3 climate days of action: 1st April (Fossil Fools), 1st May (false solutions) & 3rd June (food)

For Fos­sil Fools Day on 1st April, see pre­vi­ous post
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1 MAY

May­day May­day: Inva­sion of the Cli­mate Snatch­ers.…

As cli­mate change ris­es up the polit­i­cal agen­da, the same cor­po­ra­tions that are large­ly respon­si­ble for the prob­lem are attempt­ing to dom­i­nate the main­stream debate about the solu­tions, in the hope to main­tain the eco­nom­ic sta­tus quo.

A huge num­ber of tech­no-fix­es are form­ing a new eco­nom­ic sec­tor: from bio­fu­els to nuclear pow­er, car­bon-trad­ing to hydro­gen fuel cells, dump­ing urine in the ocean to car­bon cap­ture and stor­age. Every­where cor­po­ra­tions are seek­ing the elu­sive elixir which allows to con­tin­ue busi­ness as usu­al.

All of these tech­nolo­gies are a dis­trac­tion from the real solu­tion to the prob­lems we face: a mas­sive reduc­tion in our con­sump­tion and the end to eco­nom­ic growth.

What’s wrong with these tech­nolo­gies?

* A lot of these tech­nolo­gies won’t be ready in time to save the cli­mate
* Many actu­al­ly increase car­bon emis­sions
* Some rely on a dif­fer­ent non-renew­able resource
* Many have mas­sive envi­ron­men­tal impacts
* None of them can pro­vide us with the amount of ener­gy we cur­rent­ly use
* Many will per­pet­u­ate prob­lems of social injus­tice

On May 1st, inter­na­tion­al work­ers day, lets chal­lenge these false solu­tions to cli­mate chaos and show the real solu­tion: far-reach­ing social change, and reduc­tion in con­sump­tion.

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3 JUNE

Day of Action on Food and Cli­mate Change

The Cli­mate Action day that bites.…

The kind of food we eat con­tributes up to a third of our green­house emis­sions. It’s about time for us to switch to plant based, organ­ic, sea­son­al and local­ly pro­duced food.

Cli­mate action starts on your din­ner plate, in the super­mar­ket, on your allot­ment and in your back yard, in the food pro­cess­ing and dis­tri­b­u­tion cen­tres, down on the farm, in your high street, at the air­port and in the lor­ry park.

Take action on 3rd June and help high­light the role of food and the food indus­try in cli­mate chaos.

Get involved — whether you’re into local food, per­ma­cul­ture, ani­mal rights, allot­ment­ing, human­i­tar­i­an issues, food pol­i­tics, trans­port cam­paign­ing. Join the dots on cli­mate change.

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Please dis­trib­ute this info wide­ly, stick it in your diaries and get
plan­ning. More info includ­ing a web­site to fol­low soon! In the mean­time
you can con­tact us at manchester@climatecamp.org.uk

For lots of resources and on tak­ing cli­mate action and con­tact details for
your near­est cli­mate action group see
http://www.networkforclimateaction.org.uk