Notices by bluestarfish (bluestarfish@campaign.openworlds.info)

Welcome to all the new people who have joined the Campaign fediverse. Welcome to this corner of the #openweb! Here's an article that might be helpful if you are new to Mastodon: https://theoutline.com/post/2689/mastodon-makes-the-internet-feel-like-home-again?zd=1&zi=i53n74s2

Dissent is not a crime.  A group of six women campaigners are defending their right to protest against a fossil fuel company which sought a wide-ranging injunction to restrict direct action at drilling sites.

https://www.desmog.co.uk/2018/09/03/people-have-been-frightened-silence-campaigners-warn-threat-rights-oil-drilling-injunction

In the South Pacific "many island dwellers see themselves as living not in the confined space of islands but in the vast space of archipelagoes in the boundless expanses of the sea"

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2018-3-may-june/feature/worlds-sinking-islands-challenge-our-imagination

On the islands being lost to changing climate: "We've had the funeral for that island—it's over. But you need to save the others."

#climatechange #islands

@Hamishcampbell
I recently went to a panel put on by a new start up that was called 'hacking the finance' and something about a new economy. It was incredibly shallow take on the issue without any recognition of so many people who are already working in the area. I think I'm more interested now in people doing deep dives into topics. But can be difficult to share with others who haven't done the dive too. Tricky balance when thinking of outreach