How YOU Can Take Climate Action
Hi hi!
This month I took a moment to look at how we can all take climate action. I wanted to make a video that went beyond suggesting individual/consumer actions, because there is so much more you can do than just recycling or voting with your dollar. So, I examined how unions, tenant organizing, and literally just joining a group or movement already fighting the fight can all create needed climate action. If you want to learn more, check out the video below, and, as always, below that are three quotes and three links I found useful during my research process.
Three Quotes:
“This is not to suggest that we pretend a socialist revolution is just around the corner but that in developing tactics and strategy, we should continually be asking ourselves, how does this or that action contribute towards a fundamental rupture with capitalism and an ecosocialist transformation of society?”
— Rupture
“Strikes for a just transition can be our most powerful and disruptive weapon and can point the way towards an ecosocialist future of workers’ control of the economy.”
— Rupture
“Our strategy needs to set out clear priorities. One way do so is by aligning the interests of people with the necessary infrastructure. If we need to reduce the number of airplanes in the sky, how can we offer people alternative means of long-distance transportation that are attractive in terms of cost, duration, and convenience? We could, for example, give people more high-speed trains in lieu of certain plane routes, take advantage of centrally located stations, and make them cheap — perhaps even free!”
— Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Three Links:
How do we get there? Some thoughts on ecosocialist tactics & strategy (Rupture)
An Ecosocialist Strategy to Win the Future (Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung)
How to Find Joy in Climate Action | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (TED)
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Hope you have a great day,
In solidarity,
Charlie