[ottawa-activist-events] Energy Action: Fossil Fools Day
Karen Hawley
> Fossil Fools day
> 2006 theme: Breaking Oil Addiction
> It's time to STOP THE ADDICTION and on Friday March 31st (in
> celebration of Saturday April 1st...) we hope you will join with
> thousands of activists around the world in the 3rd Annual Fossil
> Fools Day to do just that. There are dozens of creative, fun,
> educational, and attention-getting ways you can get involved.
>
> Register and Find out about action in your area
>
> Admitting you have a problem is always the first step in breaking
> an addiction. Luckily, Mr. Bush has taken that first step by
> admitting that America is addicted to oil. Unfortunately, Bush,
> Harper, Blair and scores of other politicians and corporate CEOs
> have stopped right there and are exhibiting the classic signs of an
> addict: denial, aggression, avoidance, and shifting the blame.
>
> Here in Canada, the Harper team ran its election campaign the way a
> gambling addict plays a slot machine - pull the arm until you get a
> winning combination. When it comes to climate change and oil
> dependency, Harper has kept his poker face as the country waits for
> him to show his hand. Meanwhile, a game of Russian Roulette plays
> out in Canada's North with mega-projects such as the Mackenzie
> Valley Pipeline and the dependent Athabasca Tar Sands already on
> the table.
>
> Mr. Harper is correct in claiming that Canada is fooling itself.
> Greenhouse gas emissions have risen by 24% since 1990, this past
> winter was the warmest on record and the oil and gas industry
> continues to receive over $1.4 billion in annual subsidies from the
> federal government. The stakes are indeed high in Canada's energy
> game. We are but a roll of the dice from gambling away our common
> future. Will the Harper government know when to fold em? Know when
> to walk away from dirty energy?
>
> Fossil Fools Day is a day where citizens unite to say no to the oil
> pushers and demand a break from our addiction to fossil fuels- an
> addiction that threatens our environment, our economy, our health,
> our sports, our workforce, and leads us into war and conflict
> around the world.
>
> JOIN US TODAY! For more information, contact Mike at
> mi...@globalexchange.org or Nile at ni...@ran.org.
>
> WHAT YOU CAN DO:
>
> Adopt a Ford Dealer Near You!
> 1 in 7 barrels of oil is consumed on America's highways alone and
> Ford Motor Company has the worst fuel economy in the automakers
> industry. This addiction is leading us into war and conflicts all
> around the world. For more information, go to www.jumpstartford.com.
>
> Expose a Fossil Fool!
> There are so many people holding back progress, it's hard to pick
> just one. Will it be Dick Cheney? Bill Ford Jr.? Lee Raymond?
> Climate issues? Organize an action in your community that will
> expose a local or national Fossil Fool. Be creative. Register
> your event at http://www.energyaction.net.
>
> Pass a Green Fleet Resolution On Your Campus or Community!
> You can launch a campaign in your community to green the vehicle
> fleets of your university, city or state. Pass a resolution and get
> your government –at any level- to replace those gas-guzzlers with
> hybrid, electric, and bio-diesel vehicles. Download a Green Fleets
> action kit at www.jumpstartford.com
>
> Fight for Renewable On Your Campus or Community!
> Why not help push for clean, renewable energy on your campus or
> community today. Solar energy supports up to ten times more jobs
> than dirty fossil fuel energy. A green grid powered by the wind and
> the sun can recharge. Join the campus climate challenge by going
> to www.energyaction.net.
>
> Hold an Oil Addicts Anonymous Meeting
> Hundreds across the world will begin their meeting with and will
> share their perspective on the environmental impacts and
> alternatives to our consumption of oil. Admitting our addiction to
> oil is the first step. http://www.jumpstartford.com/.
>
>
> TAKE ACTION ON SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2006
>
>
> For more exciting action ideas, visit: http://jumpstartford.com/
> action/events_calendar/april_1st_fossil_fools_day/
>
>
> --
> Mike Hudema
> Independence from Oil Director
> Global Exchange
> 2017 Mission Street, Suite 303
> San Francisco, CA 94110
> ph. 415 558 9490 ext. 230
> fx. 415 255 7498
> www.jumpstartford.com
> http://www.globalexchange.org
>
> "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to
> live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the
> same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but
> burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like
> spiders across the stars..."
>
> - Jack Kerouac
>
> "I was willing to die for my country but I wasn't willing to die
> for oil."
>
> - Joshua Key, US war
> resister on the war in Iraq
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