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The Saners is a new group of climate activists with a different approach from others. We are mostly newbie activists, people who rarely felt the need to take part in protests — people who are busy living our lives. Now we feel an urgency to act. We are not in opposition to other groups that want serious and immediate action on the climate crisis.
But we bring something different to the table.
If you like our approach, you may want to join us. In particular, we hope to be EFFECTIVE at getting the action that’s needed. Of course, the other groups also seek to be effective. But even the biggest ones, like Greta Thunberg’s “Fridays for Future” have not had that kind of success — yet.
We believe we have a good chance not because we are smarter than the others (we absolutely are not!), but because we intend to learn from the most successful movement leaders in history — particularly Gandhi and King. Earlier activists have cleared a path, a path that has successfully enabled small groups of people to inspire others, and to eventually overwhelm powerful authorities to achieve their aims.
