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Call to Action for an Earth Insurgency

We must hold onto our humanity as we collapse and renew ourselves

A call for reluctant Earth revolutionaries to unite and slay the economic growth machine consuming ecological being.

By Dr. Glen Barry, originally published on Ecological Internet, September 19th, 2009

A disease is ravaging Earth as ever more people, consume ever more, destroying natural ecosystems that are our shared habitat. In a few short centuries the violent, expansionist and deeply ecologically unsustainable Western mindset has become virtually universally accepted. The meaning of life is more, ever more of everything, at the expense of a finite biosphere. The emptiness of such a vacuous worldview is revealed through changing climate, devastating human inequities and an irredeemably corrupt economic system.

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END:CIV Limited Edition Posters

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Our “soft” fundraising pitch for END:CIV bought me off the workforce for a month. I am now furiously editing a short piece of the film which I hope to release by the beginning of April.

But fund raising continues, and in order to complete this film we need some serious cash. We’ve been writing grants (thanks Zoe!) organizing screenings and fundraisers and trying to figure out ways to cut corners. The reality is that our message might be too radical for grant makers so we’re not holding our breath. We will continue our grass root efforts and raise a lot through small donations.

END:CIV Logo detail from poster

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With that said, the talented folks at Centric Studios have donated 50 beautiful posters as a fund raising premium for folks who donate $100 or more. These limited edition 11 by 17 inch posters are based on the print “Satira sobre el cometa que aparecio en 1899” by Jose Guadalupe Posada. They are 3 color and screen-printed by hand on chipboard. Each print is numbered and stamped by the artist.

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