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I love Amy Faulring.

We met in college through a circle of wonderful socially radical folks (many of which have gotten radicaler. Which is a rockin' word) and dated for some time. I remember the first email she sent about her exciting and proud arrest as part of GreenPeace. Now I got this one. Check the links for some Really cool photos of the Washington phallic monument.

And "graffiti" isn't really the right word. Strategically and creatively liberate. lol.

PS Check out the billboard liberation front for more creative uses of existing structure for social justice pro-community messaging idears. http://www.billboardliberation.com/

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Hi folks,
Just wanted to share with you a little project I was involved with on the
national mall last night.  About 60 GP activists successfully blocked the
massive flood lights and projected an image on the national monument calling
out the US inaction on global warming.  Luckily, no arrests (and I was not
in an arrestable position as I'm on probation until november).

It was hella fun & we have some great images!

In between giving our truck a few citations, the police pulled out their
personal cell phones and snapped some photos.   :-) 

Enjoy!
Amy


Photos are available
at:http://usaphoto.greenpeace.org/wash_monument_01_29_08/

For Immediate Release                    January 29, 2008

GREENPEACE TURNS NATION¹S MOST ICONIC LANDMARK INTO MEMORIAL TO
FAILED BUSH LEGACY ON CLIMATE
Bush Plan Portrayed as a Disaster on Eve of U.S-Led Climate Change
Meeting

WASHINGTON­ Responding to the Bush administration¹s continued
obstruction of international efforts to address global warming,
Greenpeace activists turned one of the nation¹s most iconic symbols
into a memorial to Bush¹s failed legacy on climate change.
Greenpeace projected on the Washington Monument the message: U.S.
Global Warming Plan: Hell and High Water accompanied by an image
depicting rising sea levels at the base, a predicted consequence of
global warming.

"President Bush¹s policies on global warming are a disaster,² said
John Coequyt, energy policy analyst at Greenpeace USA. ³His
international meeting on climate change in Hawaii slated to begin
tomorrow is a rogue process to deflect attention from the
administration¹s insistence to maintain America¹s dependence on
dirty and dangerous energy sources while failing to address the
growing climate crisis. As the Washington monument has long outlived
the president it was built to honor, so too will Bush¹s legacy on
climate change stand as a memorial to his neglect, obstruction and
destruction.²

Greenpeace¹s projection served to call attention to Bush¹s global
warming policies a day after his State of the Union address and on
the eve of Bush¹s international meeting of the world¹s largest
emitters of global warming pollution, called the ³Major Economies
Meeting,² which takes place in Hawaii on Wednesday and Thursday.

After being roundly rebuked in December in Bali at the UN¹s
International Conference on Climate Change, the Bush administration
continues to push its alternative Major Economies process that seeks
to replace the Kyoto Protocol¹s legally binding emissions reduction
targets with a completely inadequate voluntary approach.  ³If the
President were serious about leading on climate change, he would
stop obstructing the U.N.¹s process and endorse a cap on U.S.
greenhouse gas emissions,² Coequyt said. The United States stands
completely isolated as the only industrialized country on the planet
not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.

³The Bush administration continues to push a climate-destroying
agenda and to obstruct all meaningful efforts to address global
warming by the international community,² said Daniel Mittler of
Greenpeace International. ³Its role was so negative at the global
negotiations on climate change in Bali last month that the U.S.
delegates were literally booed by other participants. It was a
stunning and well-deserved rebuke. This meeting is a charade and has
no legitimacy at all.²

Greenpeace is calling on the countries attending the meeting to
maintain their commitments to substantive action under the Kyoto
Protocol. Participating countries include: Japan, France, Germany,
Italy, the United Kingdom, China, Canada, India, Brazil, South
Korea, Mexico, Russia, Australia, Indonesia, and South Africa, as
well as the United Nations, the EU Presidency and the EU Commission.

CONTACT: Jane Kochersperger, Media Officer Greenpeace USA, +1 202
680 3798 cell
John Coequyt, Greenpeace USA energy campaign, +1 202 669 7060
Daniel Mittler,Greenpeace International Policy Advisor, +1 49 171
876 53 45
Photos are available
at:http://usaphoto.greenpeace.org/wash_monument_01_29_08/
Notes: A major emitters briefing memo is available upon request. For
further information on the outcome of the Bali negotiations, go to:
www.greenpeace.org/bali-meeting

Labels: environment