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...
by 350 Seattle | Dec 21, 2017 | Direct Action, Indigenous Solidarity, Keep it in the Ground/No new Infrastructure
What an amazing eight days! Last Monday, activists from 350 Seattle and 350 Tacoma climbed a crane to stop construction of the Tacoma LNG facility. On Thursday, activists used tripods to block all three gates to the site. That same day, a Tacoma jury, finding...
