Ende Gelände

Ende Gelände (German saying for "here and no further") is a German civil disobedience movement occupying coal mines to raise awareness for climate justice. Ende Gelände has been organizing mass civil disobedience actions against coal mines in Rhineland, Lusatia and Leipzig[1] since 2015. Some actions have had up to 5500 participants.

Logo of Ende Gelände

Organisation

Ende Gelände is organised by an alliance of different anti-coal groups in Germany: grassroots climate action groups, large environmental organisations, left-wing groups and others.[2] Big organisations like Fridays For Future, Greenpeace and Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland have expressed solidarity with the movement.[1]

Actions

More detailed information about actions can be found here:

  • Ende Gelände 2015, occupation of the Garzweiler open-pit lignite mine, Germany
  • Ende Gelände 2016, occupation of open-pit lignite mines in the Lusatia region, Germany
  • Ende Gelände 2017, occupation of open-pit lignite mines in the Rhineland coalfields, Germany
  • Ende Gelände 2018, occupation of the Hambach open-pit lignite mine, Germany
  • Ende Gelände 2019, occupations around the Garzweiler and Lusatian open pit mines, Germany
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References
  1. "Press release, 30 November 2019, 5pm". Ende Gelände. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  2. "About us". Ende Gelände. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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