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8
years. 96 months. Or just short of
3,000 days.
That's how long
scientists say we have to cut carbon emissions
in half, end the extinction crisis, and
avoid an all-out ecological collapse.
We
need a total transformation of our societies --
but there's a way we can do
it...
A Harvard University team
has found a golden 'rule' for creating social
transformation: any non-violent cause
that mobilises just 3.5% of a population reaches
a tipping point where change is
virtually guaranteed.
And with almost 70
million members globally, representing almost 1%
of the world population, alongside thousands of
other organisations and movements, together
we're inching toward the precious
threshold of 3.5%!
But
time is running out, and we need to grow,
fast. We need more staff in more
places, working to unite movements, indigenous
people, youth activists and parents, on
everything from climate change to political
campaigning and human rights, in a thundering
global effort to save life on Earth.
If
just 10,000 of us make a small weekly donation,
in 2022 we can launch a plan to do just that,
going all out to create a turning point
for life on Earth. We can still save
our future -- but we MUST act
now. Chip in
now:
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Devastating
floods and blazing infernos are a sure sign that
we are edging ever closer to planetary
tipping points -- when sudden, violent
changes shake earth's life-support systems to
the core. But everyday they are being matched by
literally thousands of people joining the great
battle for life on earth. We are
steadily marching to a crescendo of people
power, reaching social tipping points
that could radically, beautifully transform our
world for good. Because it's not just climate
change, we also need to overcome increasing
social polarisation, billions can't access
life-saving covid vaccines, and global
inequality is rocketing. If there was
ever a moment for people to change the course of
history, it is now. So we urgently need
Avaaz to grow even bigger, both in our own work
and our support for others, and if we raise
enough we will:
- Supercharge our
campaigning firepower by supporting
ground-breaking legal cases and mobilising
millions of people to hold leaders accountable
in real-time;
- Elevate the
voices of indigenous people, frontline
defenders, youth activists, and parents’
coalitions in global summits and in the
corridors of power;
- Defend
democracies everywhere by further
exposing the potentially lethal impacts of toxic
disinformation, and launch an advocacy blitz to
finally win new social media regulations;
- Hire dozens of
staff in new parts of the world,
recruiting millions of people in additional
languages to rapidly expand our movement,
especially in the global south;
- Partner with
other inspiring movements, scientists,
and public health experts to turbocharge our
combined power for maximum
impact.
The plan is ambitious,
but there is simply nothing more
important. Our future is on the line, and we are
the last generation that can still save it.
The time is now, and we are the people
to do it. Let's give it everything we've
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2021
has been another tumultuous year. But from our
impact at the climate talks in Scotland, to our
extraordinary fight to stop the corrosive, even
lethal, impacts of social media, to the millions
we've granted to other movements and activists,
Avaaz has been a blazing force for good. Without
doubt, we are changing the world -- but we need
to do it faster. Let's make 2022 a giant leap
for humanity and the planet. So strap on your
boots, lift your face to the sky, and get ready
for a year like no other!
With fierce
hope and determination, always,
Marigona,
Mike, Martyna, Anneke, Mouhamad, Bert and the
whole team at Avaaz
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