@vivslack

Nonviolence, social change, ideas & adventure. Projects include @streetsupportuk @objectivesfirst @changemeinfo. #NVC #ULab #nonviolence

 Manchester, UK
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Joined July 2009
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What does it mean to love this place? What does it mean to love anyone or anything, in a world whose vanishing is accelerating, perhaps beyond our capacity to save the things that we love most? medium.com/@enjohnston/lovin…
Cape Wrath trail - good times :) photos.app.goo.gl/eoWu7arAqz…
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Can we... dare to declare capitalism dead - before it takes us all down with us? theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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This is #XR - normal people, waking up. theguardian.com/environment/…

‘I would go to prison’: the ordinary people getting arrested for Extinction Rebellion

More than 1,000 demonstrators have been arrested in London in the past nine days. Here, nine of the climate change protesters explain the extraordinary ends they will go to for the Earth

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Love and rage from Extinction Rebellion Youth to MPs ahead of PMQs! #PMQs #ExtinctionRebellion #loveandrage
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"People ask me whether I’m kept awake at night by the prospect of 5 degrees of warming. I don’t think we’ll make it to 5 degrees. I’m far more worried about geopolitical breakdown as the injustices of climate change emerge as we steam from 2 to 3 degrees." slate.com/technology/2019/04…

Stop Saying We Have 12 Years Left to Address Climate Change

Even if we don’t halve carbon emissions by 2030, it (literally) won’t be the end of the world.

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Great piece this - going from the big global issues to some exciting neighbourhood initiatives in one piece 🙌👊👍 #CitizenShift
Alternative Camden@altcamden23 Apr 2019
The future is already here. We need more complex public conversations — not consultations. medium.com/@alt.cmd/citizens…

Citizens Lab 1.0

What we learnt from Alternative Camden’s first citizen’s meet up

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So heartbreaking knowing this is our collective impact on the more than human world :( metro.co.uk/2019/04/24/one-m…

One million species at risk of extinction due to humans

We're about to see extinction rates rapidly speeding up.

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Thank you to @Ed_Miliband for his question yesterday to Parliament. He said: "Ordinary people have been shut out of the climate debate and this must change. The right response to rebellion on our streets is to produce a revolution in climate leadership". #InternationalRebellion
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Meeting on climate emergency in MCR 23/5: climateemergencymanchester.n…
We look fwd to hearing from @michaelgove who just told MPs in @HouseofCommons Atlee Suite that following talks with @GretaThunberg, he will meet with . An insider described MPs including @Ed_Miliband thanking #ExtinctionRebellion "actions on the streets, waking us up"
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Wow. Maybe we all need a little Greta fearlessness and courage to speak the truth of this crisis... amp.theguardian.com/environm…

'You did not act in time': Greta Thunberg's full speech to MPs

Read the full text of the speech Greta Thunberg gave to MPs at the Houses of Parliament

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Upcoming Event: Free showing of “This Changes Everything” 11 May #Manchester manchesterclimatemonthly.net…
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This generation of climate activists is tired of inaction, and they've caught the attention of leaders all over the world. So while this challenge is only getting more urgent, they show us the kind of action it'll take to meet this moment.
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Hearing positive news about greta meeting with party leaders and xr and climate change being discussed in house of commons at 3.30 today - fingers crossed its finally being raised on the national agenda. #XR
XR self organising system deciding on next strategy right here right now in Marble Arch with a citizens assembly. Full transparency, inviting different perspectives. Awesome! #XR
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It was so hard to leave the amazing community of #XR tonight and head back to 'normal' life where there's not much feeling of hope. And so moved listening to Greta speak - will the message be heard? theguardian.com/environment/…

Greta Thunberg's emotional speech to EU leaders – video

Greta Thunburg tells EU MEPs: 'If our house was falling apart our leaders wouldn’t go on like we do today ... if our house was falling apart you wouldn’t hold three emergency Brexit summits and no...

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Keep strong Rebels - We refuse to bequeath a dying planet to future generations by failing to act now. We act in peace, with ferocious love of these lands in our hearts. We act on behalf of life. rebellion.earth/declaration/

Home - Extinction Rebellion UK

We are facing an unprecedented global climate emergency. The government has failed to protect us. To survive, it's going to take everything we've got.

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So happy to see this party that welcomes all people, that's about something other than shopping, full of joy in humanity & the planet, in the heart of commercialism in Oxford Circus. Blown away. #XR
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The rebellion is joyful. The rebellion is nonviolence, community, courage, support, fearlessness, humility, openness, love. The rebellion comes with free food & music, hugs & smiles, co created by its people. The rebellion is here, now, in honour of all life. #XR
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