Category Archives: neighborhood organizing

The Truth About Smart Meters

Thanks to Brian Thiesen, for this excellent and comprehensive presentation on the hazards of “smart” meters. More on his organizing efforts here.

Posted in Canada, Citizen rebellion, Democracy, health effects, neighborhood organizing | 3 Comments

How to Resist the Fees (and Keep the Lights On)

We’ve been hearing a ton of reports from around California of people refusing to pay the smart meter extortion fees.  If you believe these fees are illegal, unfair, and discriminatory and are refusing to pay something for nothing- you are … Continue reading

Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, CPUC, Democracy, neighborhood organizing, PG&E | 12 Comments

It’s Our Right to Know- Let’s Make It So!

Do we have a right to know what’s in our food, our water, and our air?  Of course we do.  But corporations are profiting from a lack of accurate information being available to the public about products consumed and the … Continue reading

Posted in Bees, California, Cancer, Cell phones, Citizen rebellion, Democracy, Environmental Concerns, EPA, FCC, Federal Government, GMO's, neighborhood organizing, radio-frequency radiation, Safety, World Health Organization | 4 Comments

Stop Smart Meters….But What Do We Want to Start?

A grassroots upwelling of public outrage over forced smart grid deployments spilled onto the streets in over 35 communities around North America yesterday, showing that our movement is growing bigger every day, and that utilities and governments better take heed- … Continue reading

Posted in Citizen rebellion, Democracy, neighborhood organizing, Smart Grid | 4 Comments

More than 35 ‘Smart’ Meter Protests Hit US and Canada Oct. 4

People are fed up. Fed up with being forced to have an unwanted, intrusive device attached to their home. Fed up with utility company threats, coercion, and lies. Fed up with having their essential services disconnected or being charged a … Continue reading

Posted in Citizen rebellion, Democracy, neighborhood organizing, Smart Grid | 27 Comments