Not sure if we know each other already, I have been protesting for many years, chalking poetry in the street in Wellington about abusive mental health & govt. I havn’t been to Wellington past couple of years due to poverty, I started protesting in Wairarapa, where I discovered some police are violent lying bullies. I take the violence and threats and live in constant fear however that is not going to change getting involved with Extinction Rebellion, being around other rebels will be empowering as so many people I know are too terrified to act. I was hoping the movement was more focused on sustainable redistribution of power and resources. Maybe being more involved I can share what I know and give it the edge it needs to bring millions more on board. Have a wicked idea for starting a New Zealand legal #graffitiRebellion with chalk and posters to combat mainstream media propaganda marketing which I despise.

Contact me I’d like to hear what other poets have been doing and get some of my poetry out in the world. The world needs to hear it and see it.

https://pacificenvironmentweekly.com/…/ardern-makes…/…

Last month at the Pacific Forum meeting in Tuvalu, Enele Sopoaga, the prime minster of Tuvalu said money was not enough.

“No matter how much money you put on the table, it doesn’t give you the excuse to not to do the right thing, which is to cut down on your emissions, including not opening your coalmines,” he said. “That is the thing that we want to see.” Enele Sopoaga
https://www.theguardian.com/…/australia-coal-pacific…

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/06/waikato-coal-exploration-permit-for-bathurst-resources-branded-hypocritical.html