Fridays For Future Digital

Official Tumblr account for Fridays For Future Digital. Fridays For Future is a youth-led movement for climate justice that started Greta Thunberg started striking from school in 2018. We're here to make climate activism accessible to all.

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Welcome!

This is the official Tumblr account for Fridays For Future Digital. Fridays For Future is a youth-led movement for climate justice that started when Greta Thunberg started striking from school in 2018.

Fridays For Future Digital is the part of the international movement that aims to make climate activism accessible. We understand that not everyone can attend in-person protests, so we run digital campaigns that people can participate in from their home. Petitions, email storms, and more are an effective way to create change that anyone can do!

You can read our carrd here. Our website will be up soon!

Why Tumblr?

A problem that the climate movement has been struggling with is bringing new people into the movement. There are lots of people who want to get involved in social issues, but simply don’t know how. We want to break out of the echo chamber by opening up our movement to other communities, like fandoms!

Our campaign: #FandomsForFuture

We think that there is a lot of missed potential with fandoms to create change through digital actions - as Tumblr users we have passionate groups of people, significant platforms, and obsessions that sometimes even connect to issues like imperialism, colonialism, and environmental justice. This blog will help Tumblr fandoms and communities to get involved with climate justice and all the social issues it intersects with!

How this works is: Every Friday, we’ll make a post centered around a certain climate justice campaign. We’ll explain the issue, make all our images accessible to screen readers, and link to digital actions you can do whether you:

1. Have an internet connection (email storms, petitions)

2. Have a phone (calling political offices with a script to demand a certain action taken)

3. Have money (places you can donate to)

4. Have a following (things to boost)

Please give us a follow and reblog this!

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Launching our link system: Get involved in climate justice!

What is this ‘link system?’

This is a new strategy we’re trying out. Its aim is to bring different online communities into the climate movement by creating a communication network to spread accessible digital actions like our action post for Afghanistan.

We were inspired partly by school ambassador systems that some climate organizers use for organizing large in-person protests. Another inspiration was the relational phonebanking strategy that some progressive political campaigns in the US are using to talk to voters about social issues using already-existing connections. You’re more likely to listen when a friend reaches out to talk to you about a political issue, as opposed to a stranger. It’s also more pleasant on the campaign’s end—it tends to be more fun to talk to friends and acquaintances rather than randomly calling 80-year-old voters and asking them to go for the more progressive candidate. 

Who are you?

This is the official Tumblr account for Fridays For Future Digital. Fridays For Future is a youth-led movement for climate justice that started when Greta Thunberg started striking from school in 2018.

Fridays For Future Digital is the part of the international movement that aims to make climate activism accessible. We understand that not everyone can attend in-person protests, so we run digital campaigns that people can participate in from their home. Petitions, email storms, and more are an effective way to create change that anyone can do!

You can read our carrd here and follow us on Twitter here. Our website will be up soon!

How does the link system work?

We have three roles you can take on depending on how you interact with your online community.

Individual blogs that interact with a certain community (aka mental health tumblr, bookblr, animeblr, etc): We’d help you with making posts on how your community’s interests relate to climate justice. For example, for a fandom for a show that deals with imperialism, you can talk about how climate justice and imperialism intersect. We have no requirements for follow counts; if you’re fairly active, we invite you to join! Whenever we have an action post, you’d boost it so that your followers can take action. Additionally, we ask that your blog be mostly safe for work, or have anything nsfw tagged, because we are teen organizers.

Non-fandom groups (like Discord servers. These can be identity-based groups, groups that focus on social issues, etc): This would work as a partnership where you can boost any digital actions/content we have and vice versa. 

Fandom groups (aka Discord servers) and events: You would make an announcement (we’ll provide templates) saying you’re a “link” or a partner for this project. You’d assign a person to make sure all our digital actions are passed on to your members.

To make sure you don’t miss anything, you’ll choose either email or Discord as a communication method. If you choose email, you’ll be bcced on an announcement every time we need something boosted, and respond once you have. If you choose Discord, we’ll set up an announcements channel similar to a Telegram or a Whatsapp announcements channel, but on Discord for privacy. This server will not have any chatting channels because we currently don’t have capacity to moderate a place for people to talk; instead, we’ll use reactions to see when people have reblogged action posts and for any votes needed.

If, in the future, many people would like a space to chat and connect, we’ll consider making it happen.

Why should I be a part of the link system?

The climate movement can be inaccessible for many people; digital networks such as the link system are a way to bring more people into the movement and collectively create change, while having a network of people you can interact with. You get to connect topics you’re passionate about / things you already do to issues that relate to the climate crisis! 

