{"id":14279,"date":"2020-04-09T10:58:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T17:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=14279"},"modified":"2020-04-09T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T17:59:00","slug":"beautiful-balconies-over-dark-depths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2020\/04\/09\/beautiful-balconies-over-dark-depths\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Balconies Over Dark Depths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Extinction Rebellion (rebellion.earth)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

20 MAR | Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Isolated rebels across Italy have found some light in the darkness by turning their balconies into dance floors and staging a synchronised discobedience<\/a>.
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XR Italy<\/a> teamed up with Fridays For Future Italia<\/a> to organise the balcony boogie<\/strong>, and the two groups are planning more Friday actions as the nationwide quarantine continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. Throughout this crisis, XR Italy has remained highly active online and is now welcoming a surge of new recruits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In just one week, their online induction meetings have drawn interest from over a thousand people<\/strong>, and every 50 person session they schedule gets booked up within the hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked what might have caused this surge in interest, a coordinator in Rome felt the lockdown had given many people the time to reflect <\/strong>on larger social issues like the environment and our consumerist culture, and how these link to public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a growing awareness in Italy that this pandemic is being linked to man\u2019s exploitation of nature<\/a> and that destroying animals and their habitats may have paved the way for this virus to move to human hosts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even with scientific opinion<\/a> behind them, XR Italy realises this is a difficult message that needs to be delivered with delicacy. Italy is in the midst of a true tragedy. Over fifteen thousand have died, and social distancing guidelines make traditional funerals impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a country ready for systemic change, Italian rebels are determined to start a vital conversation with their fellow citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hospital workers in Bari demand we protect ecosystems to stop contact with new pathogens.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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XR Uganda: Be For Mother Earth, So She Can Be For You<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Uganda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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XR Uganda setting off to Mbale district Eastern Uganda to mark International Women\u2019s Day<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

XR Uganda<\/a> was founded by a teacher in 2019, and its numbers have been steadily growing ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ugandan rebel we spoke to, an IT professional, was the second person to join the group. \u201cI was researching the shocking number of suicides<\/a> by Indian farmers whose crops had failed as a result of climate change. I came across the XR website and thought, let me sign up and be a part of this team.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uganda has been radically altered by climate change. Temperatures are rising<\/a>. Groundwater is disappearing<\/a>. In some regions, spring wells and village boreholes<\/a> have dried up completely.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lack of rain has brought drought<\/a>, with unpredictable seasons<\/a> leading to shifts in planting patterns. Floods and landslides, caused<\/a> by deforestation, degradation of wetlands, and poor farming methods, have resulted in forced migration across Uganda. The country already hosts the largest amount of refugees<\/a> in Africa.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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XR Uganda Children<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

XR Uganda is considered illegal<\/strong> as it isn\u2019t registered as a community based organisation, NGO or business. Rebels believe the authorities fear that the movement will sponsor individuals to stand against the ruling political party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the Ugandan rebels remain optimistic. They are taking their message to communities and schools, engaging children while demanding access to quality education for all <\/strong>andhighlighting how the climate breakdown has a disproportionate<\/strong> impact on women<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The message from our rebel contact is clear: \u201cXR Uganda is rising up – watch this space<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Extinction Rebellion (rebellion.earth) 20 MAR | Italy Isolated rebels across Italy have found some light in the darkness by turning their balconies into dance floors and staging a synchronised discobedience. XR Italy teamed up with Fridays For Future Italia to organise the balcony boogie, and the two groups are planning more Friday actions as the… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14280,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14279\/revisions\/14280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}