Standing on High Ground
Civil Disobedience on Burnaby Mountain
- 256 pages
- English
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Standing on High Ground
Civil Disobedience on Burnaby Mountain
About this book
What am I doing to address the climate crisis? How far will I go to defend the earth? What price am I willing to pay for climate justice?
Since 2014, hundreds of people have been arrested while engaging in non-violent civil disobedience to protest the "TMX" Trans Mountain pipeline project. Standing on High Ground: Civil Disobedience on Burnaby Mountain includes twenty-five stories of people who put themselves on the line for climate justice. While some of those arrested were longtime activists, others felt compelled to act for the first time in their lives. Editors Rosemary Cornell, Adrienne Drobnies, and Tim Bray showcase the profiles of Indigenous leaders, academics, faith leaders, political leaders, engineers, artists and writers, scientists, physicians, and ordinary folk from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Their reflections on the protests and their arrests explore our moral duty to future generations, government's collusion with corporate power, the violation of Indigenous Law, and unsustainable worldviews. Climate activists in protest movements such as the one against the TMX pipeline are critical in the existential fight for a sustainable future and habitable planet. They show us that we can all take a stand.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface: How This Book Came to Be
- Introduction and Background
- Part 1: Resistance from Turtle Island
- Part 2: Resistance from a place of spirit
- Part 3: Resistance from a place of privilege
- Part 4: Resistance from high in the trees: The Brunette River Six
- Part 5: Resistance through art
- Part 6: Resisters fighting for their future
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Reflections on Civil Disobedience in the Face of Environmental and Colonial Injustice by D.B. Tindall
- Acknowledgements and Thanks
- Notes
- Index