Two climate activists, Anna Keenan and Sara Svensson, have begun an indefinite water-only fast to pressure world leaders to enact a strong climate change agreement at the upcoming Copenhagen summit. They expect to fast for over six weeks until the summit. The activists believe their fasting is a moral response to the world's inaction on climate change, which is an injustice to future generations. They hope to inspire others to join rotational fasts and call for citizens worldwide to wake up to the impacts of climate change. The fasters will travel to Copenhagen by boat and be under medical supervision during their protest.

1. Climate activists start indefinite fasting to push leaders to sign
strong deal at Copenhagen which can last for more than 6
weeks!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/06/copenhagen-activists-hunger-strike
Anna Keenan and Sara Svensson expected to be joined by at least 150 others as 'moral
response to an immoral situation'
John Vidal guardian.co.uk Friday 6 November 2009 Time 17.09 GMT
Paul Connor Anna Keenan Sara Svensson Diane Wilson
Scores of environmental activists from five continents have begun a fast to put pressure on
countries to agree a strong deal at climate negotiations in Copenhagen next month.
Two of the activists, Anna Keenan 24, an Australian, and Sara Svensson 22, a Swede, launched
their water-only Climate Justice Fast today at climate talks in Barcelona, and expect to go without
food for more than a month until environment officials meet in Copenhagen.
They called their action "a moral response to an immoral situation" and expect to be joined by
hundreds of other young people in Australia, Europe and the US who will fast for shorter periods. "The
whole world needs to wake up to the tragedy of climate change. Politics as usual is a massive injustice
to the poorest people, the planet and to future generations," said Anna Keenan, an Australian who has
degrees in physics, maths and environmental studies and has worked as a government adviser.
Svensson admitted to being inspired by Gandhi: "Fasting is the one weapon that God has given us in
times of utter helplessness. This is such a time. I do not intend to go into this as a kamikaze suicide
mission," she said. "I do this out of love of life. I hope it will inspire others. Your goal in life cannot be
to just be comfortable and ignore the consequences. This is a positive act."
The two women, who have long histories of campaigning, said that other forms of activism have not
worked. They will now travel by boat to Copenhagen next week, and will be under medical
supervision throughout. "We are not asking people to join us. But a large number of people have said
they want to join in. At least 150 people are fasting today and others will join us on a rotational basis,"
said Keenan.
They were backed in Barcelona by Agnes Kushanl, a Kenyan aid agency worker with Cafod: "I
applaud them. Many people in my country are dying from hunger because of the failed rains. We need
more such courage. The people who have contributed least to climate change are suffering the most. It
is really, really bad back home."
See video for the Climate Justice Fast http://tr.im/cjf611
Updates on the Climate Justice Fast http://cuddlendance.com/CJF.aspx

2. Non participation by vast majority of human being as BIG consumers while handful of eco-activists
risk their lives to save us is INJUSTICE! Lifestyle changes are band-aids while the mitigation of
Climate Change is bad enough to need surgery to FORCE people to cut down urges needs and wants.
Humans are not going to do this voluntarily. They have to be forced by laws and inflicting of inordinate
level taxes on luxury items!