EARTH DEFENSE WEEK: Occupy the Trees
www.occupythetrees.org
Occupy Eugene and Cascadia Forest Defenders, in Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, have put an “Occupy the Trees” call-out to activists around the world to protest the destruction of our Earth for the week of April 22-27.
Here in Eugene on Sunday the 22nd (formerly known as Earth Day), there will be an Earth Defense Day celebration at the park blocks in downtown Eugene, with speakers, music, teach-ins, and food.
Activities are planned in Eugene throughout the week: Monday is Public Lands Day, Tuesday is World Day for Animals, Wednesday is Kids Need Forests Day, Thursday is Eco-feminism Day, Friday is Global Climate Change Awareness Day. There will be speakers, musical performances, marches and rallies throughout the week. Tree occupations are planned as well.
See a full schedule here:
https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=occupythetrees%40gmail.com&ctz=Asia/Kabul
Our Call to Action includes 3 main points:
1. Immediate attention and reversal to Global Climate Change which threatens all llife on Earth.
2. Disruption of the Earth-destroying profit machines led by the richest 1% of the world and their government lackies.
3. Ending all Commercial Extraction from Public Lands in all nations of the Earth.
Contacts:
Moon, Occupy Eugene
Jim Flynn, Cascadia Forest Defenders