{"id":48295,"date":"2019-09-06T13:18:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T18:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=48295"},"modified":"2019-09-06T13:18:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T18:18:24","slug":"extinction-rebellion-what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=48295","title":{"rendered":"Extinction Rebellion: What is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/09\/06\/extinction-rebellion-what-is-it\/\">Extinction Rebellion: What is it?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/09\/macintosh-hdprivatevarfoldersg_xtgcz4sj5_gcc5.png\" alt=\"Macintosh HD:private:var:folders:g_:xtgcz4sj5_gcc58bg5ssc_880000gn:T:TemporaryItems:download.png\" class=\"wp-image-114795\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The climate crisis is turning average law-abiding people into raging law-breaking eco rebels, by boatloads. Extinction Rebellion (ER) is at the forefront, demanding that governments declare climate emergencies and take urgent action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that regard, ER, which started in the UK, says government must reduce carbon emissions to Net Zero by 2025, or else! Social chaos will spring loose from within the darkened shadows of a raging climate, bringing civilized society to its knees and within current lifetimes. For proof, read the science, which says it all. We\u2019re doomed without taking action to cut greenhouse emissions to Net Zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that regard, in November 2018 ER activist extraordinaire Jenny Shearer super glued herself to a railing outside the glorious golden-trimmed gates of Buckingham Palace in expectation that: \u201cThis will get the Royal family to come and join us.\u201d Meanwhile, another 2,000 ER activists brought a coffin, which symbolized a \u201csure-fire death sentence\u201d facing the \u201cnext generation\u201d vestiges of the present-day crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For ER warriors, the climate crisis is like a freight train with failing breaks barreling down a mountainside headed for a massive wipeout of society. Regrettably, it\u2019ll happen way too soon to take comfort today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This coming October 31<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;marks the one-year anniversary of ER from beginnings on Parliament Square on October 31<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;2018 when the ER leaders announced a Declaration of Rebellion against the UK government, expecting a couple hundred people to attend. Surprisingly, 1,500 showed up to exercise their right to peaceful civil disobedience whilst breaking the law and getting arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly thereafter, 6,000 ER activists peacefully blocked five major bridges across the River Thames. They planted trees in the middle of Parliament Square, and dug a hole for a coffin. Additionally, they lie down in streets or at entryways to public buildings, bringing parts of London and other UK cities to a standstill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extinction Rebellion: What is it? The climate crisis is turning average law-abiding people into raging law-breaking eco rebels, by boatloads. Extinction Rebellion (ER) is at the forefront, demanding that governments declare climate emergencies and take urgent action. In that regard, ER, which started in the UK, says government must reduce carbon emissions to Net Zero [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[113,1053,5493,23169,12542],"class_list":["post-48295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-survival-2","tag-carbon-emissions","tag-climate-crisis","tag-counterpunch","tag-extinction-rebellion","tag-robert-hunziker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48296,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48295\/revisions\/48296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}