Silent Call to Adventure!

This is the greatest crisis humans have ever faced, so don't just sit there, hurl yourself into the fray!


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Giving Thanks for the Earth – While We Still Have It

Everyone who’s ever lived has  been blessed by a gift greater than anything anyone’s ever wished for,  without which we simply wouldn’t be here.  And that’s the beautiful Earth that sustains us.  Our ancestors worshipped this, to them the Earth was sacred, the wind, the water, and all of life.  They were fully aware of the miracle that they lived in the middle of.  

Now we live in a time where the Earth is almost a prop, something we exploit for our convenience but that we really don’t think that much about.  We certainly don’t worship it.  

And yet, imagine, what if it all went away?  They say that perhaps there was a time life could have existed on Mars, what if one day there comes a time when life once lived on Earth?  There’s no guarantee that this rock hurtling through space is going to remain a place suitable for life, let alone home to the perfect conditions of the Holocene Epoch that have fostered the growth of civilization from the Fertile Crescent to the present day.

This is such a gift we’ve inherited, such a miracle.  Let’s revere it again.  Let’s fight to keep it healthy and whole.   Let’s put our priorities in the right place.  Money and markets attract far more of our attention, and far more of our care, than the Earth.  That’s not only misguided, it’s crazy.

Let’s give thanks for the Earth, and do whatever we can to make sure that future generations will be able to do the same.  And who knows, maybe if we do it well enough, our descendants will give thanks for us too.

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Rachel's 8 Day Hunger Strike Successfully Ends when the President Mentions Climate Change in his Convention Speech!

I just want to give a shout out to Rachel Hope, who is not just an activist, she's a kick-activist, going the  extra mile to save civilization from the climate catastrophe!  She did an 8 day hunger strike against global warming "A Taste of Things to Come: Famine Practice!", starting at the Republican National Convention in Tampa and finishing only when Obama made a strong statement about climate change in  his Democratic National Convention address.  Here is the video!

Hello!

Hello!  We are The Pissed-Off Polar Bears, and we want to get everybody on our side to stop the man-made climate catastrophe before it's too late!  (in other words, NOW!)  

This might seem impossible because no one's been able to do anything about it, but after months of reading up on Gene Sharp's books about Nonviolent Struggle, we believe that with an effective nonviolent strategy massive shifts can be created in public opinion and that this can happen in a hurry!  

We're also committed to what Serbia's Otpor movement learned, that the most effective weapons are humor and enthusiasm.

We just got back from The Republican National Convention in Tampa and the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, were we introduced Pete the Pissed-Off Polar Bear to people in the streets and did many actions, including The Going-Away Party for FLORIDA! and our 8 Day Hunger Strike Against Global Warming: A Taste of Things to Come: Famine Practice!  

Now we're focused on the American Political Campaigns, where we intend to help get as many candidates elected who understand the urgency of this crisis.  Our main focus is on electing a president who "gets it" (Obama) and electing Senate candidates who will ratify an international climate treaty.

We intend to use MeetUp.com and political rallies to recruit other activists.  

Much more to follow!  Join us!

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