Recently, climate activists in their "Extinction Rebellion" have taken to hunger strikes as a way to attract attention to the climate crisis. 20 year-old Giovanni Tamacas was one of the first to do so, carrying out a solo hunger strike in front of the White House in Washington DC. This has inspired activists around the world to carry out their own hunger strikes for climate activism. I placed this because we discussed hunger strikes in class, and they are a painful way of protest. #SOCIAL. Pain Scale of 9.