what is activism?
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Activism!MEP Project 2
Kent State, Ohio, 1970
Tiananmen Square, China, 1989
UCDavis, California, 2011
Introducing
Earth First! Arctic Drilling andTar Sands Protests
Earth First! Dances onGovernor’s Deskhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_vd4QC_rB4
Introducing
Greenpeace Activists Scale Arctic Oil Rig!
http://youtu.be/AqWFc-kn9kM
Flashmob!
Gorilla Theater
Crowdsourcinghttp://www.forbes.com/sites/dell/2012/06/07/crowdsourcing-social-good-and-innovation-3/
Shock-tivism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTND76fnhyM
Examples of Activist Organizations• VPIRG www.vpirg.org/
• Energy Action Coalition http://www.energyactioncoalition.org/ • 350.org 350.org • EnergizeVT energizevermont.org/
• SAGE Alliance http://sagealliance.net/
• Earth First earthfirst.org/issues.htm• • Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org/• • Sierra Club http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageServer#.UKEHjbp63To• • VNRC http://www.vnrc.org/action/
• Climate Reality Project http://climaterealityproject.org/• • CVU EnAct
• Williston Energy Committee
Activism is Open-Ended…Activism is only limited
by your ownbeliefs, inspiration,
creativity and initiative!
Now Go For it!
The End