TENA KOUTOU KATOA
Such a lot in this newsletter:
- Spring Rebellion now October
- Nonviolent Action Training
- Citizens Assembly Working Group
- Podcast Development
- Banner Making
- Leafleting Huntly
- COP 26
- Action Planning Meetings
- Second Demand
SPRING REBELLION Postponed because of COVID-19.
New Dates October 23 to 28.
Book your holidays. Join the bus to the seat of Parliament. Help us get the urgency of the climate crisis across to the people who can make a difference. Hold them accountable.
Four days of action to get a real climate emergency declared and enacted, guided by Citizens Assemblies consistent with Tiriti O Waitangi.
Get ready for action in the seat of parliament.
We are targeting Parliament for not taking strong action required to keep the planet livable. Decisions are being made. Will we hold a Citizens Assembly on the Front Lawn? Will we encircle the Beehive? Will we shut down polluters? Will we…? It is up to us all to make this rebellion happen.
A hikoi from Otautahi Christchurch, a convoy from Otepoti Dunedin, plus Wairarapa, Palmerston North, Whanganui a Tara Wellington and of course Tamaki Makaurau Auckland.
Help get the message through to the laggards in Parliament. Our survival depends on urgent action. Now!
Nonviolent action training – online
It is best that you have done at least one nonviolent action training before you go to the Spring Rebellion.
September 1 & 8. At your home, online. At 9.30pm. This allows for people across Australia to attend.
This online nonviolent action Training is in collaboration with Extinction Rebellion Australia. Perfect for those of us who live out of the main centres or for whatever reason are not getting to a face to face Workshop.
Session One helps us to appreciate the complexity of the moral imperative of citizen disobedience in a democracy.
Session Two considers actions that can lead to arrest and the related consequences.
This is a great opportunity to get focused and thinking about these deep citizenship issues. Please share around, commit to both sessions, with a friend or of course just you. You will meet some great people who are part of this rebellion for life.
More information is here: event page at Facebook
You can register here: training session at Action Network
Citizens Assembly working group: now online Zoom
We would love you to join a new working group focusing on creating New Zealand/Aotearoa Climate Crisis Citizen Assembly.
The first meeting is scheduled for Wednesday the 1st of September at 6:30 at Gribblehirst Hub (building next to the rugby club at Gribblehurst park, upstairs)
For more info and to register you interest please visit: training registration at Action Network
The first meeting is focusing on getting clear on the purpose, scope and shape of the project and gauging the level of interest and availability for it among the participants.
We are in collaboration with Rebel Taane Feary who has created this FB Page: Taane Feary’s created page at FB
Taane is working hard with a wide network and is planning a Climate Citizens Assembly by the end of the year. Te Waka Hourua (XR Māori Caucus) is working hard for Citizens Assemblies.
This mahe is also consistent with the significant work done by Māori for constitutional change required to honour Te Tiriti O Waitangi as reported in Matiki Mai: Matike Mai Aotearoa
Podcast questionnaire
You are invited to complete our questionnaire for our Environmental Podcast Project. The questionnaire will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. The questionnaire can be accessed via a SurveyMonkey link attached at the conclusion of this message.
We would like you to take part in this research as we believe you fit the criteria of our target audience. Your insights would prove valuable to us in the direction of the final podcast product.
Upon choosing to complete this questionnaire, please complete the questionnaire no later than Friday, September 3rd, 2021.
It is an expectation that you will provide feedback on the following:
Answer questions regarding the podcast project
Provide insights as to the content and future direction of the podcast project
Give appropriate feedback on our idea
ATTENTION: You will not be required to share anything that you do not feel comfortable sharing.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Yours sincerely,
Katya W
Project Manager for the Environmental Podcast Project
Extinction Rebellion Global Support Participative Democracy.
Extinction Rebellion Auckland Central
Banner making:
With Thanks Helen and Val for updating a magnificent banner quoting Gen Sec UN saying t\we have no time. The time is now. Looking forward to using this banner soon. Anyone able to help with making banners, placards and posters, or who can screen print please contact us. Helen and Val will be able to do more with more people helping.
Leafleting Huntly
We were excited to be doing this Friday 20th. But it is postponed because of Covid Lockdown.
But hey wait for the new time to be announced
It is time for Genesis to put coal generation of electricity behind them. They know this but are not acting fast enough with renewable generation of electricity to keep the planet livable. Extinction Rebellion is giving them a helping hand and letting the citizens of Huntly know. Have a fun day outing to Huntly. Hand out leaflet. Put leaflets in letter boxes. Contact Caril to add your name for a great day with wonderful people. Shared transport. Lunch together somewhere good.
COP 25
It seems that we are getting international commitment to zero emissions by 2030. It is good that the world leaders are beginning to face the right direction. However, the scientific consensus is the zero emissions by 2025 is necessary for honouring the Paris Agreement..
‘Policies enacted as a result of Paris Agreement national emission-reduction commitments are likely to result in warming of around 3°C by 2100, and perhaps 4°C or more when all the feedbacks and system non-linearities are considered. 3°C of warming is described as “catastrophic”, and 4°C likely to be incompatible with the maintenance of human civilisation’
Join the online action. Watch and share this YouTube:
Tamaki Makaurau action planning
Help make the necessary action. Help us plan effectively:
6.30pm the 2nd & 4th Mondays on Zoom until we are out of Lockdown.
We are planning lots of actions, having heaps of fun and generally getting significant businesses plus local and central government know the population is behind them doing what they know must be done to keep the planet livable and to stop the ecocide. Often on a Friday.
Can’t join actions?
Please help us financially. We are struggling with funding this vital mahe. Make a donation through https://extinctionrebellion.nz/
To get to know Extinction rebellion a little more you are invited to listen to this You Tube presentation ‘What you need to know about the climate crisis and what to do about it’. XR video on Youtube
Demand Two:
In Aotearoa the Extinction Rebellion Demands from the UK have been taken in to Te Ao Māori context, discussed, written in Te Reo Māori, then translated into English.
Kia kakama Te Kāwanatanga ki te haukoti i te ngaromanga o ngā koiora kanorau, ki te haukoti i te tipuranga o te hauhā, o te haukino me te tango ake i ēnei i te taiao hei te tau 2025. Kia hohoro anō hoki ia ki te tutuki te tika, te pono kia parea ngā rerekētanga.
The Government must arrest with urgency the extinction of the diversity of life, to achieve net zero carbon and reduce toxic gas emissions by 2025. They must do this briskly and immediately with genuine reliability to avoid catastrophic change.
