Earth Day Twitter Storm

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Women’s March on the Pentagon
Earth Day Digital Action Kit // #EarthOverEmpire
SYNCHRONIZED LAUNCH OF SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
All day Sunday, April 22nd, 2018, focus on 12:00pm - 2:00pm Central
Facebook event
Twitter (@WomenMarch4Paz)
Exclusive article to be posted Sunday, from Whitney Webb of MintPress News

NARRATIVE
The Women’s March on the Pentagon campaign cares about planet Earth and recognizes the damage that war inflicts on her. This Earth Day, it is our goal to draw attention to the glaring absence of the subject of war from all environmental advocacy.

BACKGROUND
There is one single issue that should be the single most important to all of humanity. That issue is the health of our planet. What will healthcare, jobs, education, and freedom matter if our planet crumbles under the weight of a species that does not consider its health and wellbeing?
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While both the United States and the world as a whole are dotted with environmental organizations comprised of thousands upon thousands of people who truly care for the planet's health and their effect on it, the single biggest factor harming our planet today is largely ignored. The subject of war and all it entails is rarely acknowledged by the large, powerful environmental groups like Greenpeace, Sierra Club and the Environmental Defense Fund.
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Believe it or not, the U.S. Military is the world's largest polluter.
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From jet fuel spills to actual combat, from training to aircraft that constantly fills the skies, from research to development and drills to destruction, it is terribly puzzling that so few consider the damage the U.S. military does to our planet, air and precious waterways.
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The damage inflicted on our planet thanks to war is mind-numbing and it is increasing by the minute.
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We can protest pipelines all we want, bring reusable bags to the grocery store, drive fuel efficient vehicles and take our lunch to work in glass containers, but as long as the U.S. war machine is given a free pass to continue wreaking havoc on the planet, any gains we make as individuals will do little to improve the overall outlook for the future of life on Earth.
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It is our goal to shine a light on the constant damage the U.S. war machine inflicts on planet Earth.
It is our goal to bring this issue to the forefront of the environmental justice movement.
It is our goal to stop the U.S. war machine and save our planet.
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WHAT WE’RE ASKING FROM YOU

Help us spread the word about the true cost of war when it comes to planet Earth by tweeting and retweeting on Twitter, posting on your own and other Facebook pages, sending emails and posting on other social media outlets. Detailed instructions and suggested messages can be found below.

SCHEDULING
If you want to schedule tweets for the Twitterstorm instead of tweeting manually, log into Tweetdeck to do so. Everyone with a Twitter account can log directly into Tweetdeck. Instructions for scheduling can be found here.

TWEETS
We encourage you to compose your own tweets, tagging the following accounts and using the hashtags below or use our sample tweets. Please include the following link to our website in your tweets: goo.gl/9CkaP

HASHTAGS
Our hashtag:
#EarthOverEmpire
Include as many of these hashtags as possible:
#EarthDay #WarFreeWorld #ProtectOurPlanet #OneEarth #NoPlanetB
Please tag the following Twitter accounts in your tweets:
Sierra Club: @SierraClub
Greenpeace USA: @GreenpeaceUSA
Annie Leonard: @AnnieMLeonard (Executive Director of Greenpeace)
350 dot org: @350
Bill McKibben: @billmckibben (Founder of 350.org)
World Wildlife Federation: @WWF
The Nature Conservancy: @nature_org
Climate Reality Project: @ClimateReality
Climate Progress: @ClimateProgress
Patrick Smith: @patrick_speaks (Founder of Climate Progress)
The Earth Institute: @earthinstitute
Natural Resources Defense Council: @NRDC
The Environmental Defense Fund: @EnvDefenseFund
The Climate Desk: @climatedesk
UN Climate Action: @UNFCCC
Science Grrl: @Science_Grrl
March for Science: @ScienceMarchDC
Al Gore: @AlGore
Mark Ruffalo: @MarkRuffalo
Kyle Kulinski: @KyleKulinski
Please email any of the organizations or individuals mentioned above or post on their Facebook pages.
SAMPLE TWEETS
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[CLICK TO TWEET] links generate pre-populated Twitter forms. Make sure you’re logged into Twitter before clicking. Please adjust language as you see fit to match your own voice or submit as is. Or copy and paste text into Tweetdeck to schedule.
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Happy #EarthDay! Why don’t @SierraClub, @GreenpeaceUSA, or @350 consider the effect that war has on the environment? To save the planet, we must stop the Pentagon. #EarthOverEmpire #WarFreeWorld goo.gl/9CkaPx
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The truth is out there. The U.S. Department of Defense is the world’s biggest polluter. When will environmental orgs like @SierraClub, @GreenpeaceUSA and @350 acknowledge this? #EarthOverEmpire #EarthDay #WarFreeWorld goo.gl/9CkaPx
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Happy #EarthDay! Did you know that the U.S. Department of Defense is the world’s biggest polluter? To save the planet, we must stop the Pentagon! #EarthOverEmpire #WarFreeWorld #ProtectOurPlanet #OneEarth #NoPlanetB goo.gl/9CkaPx
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Happy #EarthDay! If you care about the future of planet Earth, you must acknowledge the damage done by the U.S. war machine. Anything less will be too little too late. To save the planet we must stop the Pentagon. @SierraClub @GreenpeaceUSA @350 #EarthOverEmpire #WarFreeWorld goo.gl/9CkaPx
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To save the planet we must stop the Pentagon. Happy #EarthDay! #EarthDay #WarFreeWorld #ProtectOurPlanet #OneEarth #NoPlanetB
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SAMPLE FACEBOOK POST
The Women’s March on the Pentagon campaign cares about planet Earth and recognizes the damage that war inflicts on her. This #EarthDay, it is our goal to draw attention to the absence of the issue of war from environmental advocacy. The damage inflicted on our planet thanks to war is mind-numbing and it is increasing by the minute. We can protest pipelines all we want, bring reusable bags to the grocery store, drive fuel efficient vehicles and take our lunch to work in glass containers, but as long as the U.S. war machine is given a free pass to continue wreaking havoc on the planet, any gains we make as individuals will do little to improve the overall outlook for the future of life on Earth. #EarthOverEmpire #WarFreeWorld #ProtectOurPlanet #OneEarth #NoPlanetB goo.gl/9CkaPx