How do I join the link system? 

Sign up at bit.ly/tumblr-link. From then on, we will contact you on your preferred platform to initiate you joining the link system. 

If you have any questions, feel free to send us an ask! Please reblog to support this initiative and spread the word. And if you know of any blogs or groups that might become a link, please either send this post to them or tell us so we can reach out!

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Digital Action Friday: Afghanistan

Background: 

After the US withdrew their troops from Afghanistan, a terrorist group called the Taliban took over. Human rights activists, including climate activists, urgently need to escape the country, or risk being killed by the Taliban.

What we’re witnessing in Afghanistan is a tragedy caused, to a great extent, by American imperialism. America did not invade Afghanistan to protect human rights; they did so to extract minerals from the country and use circumstances to their own advantage. If you care about climate change, you should care about imperialism because imperialism and colonialism perpetuate the climate crisis.

Last week or so, your dashboards might have been filled with posts about Afghanistan. Now, a lot of that is dying down even though the problem hasn’t gone away and even though there are still many ways you help!

Accessible actions you can take…

If you have an internet connection

And live anywhere in the world (that’s everyone reading this!)

Sign the petition pressure the UN to create a Humanitarian Channel for Aid to reach Panjshir Valley

Sign the petition to stop the war in Panjshir Valley

Sign the petition to pressure the UK to grant asylum to Afghan Sikhs

Sign the petition to pressure Canada to support Panjshir resistance in Afghanistan

Sign the petition to pressure the EU to create safe passages from Afghanistan

Sign the petition to pressure the US to ensure Afghan women’s rights alongside peace with the Taliban

Sign the petition to pressure the UN to protect the safety of Afghan women

And live in the US

Text “GO ADVOCATE4AFG” to 50409 and “CRISIS” to 52886. These will auto populate your info and will send a letter about the situation in Afghanistan to your local and state representatives

Copy the drafted letter located here bit.ly/afghanistanemergency and email to your local/state/federal representatives

Go to https://www.votervoice.net/LIRS/campaigns/85410/respond and fill out their campaign to send a letter to the White House, Senators, and Representatives urging them to expand the SIV program.

And live in Australia

Contact your federal district MP to pressure them to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan

Sign the petition to pressure Scott Morrison to implement the demands of the Afghan Australian Advocacy Network

And live in Germany

Email your representative (find them here) with this script

And live in India

Sign the petition to grant immediate asylum to Afghan women and kids fleeing the Taliban 

Sign the petition to extend student visas & scholarship stipends of all Afghans studying in India

If you have a phone

And live in the US

Use this document and script: Call your representatives + certain decision makers in the House and Senate to help refugees

If you have money to spare

Check out this carrd for a list of Afghanistan fundraisers.

Additionally, we (Fridays For Future) currently have a task force to get climate justice and human rights activists out of Afghanistan. We have a list of 700+ people who need to get to safety, and currently have evacuated 10 Afghan activists to Germany.

[More info - Gizmodo article: Greta Thunberg urgently seeks help to evacuate Afghan climate activists]

We need money to pay for transportation, legal fees, and more. Please donate to our crowdfunder here.

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If you have any questions, feel free to send us an ask.

Additionally, please boost this so more people can take action!

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Digital Action Friday: Afghanistan

Background: 

After the US withdrew their troops from Afghanistan, a terrorist group called the Taliban took over. Human rights activists, including climate activists, urgently need to escape the country, or risk being killed by the Taliban.

What we’re witnessing in Afghanistan is a tragedy caused, to a great extent, by American imperialism. America did not invade Afghanistan to protect human rights; they did so to extract minerals from the country and use circumstances to their own advantage. If you care about climate change, you should care about imperialism because imperialism and colonialism perpetuate the climate crisis.

Last week or so, your dashboards might have been filled with posts about Afghanistan. Now, a lot of that is dying down even though the problem hasn’t gone away and even though there are still many ways you help!

Accessible actions you can take...

If you have an internet connection

And live anywhere in the world (that’s everyone reading this!)

