If you, like me, signed up at BeyondTalk.net to engage in peaceful civil disobedience to demand strong action to combat climate change — then I hope you live in one of these 9 cities: Chicago, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Burlington, VT, two cities in Maine, and Washington DC.
Otherwise, you, like me, are relegated to distant voyeur status for the International Day of Action for Climate Change, a.k.a. N30, when activists are marking the 10th anniversary of the Seattle World Trade Organization protests by taking to the streets “to demand equitable, democratic and science-based solutions to climate change.”
Today’s actions are going after energy companies and big banks: Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Chevron, BP, or American Electric Power. All those companies have stymied efforts to push a progressive agenda to combat climate change, whether by directly producing a huge carbon footprint through their business practices, financing dirty energy companies, weakening carbon trading or tax laws, or lobbying against regulation that would combat climate change.
Environmental concerns and social justice activism are converging for this day of action, as global climate change often tends to disproportionately affect the already-underprivileged. Live in any of those 9 cities? It’s not too late to join in the day of action! Get the details behind N30 Actions, and simply show up at the action happening near you.
Feeling left out, like me? Then start planning a “Vigil For Survival,” eco-activist grassroots events happening across the world on Fri., Dec. 12 and Sat., Dec. 13. Organized by 350.org (the group also behind the International Day of Climate Action — of which Blogger Beach Cleanup was one organized event) and other eco-action groups, these evening vigils are being held about half way through the Copenhagen Climate Talks “in solemn solidarity with the nations and peoples for whom delay on climate action could mean extinction” to “send a clear message to world leaders deciding the fate of the planet’s future.”
Only a few vigils — happening in Westchester and El Segundo — are registered in the L.A. area so far (see map) — so here’s your chance to organize one in your community. I’ll write more about local actions for Vigil For Survival as we get closer to the date.
Earlier: Stay an eco-activist after Blogger Beach Cleanup!
Images via actforclimatejustice.org and 350.org
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