The tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaches…
the fateful year of 2012 is on the horizon…
a hurricane rips up the East Coast, leaving 5 million without power, and billions of dollars worth of damage in its wake;
riots in London are quelled by force;
and dictators who have held sway for 30 years or more in the Middle East are run out of town.
As the debt crisis of the Western world continues, Exxon Mobil opens up new drilling potential in the Russian Arctic worth 500 billion dollars, of which almost nothing will be taxed, while schools lay off teachers, states lay off workers, and municipalities have trouble paying for basic services like road maintenance.
At least we have our iPads and iPhones!
For those able to connect the dots, it is no accident that a major hurricane hit the East Coast this week–given that the ocean is hotter than it’s ever been, thanks to global warming. More storms like that, and worse, are on the way! The question is, WILL WE CONNECT THE DOTS????
And more: Can we have a world in which we continue to enjoy our luxuries–a hot shower in the morning, easy internet access, refrigeration and supermarkets full of food–without having to pay any price?
Like anyone of my generation (I was born in 1962) I want to believe that the world I’ve always known will always be here for me.
But I am not so blind as to see that the very luxuries I have taken for granted as necessities are what has driven our entire ecosystem to its current precarious state.
I know this.
What am I going to do about it?
Mark Hertsgaard and others have said very clearly that individual sacrifice or change is not the answer for the planet. The planet needs us to stand up and agitate for her, to take risks, to be bold.
Getting arrested in front of the White House is not a bad idea.
Lately I’ve been reading about even more radical steps one might take. Our government might call these steps eco-terrorism. I might call them standing up for what is right.
In Deep Green Resistance, Aric McBay, Derrick Jensen and Lierre Keith outline a full spectrum of productive resistance to the planet-killing powers that be, from “propaganda”–ie, what I’m doing now–to actually going out and blowing up dams or cell towers. 
I am reading on, taking it in. Do I have it in me to become an eco-terrorist? Me, a sheltered girl from Park Avenue?
We’ll see! Tune in next week…..
Transition Times 
dgrsalon
/ August 31, 2011I’ll tune in to find out if that was a rhetorical question 🙂
DeepGreenResistance
/ November 21, 2011A movement is growing based on this book. Deep Green Resistance has a plan of action for anyone determined to fight for this planet-and win. If you’ve been inspired by this work, then this movement is where the solutions lie. The time for action is now. Now this war has two sides…
98% of the old growth forests are gone. 99% of of the prairies are gone. 80% of the rivers on this planet do not support life anymore. We are out of species, we are out soil, and we are out of time. And what we are being told by most of the environmental movement is that the way to stop all of this is through personal consumer choices. It’s time for a real strategy that truly addresses the scope of our predicament.
Where is your threshold for resistance? To take only one variable out of hundreds: Ninety percent of the large fish in the oceans are already gone. Is it 91 percent? 92? 93? 94? Would you wait till they had killed off 95 percent? 96? 97? 98? 99? How about 100 percent? Would you fight back then?
Good people have stayed silent for too long. We’re tired of ineffective, symbolic acts – piecemeal, reactive, and sad. Now our despair and anger can be matched by an even deeper joy, beyond compare, the joy of beginning to fight back, effectively. We are pleased to announce the formation of DGR Action Groups worldwide. Take the first step and join the resistance.
Learn more about the strategy, find groups that have formed near you, or find out how to start your own group at:
http://deepgreenresistance.org