-a-devastating-fire.html now-ravaged Alberta, Canada], to the American Gulf Coast, and -- with a growing [http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/09/22/3704205/divestment-movement-50-times-bigger-in-one-year/ divestment movement] and other activities -- put the fear of god into the most profitable and influential corporations on the planet?'' | ||
<big>'''''Yes, who imagined?'''''</big> | <big>'''''Yes, who imagined?'''''</big> | ||
<big><font color=blue>''' | |||
<big><font color=blue>'''○ ○ ○ ○ ○'''</font></big> <big><font color=green>'''○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○'''</font></big> | |||
''In the early day of [http://www.GreenPolicy360 GreenPolicy360], our advisor Bill McKibben was imagining as he initiated [http://www.350.org 350.org].'' | ''In the early day of [http://www.GreenPolicy360 GreenPolicy360], our advisor Bill McKibben was imagining as he initiated [http://www.350.org 350.org].'' | ||
| Line 20: | Line 22: | ||
<big><font color=blue>'''○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○'''</font></big> <big><font color=green>'''○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○'''</font></big> | <big><font color=blue>'''○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○'''</font></big> <big><font color=green>'''○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○'''</font></big> | ||
Revision as of 14:12, 24 May 2016
May 22, 2016
From TomDispatch www.tomdispatch.com
> Who imagined that a small number of environmentalists running an obscure organization called 350.org would help spark a climate-change movement that would spread globally in a startling fashion, mount a large demonstration in Washington and others across the planet, venture into the Arctic and by kayak into the waters of the American West, and actually stop the building of a pipeline slated to carry the carbon-dirtiest of energy sources from now-ravaged Alberta, Canada, to the American Gulf Coast, and -- with a growing divestment movement and other activities -- put the fear of god into the most profitable and influential corporations on the planet?
Yes, who imagined?
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
In the early day of GreenPolicy360, our advisor Bill McKibben was imagining as he initiated 350.org.
A tip of our hat to adventurers who imagine what can be done
And to all of us who act to make it happen!
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○