Projects tagged "Climate Change"

GM Pulls its Funding Of Controversial Climate Change Denial Group
Practitioner:
Forecast the Facts
Date:
Mar 30 2012

General Motors has pulled its funding of the Heartland Institute, after an aggressive campaign targeted the company’s financial contributions.

The Grim Reapers
Practitioner:
Get Money Out of Politics, Backbone Campaign
Date:
Jan 14 2013

The Grim Reapers stood outside the capital building of the State of Washington as the new Governor Jay Inslee was being inaugurated. We were part of a climate change rally that lasted several hours and included many other groups protesting coal trains and fracking for oil and gas. The same groups also participated in the Seattle action on February 17,2013 when they had a bullet train for people instead of a coal train.

Finally, OWS gets police to arrest the people in suits
Practitioner:
Disrupt Dirty Power
Date:
Mar 26 2012

Sometimes justice requires a little imagination. On Saturday, when
much of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York was loudly
denouncing police violence against minorities and protesters, a small
group of environmentalists dreamed up a way to get the police to focus
on the crimes of the 1 percent, to the point of arresting five corporate
suits on United Nations property.

Melting Man: Red Cross-Sponsored Activist "Melts" On Sidewalk
Practitioner:
Red Cross
Date:
Dec 10 2008

A young man melting into a puddle of himself is something you don’t see everyday, much less in a busy public square. Yet this humourous but surprisingly effective spectacle is the latest effort by the Red Cross of Argentina to raise awareness about climate change.

Yes, the Climate is Changing
Practitioner:
350.org
Date:
Sep 20 2012

Yes, the Climate is Changing
Video: People around the world show how climate change is already affecting their lives.
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'Forward On Climate' Rally Brings Climate Change Activists To National Mall In Washington, D.C.
Practitioner:
Sierra Club, 350.org, Hip-Hop Caucus
Date:
Feb 17 2013

By James Gerken

An estimated 40,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. on Sunday for the Forward on Climate Rally on the National Mall. The rally preceded a march to the White House to urge President Barack Obama to take action against climate change and reject the Keystone XL pipeline.

Melting Man: Red Cross-Sponsored Activist "Melts" On Sidewalk
Practitioner:
Red Cross
Date:
Dec 10 2008

A young man melting into a puddle of himself is something you don’t see everyday, much less in a busy public square. Yet this humourous but surprisingly effective spectacle is the latest effort by the Red Cross of Argentina to raise awareness about climate change.

Yes, the Climate is Changing
Practitioner:
350.org
Date:
Sep 20 2012

Yes, the Climate is Changing
Video: People around the world show how climate change is already affecting their lives.
[see external link or YouTube> People Everywhere Connect the Dots on Climate Change]

The effects of climate change come in many guises: increasingly intense storms, too much snow, not enough snow, heat waves, droughts, floods.