by 350 Seattle | Mar 25, 2019 | Direct Action, Divestment, Keep it in the Ground/No new Infrastructure
Taking on the Nation’s Largest Bank: JPMorgan Chase by Alec Connon For two years now, we’ve been campaigning to force JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, to stop funding climate disaster. Here’s the story behind the campaign ― an overview of the problem we’re...
by 350 Seattle | Dec 20, 2018 | Direct Action, Voices of 350
by Rachel McDonald I was recently elected to 350 Seattle’s board of directors. Those of you who know me well know I’m a librarian by trade, and reading is one of the ways in which I make sense of the world. For years, I read about climate change, but I became involved...
by 350 Seattle | May 10, 2018 | Direct Action, Divestment, Indigenous Solidarity, Keep it in the Ground/No new Infrastructure
#ShutDownChase, Seattle, 2018Tar sands devastates our climate, our forests, and our water. What is less well-known is the devastating impact it has on indigenous communities — and especially on indigenous women. Over the last four decades, over 4,000 indigenous women...
by 350 Seattle | Apr 3, 2018 | Direct Action, Indigenous Solidarity, Keep it in the Ground/No new Infrastructure
No Permit? No Problem! Replica longhouse build at PSEWith a pending permit in hand, we and Protectors of the Salish Sea built a small replica longhouse blocking Puget Sound Energy's HQ entrance---to demonstrate how absurd it is that PSE can build an 8,000,000...
by 350 Seattle | Mar 19, 2018 | Direct Action, Divestment, Pledge, Voices of 350
by Barry Westbrook A couple years ago, I was watching events at Standing Rock unfold. At the time, the 2016 election was kicking into gear and the world felt increasingly, hopelessly complex. The world grew bigger as I became smaller. Whether it was yet another police...
by 350 Seattle | Feb 23, 2018 | Direct Action, Keep it in the Ground/No new Infrastructure, Pledge, Voices of 350
by Valerie Costa Lock yourself to your love. Sounds sweet, yeah? How about locked to your love to block the gate to a construction site at the crack of dawn, assuming you’ll be cut out and arrested hours later? Jan and Gary Woodruff are an extraordinary couple. I met...
