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What Would a Wolf Do

What can we learn from a Wolf’s strategies for survival, that will help us create a livable world for future generations?

To maximize our chances of keeping a livable world the first priority is to stop extraction of fossil fuels. The most important way to do that is to stop new fossil fuel projects and the key to doing this is to stop the financial companies from funding these projects.  This campaign is focused on stopping Wells Fargo financing fossil fuel projects and causing climate change. 

The campaign focuses on Wells Fargo because they are the most vulnerable. When we are successful in getting them to agree to stop their funding of the fossil fuel industry, we will then identify the next financial institution to target.  The effectiveness of the Wells Fargo campaign will be an important first step to convince the next bank to also stop their funding.   

When we convince large banks that it is not in their best interests to continue to support the harm to our communities and the Earth this will make a dramatic difference.  What is the best strategy to do this and how will the Wolf help us be successful?

Nature and the Wolf can teach us many valuable lessons. The Wolf would do three critical things to help us survive.  The first thing they do is work together as a pack to increase their chance of success. Second, they understand the importance of strategically choosing the weakest prey in a herd. The  third strategy they have learned is the importance of sustained attack that wears down their prey vs. one quick sprint.

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What will your answer be when asked what did you do when history called?

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Activist Disrupts Tucson Mayor’s Earth Day Webinar

An anonymous Extinction Rebellion activist disrupts the city of Tucson’s Earth Day webinar to call out the Mayor for not declaring a climate emergency like she said she would, and instead claiming the city is taking more time to collect data.

Also known as “How the City of Tucson’s Earth Day Webinar should have gone”.

For more information about Extinction Rebellion Tucson please visit xrtucson.org. Thanks!

Don’t Back Down Mayor Romero!

The time to declare a CLIMATE EMERGENCY is now!

Please help XR Tucson: our Mayor has reneged on her promise to declare a climate emergency on Earth Day and is ignoring our letters and social media posts demanding that she act now. Please help with our digital strike by taking a picture with this sign or one of your own making with the message “I stand with XR Tucson. Mayor Romero, the time to declare a Climate Emergency is now!” Post the photo to social media and tag Mayor Romero while also adding the hashtags:

#DeclareClimateEmergency

#TucsonEarthDay2020

Facebook: @MayorReginaRomero
Twitter: @tucsonromero
Instagram: @tucsonromero

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Press Release – Phoenix City Council Climate Emergency

Phoenix City Hall

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 9, 2020

CONTACTS:

Jean Boucher, 703-665-9179, JLB964@gmail.com – Extinction Rebellion Phoenix
Claire Nelson, 480-630-1467, clairenelsonaz@gmail.com – AZ Youth Climate Strike
Jessica Bristow, 928-710-8206, jessicabristow4@gmail.com – Sunrise Movement Phx.

Local Climate Groups Demand Phoenix Declare a Climate Emergency

PHOENIX— Climate groups from across the Valley today called on the Phoenix City Council to endorse a resolution declaring a climate emergency, a critical first step toward launching a comprehensive plan to address climate change.

The resolution, similar to one passed last month by the Flagstaff City Council, outlines the city’s commitment to becoming carbon-neutral by 2030. It calls for various city departments to determine the steps required for the transition, citywide education on the need for carbon neutrality and climate adaptation, and a new task force to oversee the plan.

Arizona and Phoenix are on the front lines of climate change. Heat-related deaths are increasing, wildfires are becoming more frequent and more intense, development and decades of drought are decreasing flows in our critical rivers, and the Valley is choking on some of the worst air pollution in the country—all of this exacerbated by climate change. Arizona is the fourth-fastest warming state in the U.S., and Phoenix is the second-fastest warming major city in the U.S., followed by Prescott as the fifth and Tucson as the seventh. The devastating health, environmental and economic consequences of the climate crisis will continue to be felt disproportionately by low-income communities, indigenous nations and communities of color.

Arizonans are demanding bold action to address the climate crisis, and polls continue to show that support for climate action is growing across all age groups, religions and political persuasions. States, counties, cities, local leaders and businesses across the world are leading the way to a just phase-out of fossil fuels, establishing a zero-emissions economy, and updating building codes and ordinances to combat climate change. 

The city of Phoenix has demonstrated its support for climate action by joining the 3,800-member We Are Still In coalition and adopting sustainability goals to become carbon neutral by 2050. But pledges and goals are no longer enough. Phoenix has an opportunity to lead the way and Mayor Gallego and the City Council need to act now. We are counting on all council members and the mayor to support this critical resolution and take the urgent action necessary to create a carbon-free future and a liveable planet for our children and grandchildren.

Organizations endorsing the Declaration of Climate Emergency for the City of Phoenix:

Phoenix Phone Bank Campaign

Phone Bank Campaign

Come join us to call our Phoenix City Mayor and Councilors to urge them to declare a Climate Emergency! Our families, youth, and community cannot wait any longer!

In concert with our demand for the City of Phoenix to declare a climate emergency, Extinction Rebellion, Mi Familia Vota, the Sunrise Movement, and AZ Youth Strike have begun a phone banking campaign with a focus on city counselors, the mayor, and an emergency declaration. This will be an ongoing campaign until our needs are met. Thus, we plan on calling our representatives, expressing our concerns about the climate crisis and demanding a declaration of emergency.

If you are comfortable with these types of calls, you may use a sample script below, or create your own, and use the table further below for councilor contact information. You can call from the comforts of your home or if you want some coaching, contact Jean Boucher at jean.boucher1@protonmail.com or Arlinda Bajrami at arlindab@mifamiliavota.org.

