Pacific islands sink, coal still burns: global civil disobedience - now

Monday, 2 May 2016 - 10:30am to 11:00am

Between May 4- 15, a global wave of mass actions will target the world's most dangerous fossil fuel projects in order to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground.

We hear about war refugees forced to abandon thier homes and way of life. If fossil fuels are not kept in the ground, climate refugees will be a common reality in the near future.

This week on Dirt Radio, we hear from Ursula Rakova, director of a community relocation program in the Carteret Islands, a group of low lying atolls near Bougainville in PNG already experiencing the impact of climate change. Then we talk to Phil Evans, activist and community organizer from FoE Melbourne, about Australia's participation in the world-wide mass civil disobedience planned over the next few weeks to address the cause of the very conditions Ursula Rakova is currently dealing with - the continued reliance on fossil fuels.

Dirt Radio is Friends of the Earth Melbourne's show on 3CR
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Friends of the Earth campaigners and activists dig down into the dirt on important environmental and social justice issues.

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