Youth Climate Movement sit-ins Spread Like Wildfire Across Globe

Following the heroic sit-in by international youth delegates in Copenhagen on Wednesday, waves of similar actions organized in the following days put immediate pressure on world leaders to enact a real, fair and binding climate deal.

I’d like to see that story written tomorrow and Friday by mainstream media. As Andrew Munn called for earlier, solidarity protests are a huge way to increase the pressure on developed countries, notably the United States.

I’ve been up late planning an action in DC for tomorrow (Thursday) because the Action Factory was hugely inspired by the work that everyone in Copenhagen has been doing. And we’ve been super impressed with the way you’ve been able to tell the story.

If others have solidarity actions planned, this useful tool is a good way to share what’s going on. http://crowdable.net/ We’ve been successful at building this movement because we’re all working on the same thing, and when we do things together, we tell a unified story and make them big.

About Morgan

Morgan is a wandering climate activist, a job well suited to the editorial board of this site. He organized at Williams College until his aprubt and unfortunate graduation in 2008. There, he was a Chinese major, student body co-president and one of the leaders of Thursday Night Group, the campus climate action group. Since graduating, in no particular order, Morgan has worked on a community energy efficiency campaign in western Mass, co-directed NH SPROG for the SSC and worked on Power Vote in Cleveland. He spent traveled in China, networking with youth climate activists and learning about the solar hot water business. He worked on Long Island for a solar and wind company doing home evaluations and sales. And he spent the better part of a year in DC at the Avaaz Action Factory causing trouble for a good cause.

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