Extinction Rebellion Gauteng

Gauteng: Non-violent direct action and civil disobedience for action on #ClimateBreakdown and #EcologicalCollapse. This is an emergency - #RebelForLife.

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

Stop burning shit for energy. We don't need to do this anymore. It causes irreversible climate breakdown, war, gross inequality, and deadly pollution. We can get our energy from the sun now. We can be people of the sun.

[Bill McKibben @billmckibben]

Today's declaration from the WH banning Russian oil is, potentially, a turning point for the world.
If we use it to wean ourselves off fossil fuel fast, as Biden says we will, then we can take on both despots and climate destruction.
It may be a day historians look back on

[Saul @saaaauuull]

Seems like if fossil fuels drive the climate crisis, fund wars, tear through Indigenous lands, endanger Black lives, blow up, are priced By OPEC, pollute oceans, cost more than renewables, cause earthquakes, and are in limited supply, maybe they don’t do much for energy security

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

If you are looking for a meaningful way to spend your life, be a climate activist

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

If there's one thing to learn from this horrible crisis it's this: We must end our dependence on big oil & authoritarian regimes for expensive fossil fuels that are destroying the planet & harming our economy. Now, more than ever, we need a Manhattan Project for renewable energy.

[Bill McKibben @billmckibben]

Someone tell cable news: the sun appears to be providing energy at the same price as last week

[Paul Dawson 📚 @PaulEDawson]

Chasing GDP is killing the planet!

"Cutting down a forest for timber adds to GDP, but what we don't record is the loss to our wealth in terms of natural resources." Winnie Byanyima

Here’s a breakdown of the most popular ideas to replace GDP:

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[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

We can no longer allow big oil companies, huge corporations and the billionaire class to use the murderous Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing pandemic as an excuse to price gouge consumers. It is time to enact a windfall profits tax and reasonable price controls.

[Abdi Latif Dahir @Lattif]

Pope Francis in speech at St. Peter’s Square: “With our hearts aching for what is happening in Ukraine, let us not forget wars in other parts of the world, such as Yemen, Syria, Ethiopia … I repeat: May weapons be silenced! God is with peacemakers, not those who use violence.”

[Greenpeace International @Greenpeace]

Nature connects us all. Let’s take care of each other and take care of our planet 💚⁣

[Sammy Roth @Sammy_Roth]

My story in today’s @latimes: How Europe and the U.S. could curb Russian influence by shifting away from fossil fuels: https://t.co/9kruDkYNhA

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

BREAKING: the IPCC has just released its latest report on the impacts of climate change and it is deeply confronting.
The report is an unprecedented emergency warning for humanity and global ecology.
Here's some detail on the findings - and on how we change course 🧵 #auspol

[Greenpeace PressDesk @greenpeacepress]

“New IPCC report: we are not prepared for what is coming”

Greenpeace on the latest assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:
https://t.co/gSz5RYodl5

[SECTION27 @SECTION27news]

“The climate crisis is an absolute priority for the working class. The working class will feel the brunt of climate change.” - Ferron Pedro

[The New York Times @nytimes]

More than 100,000 people attended a peace rally and demonstration in Berlin on Sunday in support of Ukraine. Organizers, which included peace and environmental groups, unions and churches, had expected 20,000 to gather. https://t.co/FrODEswSjZ

[Leo Hickman @LeoHickman]

The final sentence of new IPCC report:

"The scientific evidence is unequivocal: climate change is a threat to human well-being and the health of the planet.
Any further delay in concerted global action will miss a brief and rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future."

[Green Anglicans @Greenanglicans]

Green Anglicans of Africa meet the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability
Watch this space!!
@CYNESA
@princepapa1 @SAFCEI @UNEPFaith4Earth @AnglicanUN @AngliAlliance @WorldAnglican @capahq @CyprianMaundu @DennisNthenge

[SA Biodiversity @SANBI_ZA]

There are many ways to engage daily with nature, the key is to find something that resonates with you, so that you regularly experience this window into our natural world that thrives in symbiotic harmony around us