PowerShift-ed

Details: Published on Monday, 07 April 2014 13:20; Written by editor

Last weekend, PowerShift Atlantic brought over 500 youth together in Halifax for the largest climate and social justice summit in the Atlantic. Over 4 days we built connections, shared skills, trained and strategized to take on the Energy East tar sands pipeline, to stop fracking, divest from fossil fuels and build solutions for a just and sustainable world.

Check out this full rundown of what happened over the weekend and share!

Then on Monday, PowerShift turned to action. We mobilized to support two Mi'kmaq women who disrupted a meeting between Nova Scotia Energy Minister, Andrew Younger, and representatives of the fossil fuel industry. Over 150 youth rallied to support the disruption with amazing visuals, banner drops from the hotel, and eventually occupying the hotel where the meeting was taking place. Read more here and here and check out this video of the action.

One day later, on Tuesday, youth and allies across Canada - from divestment organizers to local groups - took action for Fossil Fools Day. Actions in 15 cities built mock fossil fuel infrastructure - from pipelines to fracking rigs, staged fake oil spills, and more in the most creative day of action we have ever seen. Check out this story on Fossil Fools Day & PowerShift, and photos from all the actions here and here.
This past week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its most recent report - a report calling for urgent, drastic action to leave fossil fuels in the ground. We're getting organized to make that happen - join in.

Cameron Fenton
National Director, the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
www.wearepowershift.ca

Can you help keep organizing like this going? Become a PowerShift Supporter for as little as $5 a month!

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OurClimate.ca - The Canadian Youth Climate Coalition · Vancouver, BC V5V1W5, Canada
You can also keep up with Cameron Fenton on Twitter.

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