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Climate Strike: the struggle continues

Friday was a global climate strike. Did you take action? There's still time, all this week and into the future. Many of us did, each...

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Summer Update: Diane

These last few months have found me tending my garden, putting lots of miles on my running shoes, and spending many hours at the Winona...

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Summer Update: Brenna

I spent the last week with 15 high school and 7 college students at the Loras College Peace Institute, learning together about the myriad...

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Summer Update: Allyson

In Wisconsin, I am in the full swing of summer on a farm. Things that I find myself doing include washing clothes by hand, taking care of...

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Summer Update: Lydia

Since only one of the Valve Turners has a Facebook account, most of you have been interacting with me through all of the content on the...

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Summer Update: Daniel

My life on the farm has been active and gratifying these summer months, as we install a permanent fencing paddock network for our...

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Summer Update: Maria

I'm Maria, the human delivering these website updates to your inbox. When I'm not tinkering with the website, I'm usually growing organic...

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Update: Contested Omnibus Hearing

On May 8th, the Four Necessity Valve Turners appeared in Itasca County Court in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to give testimony to support...

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Necessity Defense at Tomorrow's Hearing

Earlier this week we received word that the "contested omnibus hearing" scheduled for tomorrow, May 8th, at 2 pm, was scheduled as such...

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Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries features Allyson!

Allyson Polman, one of the Four Necessity Valve Turners, recently had the opportunity to visit California and speak several times. One of...

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Brenna Speaks on Viroqua Radio

Interested to hear more from the Valve Turners? You can tune into Viroqua, Wisconsin radio to hear the story of Brenna Cussen-Anglada,...

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Proposed New Charge

Michelle, Brenna, Allyson, and Daniel each have one additional felony charge proposed to be added to their current misdemeanor and felony...

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Victory for Necessity Defense!

The 2016 Valve Turners cases are largely wrapped up, but Ken Ward, a dedicated climate activist, is still appealing his case. The most...

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Permaculture and Activism

Last week Allyson, Daniel, and Diane talked to an audience in Minneapolis about how permaculture principles rooted their activism as Four...

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Valve Turner's View: Action taken 'in the face of extinction'

Michele Naar-Obed, one of the Four Necessity Valve Turners, recently wrote an Op Ed published in the Duluth News Tribune. The full text...

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Omnibus Hearing Court Report

Today, the Four Necessity Valve Turners had their omnibus hearing in Grand Rapids. This was a very short appearance where Allyson,...

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Four Necessity in Minneapolis, Part II

Are you or someone you know in Minneapolis next week? Following their court hearing in Grand Rapids one week from today, the Four...

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Donation & Fundraising Update

Let's begin this post with a big "THANK YOU" to everyone who has given money to support the Four Necessity Valve Turners to date. We've...

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Four Necessity in Minneapolis, Part I

Two weeks from today, on Wednesday, March 27th, the Four Necessity Valve Turners will be speaking at the First Universalist Church (3400...

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Dinner with the Four Necessity Valve Turners

Join a panel conversation with all Four Necessity Valve Turners (Michele Naar-Obed, Brenna Cussen-Anglada, Daniel Yildirim, and Allyson...

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