Deep Green Resistance Eugene

The Girls and The Grasses

Donate here: https://givebutter.com/girlsandgrasses Global warming. Biodiversity collapse. Rampant inequality, war, and sexual abuse. The problems we face today are overwhelming and getting worse. Eco-feminism has answers. From the philosophy of domination to the practicalities of overpopulation, there are links between the oppression of women and the destruction of the planet. Those links can be used to harm, as we see today. But they can also be used to heal. Women from Rachel Carson to Vandana Shiva have recognized this. On November 20th, we hosted this exporation of eco-feminism with a special 3-hour live streaming event, The Girls and the Grasses. We discussed ecofeminism, why it is important, and how it will save the planet. We also discussed the role women play in the environmental movement and heard from women on the front lines of resistance to ecocide. The mainstream environmental movement is funded mainly by foundations which often do not support foundational or revolutionary change. Radical organizations like Deep Green Resistance therefore rely on individual donors to support our activism around the world, which is why The Girls and the Grasses is also a fundraiser. We’re trying to raise funds to support global community organizing, fund our mutual aid and direct action campaigns, and sustain our core outreach and organizational work. Feminism is an environmental issue, and environmental destruction is a feminist issue. So whether or not you are in a financial position to donate, we hope you will enjoy this special event! -- The name for this event comes from an essay with the same title by Lierre Keith. –

Activists Occupy Site of Proposed Mine That Would Provide 25% of World’s Lithium Supply

For Immediate Release Contact: Max Wilbert and Will Falk via our Contact Form Activists Occupy Site of Proposed Mine That Would Provide 25% of World’s Lithium Supply Lithium is the miracle element powering your smartphone and under the hood of every electric car. But will batteries save the planet or cause more harm? The controversy is heating up in Nevada. RENO, Nevada — Activists aiming to stop an open-pit lithium mine launched a permanent protest encampment last Friday. They invite supporters to join them. ...

Drawing The Line: Stopping the Murder of the Planet

Thank you to everyone who watched #DrawingTheLine yesterday! The event was a success thanks to our donors, supporters, volunteers, and friends. The video is now live on Facebook and YouTube for viewing, and we’re asking for more support! FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=788240121908598&ref=watch_permalink YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiUb2VmHsIM DONATE: https://givebutter.com/deepgreen PHOTO: Black bear mama and cubs, taken by Derrick Jensen.

Protect The Elliott State Forest - DEADLINE TOMORROW

via Doug Pollock / Friends of OSU Old Growth Creating a Positive Future for the Elliott State Research Forest (ESRF): It’s important to be aware of the history and shortcomings of both OSU’s forest management and the Elliott process so we can choose a more positive path going forward. I’ve provided an update on the Elliott process and lots of relevant information in lower half of this post. You can find guidance on what to advocate for and how to do it in the first two sections below. ...

Outdoor Skills Workshop — August 25th @ 4-7pm

On August 25th at 4pm, Deep Green Resistance in collaboration with regional allies Illahee Spirit Runners will be offering an outdoor skills workshop in the coast range between Eugene and Corvallis. This workshop will cover a variety of basic outdoor skills for survival and thriving in relationship with nature. We will be going over how to build various shelters, fire starting, trapping and fishing basics, and some self defense moves. It will be kid friendly. ...

Outdoor Skills Workshop July 28th | Update on Deep Green Resistance in Oregon

On July 28th at 5:30pm, Deep Green Resistance in collaboration with regional allies Illahee Spirit Runners will be offering an outdoor skills workshop in the coast range near Eugene. This workshop will cover a variety of basic outdoor skills for survival and thriving in relationship with nature. It will be kid friendly. How to Register Anyone who wants to attend is encouraged to email eugene at deepgreenresistance.org or contact @deepgreenresistance on Wire app to register and receive details. Please bring water, snack, clothing and shoes for walking off trail, and if you have them any basic survival equipment — especially a knife (we recommend sturdy fixed-blade knives 3-7 inches in length). ...

This is an unconscionable betrayal

Carol Van Strum / Newport News Times Featured image by Dennis Demick, showing clearcuts in central Oregon. Most of the uncut, green areas in this photo are industrial forest lands growing monocrop plantations, not healthy natural forests. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Governor Brown touted the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between timber corporations and environmental groups as “historic” and “extraordinary.” It is neither. The MOU simply dresses up the status quo in new clothes, offered as a giant pacifier to a public tired of lies and industry-generated controversy about poisons. ...

February 22nd — Direct Action Training in Siletz, OR

On Sunday, February 22nd, Deep Green Resistance Eugene will participate and help to teach a direct action training taking place in Siletz, Oregon. If you are interested in attending, please contact us for more information. Event Direct action training Location Siletz, OR Date Sunday, February 22nd

Climate, (Lightning) Strike Reflections

From Illahee Spirit Runners / Occupied Kalapuya land Decision to take action for global youth climate strike was a chance to try to unite and get some new energy to continue our current efforts to protect wolves knowing the struggle to protect wolves is related to all life because its tied directly to the land/habitat. I remember after putting a lot of organizing effort into this and being met with the usual deplatforming and conspiracy to deny my civil rights that the left is still terrible at supporting indigenous resistance and is bent on white supremacy in the environmental movement at all costs. ...

Patriarchy is an Environmental Issue

Editors Note: This essay by Deep Green Resistance co-founder Lierre Keith was originally published on the DGR News Service in August 2015 under the title, “ The Girls and the Grasses.” We think it an exceptional piece, and would like to share it again. [Photo by Max Wilbert, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.] by Lierre Keith Captured in a test tube, blood may look like a static liquid, but it’s alive, as animate and intelligent as the rest of you. It also makes up a great deal of you: of your 50 trillion cells, one-quarter are red blood cells. Two million are born every second. On their way to maturation, red blood cells jettison their nuclei―their DNA, their capacity to divide and repair. They have no future, only a task: to carry the hemoglobin that will hold your oxygen. They don’t use the oxygen themselves–they only transport it. This they do with exquisite precision, completing a cycle of circulation through your body every twenty seconds for a hundred days. Then they die. ...