2nd Annual LIBERATE EARTH DAY!

An anti-capitalist/anti-colonial event for healthy and sustainable communities!

2nd Annual
 LIBERATE EARTH DAY!
End Corporate Greenwashing & "Green" Capitalism!

Sunday, April 25th
3:00PM - 10:00PM - FREE
At Taala Hooghan Infoshop
New Location: 1700 N. 2nd St. East Flagstaff

http://www.taalahooghan.org

Workshops and discussions on:

• Abolish Profit Farming & the Importance of Autonomous Agriculture
• Green Consumerism: The Misguided Discourse on Sustainability
• Eco-Feminism
• Derrick Jensen: The Problem of Civilization and Resistance
(online video discussion)
• Defending Sacred Lands - Intersections of environmental and
social struggles for justice
• Direct Action: Tactical training and discussion



Free food by Flagstaff Food Not Bombs



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WORKSHOP/DISCUSSION DESCRIPTIONS:

Abolish Profit Farming & the Importance of Autonomous Agriculture
Facilitated by FARM

Come learn about decentralized urban-agricultre and the importance of abolish-profit farming models. This workshop will cover local agricultural plans and how FARM is taking a proactive step to address insatiable consumerism and food dependency. After a short discussion, we will work in the Infoshop backyard; planting seed starts, preparing and planting raised beds, and more!

Flagstaff Agricultural Revitalization Movement (FARM) is a non-hierarchal, volunteer collective committed to the cultivation of a decentralized, urban-farm network. We believe in food-autonomous communities, knowledge revitalization, profit abolition, and the
transformation of urban space.

farmflagstaff.blogspot.com


Ecofeminism
Facilitated by Carly Long, Katie Curran, & Margo Nelson

Green Consumerism: The Misguided Discourse on Sustainability
Facilitated by Kyle Boggs

This workshop will take a critical look at advertising that uses terminology we’re all used to by now: green, eco-friendly, sustainability, MORE eco-friendly…it goes on and on. But the truth is, these words have no working standard industry definition. The bottom line is their bottom line – to keep us buying rather than asking meaningful questions. By taking advantage of a growing concern about the dominant culture’s effect on the planet, green consumerism actually promotes a mindset that is harmful, while at the same time reinforces false virtues of capitalism.

This mindset is harmful because not only does it undermine the scope of the problems we face, but it promotes an immature, and frankly, irresponsible fantasy that everything can be made sustainable, that nothing fundamental about the way we live on the planet has to change as long as we “green up” everything we buy. This also places the focus on sustainable production and development, rather than de-development and de-industrialism through dismantling inherently unsustainable and
oppressive systems.

Derrick Jensen: The Problem of Civilization and Resistance

An online discussion with Derrick Jensen on the problem of civilization, rethinking pacifism, and meaningful environmental activism.

Defending Sacred Lands: Intersections of Environmental & Social Justice
Facilitated by Dr. Jennefifer Dennetdale (Diné historian), Alex Soto (O'odham Solidarity Across Borders), Supai Waters (Grand Canyon uranium mining), Francis Tso (Big Mountain), Snowbowl issue (TBD).

Direct Action: Tactical training and discussion
Facilitated by Garrick Ruiz

Strikes, bus boycotts, street protests, defying eviction. Direct action has been used in countless struggles to create change and improve people's lives. This workshop will explore direct action and the possibilities of its application today. The training will include practical skills such as action planning, de-escalation techniques and blockades. Folks with or without direct action experience are
welcome.

Garrick Ruiz has been involved in a wide variety of social justice organizing over the last 15 years. He's been involved in many different types of direct action both in the U.S. and internationally through work with the anti-corporate globalization movement, the environmental justice movement and international and local solidarity work.