Sign the petition pressure the UN to create a Humanitarian Channel for Aid to reach Panjshir Valley

Sign the petition to stop the war in Panjshir Valley

Sign the petition to pressure the UK to grant asylum to Afghan Sikhs

Sign the petition to pressure Canada to support Panjshir resistance in Afghanistan

Sign the petition to pressure the EU to create safe passages from Afghanistan

Sign the petition to pressure the US to ensure Afghan women’s rights alongside peace with the Taliban

Sign the petition to pressure the UN to protect the safety of Afghan women

And live in the US

Text "GO ADVOCATE4AFG" to 50409 and "CRISIS" to 52886. These will auto populate your info and will send a letter about the situation in Afghanistan to your local and state representatives

Copy the drafted letter located here bit.ly/afghanistanemergency and email to your local/state/federal representatives

Go to https://www.votervoice.net/LIRS/campaigns/85410/respond and fill out their campaign to send a letter to the White House, Senators, and Representatives urging them to expand the SIV program.

And live in Australia

Contact your federal district MP to pressure them to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan

Sign the petition to pressure Scott Morrison to implement the demands of the Afghan Australian Advocacy Network

And live in Germany

Email your representative (find them here) with this script

And live in India

Sign the petition to grant immediate asylum to Afghan women and kids fleeing the Taliban 

Sign the petition to extend student visas & scholarship stipends of all Afghans studying in India

If you have a phone

And live in the US

Use this document and script: Call your representatives + certain decision makers in the House and Senate to help refugees

If you have money to spare

Check out this carrd for a list of Afghanistan fundraisers.

Additionally, we (Fridays For Future) currently have a task force to get climate justice and human rights activists out of Afghanistan. We have a list of 700+ people who need to get to safety, and currently have evacuated 10 Afghan activists to Germany.

[More info - Gizmodo article: Greta Thunberg urgently seeks help to evacuate Afghan climate activists]

We need money to pay for transportation, legal fees, and more. Please donate to our crowdfunder here.

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If you have any questions, feel free to send us an ask.

Additionally, please boost this so more people can take action!

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Tl;dr: A Canadian company is planning on a project in Africa that will take up 1/6 of the world's remaining carbon budget. This is an issue of neocolonialism and environmental racism.

[Image description: Infographic slideshow from Fridays For Future.

1: Recon Africa: Stop drilling in the Kavango Basin, a project that will take up one sixth of the world’s remaining carbon budget.

Global Day of Action: June 4th

#SaveOkavangoDelta #KavangoAlive

2: Reconnaissance Africa (ReconAfrica) is a Canadian-registered oil and gas company which has begun drilling for oil in the Kavango Basin, located and Northeast Namibia and Northwest Botswana.

Their license areas cover a total of 34,325 square kilometers (8.5 million acres).

Including parts of the Cubango-Okavango River Basin (traverses through Angola, Botswana, and Namibia) and along the Okavango River, which feeds into the Okavango Delta.

3: The Okavango Delta is a large inland delta located in Botswana and is a world-renowned hotspot of biodiversity.

It is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a Wetland of International Importance by the The Ramsar Convention.

It is home to many endangered species, including the African wild dog and the last remaining population of African savanna elephants.

4: ReconAfrica's license areas are home to around 200,000 people.

The company has failed to properly inform and consult with the local people and receive the free, prior and informed consent of the Indigneous San communities.

Several local inhabitants have stated that they were not consulted or even informed that drilling would be taking place.

The few consultations that have occurred happened too late in the process, and were inaccessible to many members of the community.

5: Based on ReconAfrica’s own projections of 120 billion barrels of oil equivalent, a carbon gigabomb of up to 51.6 Gigatonnes of CO2 will be emitted.

The equivalent of one sixth of the world's remaining carbon budget.

6: Activists across the world are calling out and pressurizing Recon Africa along with the Canadian government to stop this catastrophic project.

This is a classic example of neocolonialism, corporate ecocide, environmental racism, and the abuse of power for profit yet again from countries in the Global North. This must be stopped!

Stand in solidarity with frontline activists and take action!

7: Calls to Action:

Check out the toolkit at: bit.ly/SaveOkavangoDelta

Register for the action calls on June 4th:

5 AM GMT: bit.ly/SOD-ActionCall

6 PM GMT: bit.ly/SOD-ActionCall2

Registration for artbuild by @climatestrikecanada on June 3rd at 10 PM GMT: bit.ly/KavangoAlive_ArtBuild

Organize or attend covid-safe in-person actions at Canadian embassies and/or ReconAfrica in your country.

Participate in the Digital Protest by posting/sending over your picture to @fff.digital

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Note: Social media handles refer to Instagram

Please spread this!

Again, you can help by going to bit.ly/SaveOkavangoDelta.

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This was us!! I posted this on my main before we had a Tumblr; it’s an example of the type of campaigns we do! Our Tumblr calls to action will be framed a little differently, but hopefully this gives y’all an idea of what we’ll be doing :)