We had a celebration! We had a parade! We had flowers and animals and a band. Lead by the World on Fire Truck, kids and parents and others rallied and danced and marched through the streets. Folks on bicycles known … Read more
A group of XR rebels held 2 large banners and passed out flyers in front of the Federal Building in downtown Portland, to support the national Extinction Rebellion push to have President Biden declare a … Read more
We will be bannering later today (April 22nd)at the Edith Wyatt Federal Building at 1220 SW 3rd Ave [map], from 4 to 5:30 pm. Mask up and show up to support the Extinction Rebellion petition … Read more
Imagine if Earth Day, and the environmental movement overall, had not been so easily co-opted into “green” consumerism and once-a-year craft and trash pickup projects. A reckoning with the history of Earth Day provides grim but necessary lessons for the climate movement.
This Earth Day, as we reach nearly a month without rain here in the Pacific Northwest, I am tired. I am tired of the fire warning being red in April. I am tired of Big Oil still … Read more