Author: Milan
In the spring of 2005, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and a general focus in the area of environmental politics. In the fall of 2005, I began reading for an M.Phil in IR at Wadham College, Oxford. Outside school, I am very interested in photography, writing, and the outdoors. I am writing this blog to keep in touch with friends and family around the world, provide a more personal view of graduate student life in Oxford, and pass on some lessons I've learned here. View all posts by Milan
Martin Luther King’s legacy and the power of nonviolent civil disobedience
In opposing the Keystone XL oil pipeline, demonstrators are getting a sense of the civil rights leader’s courage
Bill McKibben for TomDispatch, part of the Guardian Comment Network
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 25 August 2011 16.09 BST
Energy protests are in Martin Luther King’s footsteps: Obama should heed tar sand civil disobedience
BY VAN JONES, LENNOX YEARWOOD AND BILL MCKIBBEN
Friday, August 26th 2011, 4:00 AM
350.org is organizing thousands of events around the world to raise awareness of and encouragement of renewable forms of energy on September 24 under the title “Moving Planet Day”. Four example there are 4 in the Toronto area and 4 in the Vancouver area.
I am asking friends to join me at the one at Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver at the wind turbine. My brother is asking friends and family to join him at one in Toronto. On the right side of this blog 350.org is the first environmental blog listed. Searching “Moving Planet” will get you to a page which will identify events.
My brother is now organizing friends and family to participate in a 350.org action in Toronto on Moving Planet Day. The effects of your participation in the Keystone action is rippling.
That’s fantastic. There is an enormous amount of work that needs to be done in order to shift the political discourse.
We need to make keeping fossil fuels underground a political possibility in the United States and Canada.