Fossil Fools Day Update

With one month to go until April 1st, actions are being plotted around North
America and around the world, ranging from street theatre and protests to high
profile direct actions targeting industry operations and headquarters. Networks
from the Energy Action Coalition to Earth First!, the Rainforest Action Network
and others have got on board.

There’s still plenty of time to get an action together in your neck of the
woods!

DOING AN ACTION?

If you’ve got an action in the works, please touch base
with us. We’d love to know where actions are happening (we don’t need all the
details if they’re a surprise!) so we can be sure to include them all in our
action report and show the world what grassroots action against the fossil fuel
industry can do - email fossilfools@hushmail.com ASAP.

People are emailing from around the country asking for more info on planning
their prank, and looking for local actions to get involved in. We are in the
middle of an unstoppable rise of creative, radical, necessary direct action
against climate change… be part of it, on Fossil Fools Day and beyond.

Whether you’ve been plotting for months or have just been inspired, read on
for loads of resources and support…

Happy Fossil Fools Day everyone!

RESOURCES AND SUPPORT

Electronic resources available at http://fossilfools.risingtidenorthamerica.org and http://www.fossilfoolsday.org/

- actions booklet with 15 ideas for action against the fossil fuel industry,
including planning tips, target locations, examples of successful actions and
more

- leaflets and graphics to make your own materials

- coming soon: a generic leaflet you can adapt to hand out on the day and a
Q&A sheet for answering media questions

Publicity

Want to find an action to get involved in? If you're looking to get involved
where you live, get in touch and we may be able to link you up with something in
your local area... or give you advice on getting your own action off the
ground... or put you in touch with a local group for future actions!

If you're planning a publicly announced action, let us know ASAP and we can
help spread the word. Contact us at fossilfools@hushmail.com

Media

We'll be sending out a national press release and may be able to direct
journalists to you on the day if you wish, so any info you can let us know in
advance will be really helpful – and/or a phone number to contact you on the day
if that's possible. And call or email us as soon as your action’s happened so we
can include it in the end-of-day actions round-up, which we’ll be press
releasing as well. Contact us at fossilfools@hushmail.com

Get in touch if you’d like help writing and/or sending your own press release
- there’s a great guide here: http://www.networkforclimateaction.org.uk/toolkit/press_and_media/guides_for_using_the_mainstream_media/short_guide_to_the_media.pdf

And if your action’s all sorted and you just can’t get enough of FFD… Help
spread the word!

• Send an email or letter to everyone who might be interested, or who
supports your group, letting them know about Fossil Fools Day and where to find
out more.

• Post a Fossil Fools Day link or event description on your website, or to
any other lists, blogs or websites you can think of.

• Distribute Fossil Fools Day leaflets and put up posters wherever you can -
mailed to your local networks, in your community centre, office, pubs,
bookshops, cafes, library, wherever you can think of. Just let us know how many
you need and we’ll send them out to you!