An acitivist silhouetted during the forest occupation of Dannenroder Forest. Activists lived there in a very conscious and sustainable way for one year, while protesting against the construction of a new highway in the middle of Germany. This is not just a fight for mobility change but part of a way bigger struggle against the capitalist system. They do not want to create a greener capitalism based on the exploitation of humans and nature espacially in the global south. As long as this colonial patriarchal system exists, they will continue to climb trees and occupy forests to stop destructive projects like the A49.
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