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What’s the issue?

It’s hard to believe for many people, but Germany still destroys entire villages for lignite, an especially dirty form of coal. Lignite is mined in huge open pit mines. For people in more than a dozen villages in Germany, the future was at stake: houses, churches, forests and fertile farmland were to be consumed by the mines. With our resistance, we’ve managed to save nearly all of them in the last years – now two villages are still in danger of being destroyed: Lützerath in the Rhineland and Mühlrose in Lusatia.

This is happening despite it being clear that renewable energy production is possible and a faster coal exit is absolutely necessary to stay within the 1,5°-limit.

What are we doing?

We’re standing in the path of this injustice. We – those directly affected by the mining and forced resettlements, people active in the climate justice movement, solidary citizens – have joined forces, coming from different regions and backgrounds. Not another village fall victim to lignite mining. We are united in solidarity to save the villages, maintain lively communities and make a just and self-governed transformation reality. This also means: The lignite has to be kept in the ground, to avert a climate catastrophe and to stay within 1,5° of global warming.

What can you do?

• Spread the word!
  • Tell your friends, family and colleagues
  • Share our video (below)
  • You can find photos of our actions on our flickr-account
  • Follow us on facebook, twitter, mastodon and instagram. (mostly in German)
  • Make the english version of our hashtag known: #AllVillagesStay
• Come to our actions! You can check the german webpage for current dates.
• Donate: If you have some money to spare, please donate to:
  Recipient: Kib e.V.
  IBAN: DE93 8609 5604 0307 1799 54

  Reason for payment: Alle Doerfer bleiben