This article is a "Resource Manual for Trainers" in non-violent social activism.  Researched and compiled by Jill Carr Harris, this document is at the center of a huge non-violent campaign in India today.  With permission from the publishers (Ekta Parishad), we are posting this document here, that it may be drawn upon as a practical field manual for social improvement, and education into non-violence.

The author, Jill Carr Harris (president of South-South Solidarity in New Delhi, India) has been working along side her husband, P.V. Rajogopal for the last two decades, seeking to gain land for the landless in India, and other basic rights for people. Currently, Jill and P.V. Rajogopal are involved in the Anna Hazare Campaign in India, and preparing for an international conference in Geneva. Simultaneously, she is finishing her M.A. in Canada on non-violent social movements.

This document is an expert piece on the subject.

Earth Ethics members are organizing events for 350.org's Global Work Party. You can RSVP, or see the announcement at http://www.350.org/10-10-10-amritapuri. We will be doing a Backwater Cleanup drive to get rid of plastic and other non-biodegradable waste in the morning, and will have screenings of environmental documentaries in the afternoon and evening.

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The Climate Justice Fast was a 44 day hunger-strike undertaken by people from around the globe, praying for Climate Justice at the UNFCCC COP-15, in Copenhagen.  Here we have a series of articles by Dr. P.K. Willey, who worked with the Climate Justice Fasters, discussing the fast in light of Gandhian ideals.

Read the series of articles on this ground-breaking topic!

The following is an excerpt from Dr. P.K. Willey's book Earth Ethics of M. K. Gandhi, with teachings from Holy Mother Amma: an Introduction.

On the 42nd day of their Fast on water only, six whole weeks, the Climate Justice Fast team called for a day of International Prayer and Fasting on Thursday, December 17, 2009. It was a massive effort to create the necessary moral atmosphere that would assist our political leaders and UN negotiators in standing up and committing to the moral choices facing us due to human activity which has exacerbated the climate crisis.