by 350 Seattle | Aug 30, 2017 | Direct Action, Keep it in the Ground/No new Infrastructure, Pledge, Voices of 350
by Valerie Costa Six years ago, I lived in rural Vermont — a good 150+ miles from the ocean. When the weather forecast said to prepare for Hurricane Irene, I ran out and bought a bottle of wine (in case the power went out!) and thought little of it. How bad...
by 350 Seattle | Jun 14, 2017 | Direct Action, Divestment, Indigenous Solidarity, Pledge, Voices of 350
by Lucas Vargas Zeppetello As May 8th turned into May 9th, I sat in a holding cell watching police officers shuffle papers and stride slowly through the booking facility of King County Jail. I had been there since the late afternoon, after being arrested outside a...
by 350 Seattle | Jun 5, 2017 | Artful Activism, Voices of 350
We are getting closer to releasing 350 Seattle’s Protect What You Love compilation album! This album is a collaboration of PNW bands, artists, visual creators ,and graphic designers coming together to raise awareness around climate and social justice.The album is to...
by 350 Seattle | Apr 29, 2017 | Direct Action, Pledge, Voices of 350
by Emily Johnston. Cross-posted from the Climate Defense Project. The Climate Defense Project is part of the legal team providing support to Emily and the other valve turners. ______ A certain kind of anxious question comes almost every time we give a...
by 350 Seattle | Apr 5, 2017 | Direct Action, Pledge, Voices of 350
by Nicole Bradford Risk: On October 11, 2016, my husband Ben was among those supporting the 5 activists who shut down all five tar sands pipelines into the US in an action called #ShutItDown. Theirs was an unprecedented act of climate direct action, and the biggest...
by 350 Seattle | Apr 5, 2017 | City, Divestment, Voices of 350
by Robert Kaminski Sitting in the Pacific Building in the morning on March 9th, I learned an important lesson: high-powered decision-making is incredibly dreary. The halls of power (at least in Seattle) are lined with drywall and floored with shabby office carpet....
