Sep 19, 2023 06:30 PM
(This post was last modified: Sep 20, 2023 03:38 AM by C C.)
There are thousands of products made from fossil fuels. Including materials for green energy alternatives, asphalt for road construction, plastic, antiseptics, candles, fertilizers, synthetic rubber, refrigerants, etc. If you want everybody living in a non-industrial culture like plain people, then you need to implement that radical transition to low-tech lifestyle first. Starting with yourselves would make a good, non-hypocritical example (for a change).
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https://phys.org/news/2023-09-climate-ac...seums.html
INTRO: Environmental advocacy, with roots in Rachel Carson's 1962 book "Silent Spring" and the first Earth Day observances in 1970, has manifested in various forms over the years, including boycotts, blockades, and protests. In 2022, some environmental activists began vandalizing art and museums in a new form of protest.
Who are these activists? When and where have they acted? Beyond that, what's behind this new tactic?
In an attempt to shed light on this topic, a trio of researchers from the University of Washington (UW) in the U.S. has undertaken a comprehensive review of articles, books, and social media postings. Their findings appear as a Brief Communication in npj Climate Action.
Frustrated with slow progress on emission reductions, some climate activists have staged various forms of non-violent but disruptive (NVD) action in recent years. Radical actions such as disrupting road traffic, stopping trains, the Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, and Greta Thunberg's "Fridays for Future" school strikes have all garnered considerable media attention.
Whether such actions have helped or hindered the activists' goals is a matter of debate. While the researchers rightly observe, "After all, a lack of public awareness is not hindering climate progress," they also note that gas and oil drilling continues, and that a number of U.S. states have enacted legislation criminalizing protests against fossil fuel pipelines.
However, they write, some scholars argue that such actions by radical groups might make more well-known, mainstream groups—Greenpeace and the Citizens' Climate Lobby are two examples—appear to public officials to be more reasonable, and their demands more moderate. Earlier research has dubbed this the "radical flank effect." (MORE - details)
https://youtu.be/cK1spdjQxP0
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cK1spdjQxP0
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https://phys.org/news/2023-09-climate-ac...seums.html
INTRO: Environmental advocacy, with roots in Rachel Carson's 1962 book "Silent Spring" and the first Earth Day observances in 1970, has manifested in various forms over the years, including boycotts, blockades, and protests. In 2022, some environmental activists began vandalizing art and museums in a new form of protest.
Who are these activists? When and where have they acted? Beyond that, what's behind this new tactic?
In an attempt to shed light on this topic, a trio of researchers from the University of Washington (UW) in the U.S. has undertaken a comprehensive review of articles, books, and social media postings. Their findings appear as a Brief Communication in npj Climate Action.
Frustrated with slow progress on emission reductions, some climate activists have staged various forms of non-violent but disruptive (NVD) action in recent years. Radical actions such as disrupting road traffic, stopping trains, the Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, and Greta Thunberg's "Fridays for Future" school strikes have all garnered considerable media attention.
Whether such actions have helped or hindered the activists' goals is a matter of debate. While the researchers rightly observe, "After all, a lack of public awareness is not hindering climate progress," they also note that gas and oil drilling continues, and that a number of U.S. states have enacted legislation criminalizing protests against fossil fuel pipelines.
However, they write, some scholars argue that such actions by radical groups might make more well-known, mainstream groups—Greenpeace and the Citizens' Climate Lobby are two examples—appear to public officials to be more reasonable, and their demands more moderate. Earlier research has dubbed this the "radical flank effect." (MORE - details)
https://youtu.be/cK1spdjQxP0