Green Options » Ghandi http://greenoptions.com/tag/ghandi Posts tagged 'Ghandi' Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:41:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Coal Versus Civil Disobedience at Power Shift ‘09? http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/26/whither-the-spotted-owl-and-what-does-that-have-to-do-with-powershift-09/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/26/whither-the-spotted-owl-and-what-does-that-have-to-do-with-powershift-09/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:41:00 +0000 Alan Smith http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/26/whither-the-spotted-owl-and-what-does-that-have-to-do-with-powershift-09/

Can Green activists play the civil disobedience card… and still be taken seriously?

In the Green Options discussion forum, Tim Hurst recently posted a poll asking:

Is Civil Disobedience a Viable Green Strategy?

First, let me say that I’m a fan of civil disobedience in general.  I’ve studied my Gandhi and my King, and am usually staunchly pro anything that shakes up the status quo and causes people enough discomfort to look at themselves.

When it comes to the environmentalist movement, however, (and especially Power Shift ‘09) I think we’ve lost that weapon in our arsenal.  Further, I think that playing the civil disobedience card as part of our proverbial hand (metaphor becoming mixed here) is actively problematic.  Granted, Power Shift is not involved in the planned March 2nd. event, officially.  But that is a line often blurred by the news, especially as many folks might take their Power Shift training and use it while they are still in town.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/02/26/whither-the-spotted-owl-and-what-does-that-have-to-do-with-powershift-09/feed/ Mean Joe Green #31: The Purple Demoblican to the Rescue! http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/16/mean-joe-green-31-the-purple-demoblican-to-the-rescue/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/16/mean-joe-green-31-the-purple-demoblican-to-the-rescue/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:11:39 +0000 Joe Mohr http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/16/mean-joe-green-31-the-purple-demoblican-to-the-rescue/ Enough politicking!
Enough he said/he said!

Keeping the earth clean and healthy is not Right vs. Left, it is right vs. wrong!

We all breathe the same air, drink the same water, eat food that comes from the earth’s soil. It is my observation that my Republican brother-in-law needs the same clean water and air as I in order to live. It is also an observation of mine that the health effects of toxic air and water will equally effect the children of my bro-in-law as much as it will my own. Therefore, it is up to the majority of us whether right or left, liberal or conservative to join together as one group of people that inhabit one planet and address the degradation of our environment.

For the Environment, we are not red or blue, Republican or Democrat–we are the Purple (Blue+Red) Demoblicans (Democrat+Republican)!

Purple Demoblicans unite!

Power tho the Purple!

Purple is the new green!

Demoblicans are the new environmentalists!

The below average catch phrases are endless…

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