Phoenix City Council – Phone Bank Scripts for Climate Emergency Declaration

Note: _These phone banking (or email/tweeting) scripts are only guides; you can say whatever you want. Near the end is is more free-flowing. Try to make an appointment if you can and we will support with personnel from our organizations. These two sample scripts are almost identical, but the first script does not ask for an appointment.

Hi,
My name is ———— and I live in district x (or Phoenix metropolitan area) and I feel ——— (fill in how you feel, e.g., worried/concerned/frustrated/angry/anxious/scared) because I’ve been following the climate change science and our future is looking pretty unlivable. But if humanity could quickly change its environmental behavior future generations might have a chance. Is anyone doing anything? I think Phoenix has the potential to be one of the leaders in addressing the climate crisis and I want a climate emergency declared–like Los Angeles and New York did–and for us to also ramp-up our climate action plan. Can you tell me a little on councilor ——‘s position on this?

Hi,
My name is ———— and I am a constituent living in district x, Valley of the Sun, and I am really worried about air quality and drought due to climate change. Our future without immediate action looks pretty grim. If we could make quick changes in our environmental behaviors, future generations might have a chance at life as we know it. What are you doing to help? I think Phoenix has great potential to be one of the leaders in addressing the climate crisis. I want Phoenix to declare a climate emergency, like Los Angeles and New York, and to ramp-up a climate action plan for the Valley. I’d also like to meet with you to discuss what we can do to protect our future. Could you tell me the openings in your schedule?

Office Contacts

Office

Representative

Office Phone

Email

Homepage

Mayor

Kate Gallego

602‑262‑7111

mayor.gallego@phoenix.gov

https://www.phoenix.gov/mayor

District 1

Thelda Thomas

602‑262‑7444

council.district.1@phoenix.gov

https://www.phoenix.gov/district1

District 2

Jim Waring

602‑262‑7445

council.district.2@phoenix.gov

https://www.phoenix.gov/district2

Distrct 3

Debra Stark

602‑262‑7441

council.district.3@phoenix.gov

https://www.phoenix.gov/district3

District 4

Laura Pastor

602‑262‑7447

council.district.4@phoenix.gov

https://www.phoenix.gov/district4

District 5/ Vice Mayor

Betty Guardado

602‑262‑7446

Council.District.5@phoenix.gov

https://www.phoenix.gov/district5

District 6

Sal DiCiccio

602‑262‑7491

council.district.6@phoenix.gov

https://www.phoenix.gov/district6

District 7

Michael Nowakowski

602‑262‑7492

council.district.7@phoenix.gov

https://www.phoenix.gov/district7

District 8

Carlos Garcia

602‑262‑7493

Council.District.8@phoenix.gov

https://www.phoenix.gov/district8


Joaquin Phoenix, Extinction Rebellion Partner on ‘Guardians of Life’ Film

“Joker” star Joaquin Phoenix has linked with environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion and non-profit organization Amazon Watch for a short film sounding the alarm around deforestation and global wildfires.

“Guardians of Life,” which Variety reveals exclusively above, also stars Rosario Dawson, Matthew Modine, Oona Chaplin, Q’orianka Kilcher and musician Albert Hammond Jr of The Strokes – all of whom play a medical team racing to save an unseen patient dying of heart failure on the operating table.

Describing the two-minute film as a call to action, Phoenix said: “I did it to raise awareness about the meat and dairy industry’s effect on climate change. The fact is we are clear cutting and burning rainforests and seeing the negative effects of those actions worldwide.

“People don’t realize there’s still time, but only if we act now and make sweeping changes to our consumption. We can’t wait for governments to solve these problems for us. We can’t wait until the election to try to make these changes. We have a personal responsibility to make changes in our own lives and act now.”

Phoenix delivered a rousing acceptance speech at the BAFTAs on Sunday, calling out “systemic racism” in the film industry, just hours after he led a protest in London with animal activists, advocating for veganism.

The actor was last month arrested for his part in a Washington D.C. protest with Jane Fonda, where he again discussed the link between climate change and animal agriculture.

“Guardians of Life” is the first of 12 films exploring the effects of climate change. The series is led by Extinction Rebellion and Mobilize Earth, and funded by a variety of organizations, including the U.K.-based Catalysts Foundation, as well as the global Climate Save Movement. Additional supporters include the Artists for the Amazon campaign and Environmental Media Association. Donations from the film go towards Amazon Watch and Extinction Rebellion.

Director Shaun Monson said he felt compelled to make the film in the style of a narrative short as documentary-style PSAs aren’t always effective in moving audiences to take action. “Instead of focusing on deforestation, ice melting and species extinction, we use a story as a metaphor,” he explained.

“The Amazon has been called the lungs of the world, or the heart of the world, but instead of documentary footage we proposed an ER setting with doctors and nurses trying to save an unseen patient with systemic heart failure. The twist is not only who one of the paramedics is, but what they were really fighting to save all along.”

Actor Matthew Modine added: “Children (are) inheriting a world unrecognizable to the one I was born into. This PSA is one way of opening people’s eyes to see what is actually happening right in front of us.”

Gail Bradbrook, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, said the film demonstrates how Hollywood is using its influence to take on the climate and ecological crisis. “There is still a disconnect between how bad things are and the action that needs to happen. But that gap is narrowing. There are more significant people starting to break ranks, to tell the truth and act as if it is real.”