Fossil Free Eugene Favorite 

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Date: 

Mar 20 2021

Location: 

Eugene OR

A group of protestors and organizers from Sunrise Movement, Earth Guardians, 350 Eugene, Cascadia Wildlands and more staged a bike march culminating with a die-in outside of the Northwest Natural Gas headquarters in Eugene, Oregon.

The protestors lie on the ground outside the NWN building, beneath tombstones donning the dangers of natural gas.

This action - part of the larger Fossil Free Eugene campaign - was meant to bring attention to the dangers of fracking and fossil fuel use and to put pressure on to call attention to Eugene’s 2014 Climate Recovery Ordinance’s ability to meet its planned goal — a 50% reduction in fossil-fuel use by 2010 standards by 2030. Sunrise Eugene argues that under current standards, this goal will not be met.

External sources: 

https://doublesidedmedia.com/2021/03/24/we-need-immediate-acts-of-justice-climat…
https://www.facebook.com/sunrise.eug/
Posted by Anika Pyle on Mar 29 2021

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Effectiveness

How does this project help?

Activates (people)Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work
Amplifies (issue or campaign)Brings public and political attention to an issue or campaign.  Can include prefigurative action, making the invisible visible.
Does nothing (at all)Doesn't really have an impact, beyond possibly expressing the artist-activist's dissatisfaction with the world.
Strengthens (community)Strengthens, builds and celebrates community through ritual and/or symbol.

Timeframe For change

This project seems to be part of a campaign with a clear short-term goal. Short-term goals tend to be things like: create or repeal a law; get a President impeached; make the city administration repair a sidewalk. A campaign with a short-term goal needs a clear theory of change, complete with targets that can be cajoled or pressured into effecting the goal.
Pressure the city of Eugene to make good on its 2014 climate commitment.
This project seems to be part of a campaign with a clear long-term goal. Long-term goals tend to be things like: end racism; end homophobia; make the sun stand still in the sky. A campaign with a long-term goal also needs to have some kind of theory of change.
End the use of fossil fuels in Eugene, OR

Notes

The action called attention to Eugene's Climate Agreement and energized other activists.