Berkeley Fossil Fools Day Action

A global day of action had been called for April 1, The traditional April Fools Day. This year the Rising Tide Network called for people to hold Fossil Fools Day actions to protest the burning of fossil fuels and the global WARming that comes with it.

One person called our attention to this idea only a few days before the event. With a couple emails, a flier and a sign making party we were ready. Twenty people on bikes came and attached signs and flags to their bikes.

We rode around town and announced that a draft had been started for more troops to Iraq, that the polar ice caps are fine, that Americans can continue a lifestyle of consumption and that everything was OK. April Fools. We wished everyone a "Happy oil war."

We stopped at numerous gas stations and three car dealerships, all within a preposterously small area. We rode through and put up stickers and created moments of chaos to symbolize the political and environmental chaos that the unabated burning of fossil fuels creates.

The action was fun and exciting and done with a minimum of effort. While it was small, we all left ready for more in the future.

Actions took place all over the word, well a few other places. Check out http://www.fossilfoolsdayofaction.org/category/front-page/