by Mateo Nube, December 17, 2009 La Paz, Bolivia, where I was born and spent my first 18 years “could perhaps be the first large urban casualty of climate change,” according to The New York Times. [1] I’ve been tracking the melting glaciers that supply water to the La Paz metropolis for the last few [...]
EMERGENCY PROTEST & VIGIL SOLIDARITY WITH ACTIVISTS IN COPENHAGEN * CLIMATE TALKS UNDEMOCRATIC & ON VERGE OF FAILURE * US/RICH COUNTRIES REFUSE SERIOUS REDUCTIONS & CLIMATE DEBT * MASSIVE POLICE REPRESSION AGAINST NONVIOLENT CIVIL SOCIETY WHEN: Friday December 18th 4:30-6:00PM WHERE: Danish Consulate,1 California St, at Market St. (Embarcadero BART), San Francisco [view map] Bring candles and friends. “First [...]
As hundreds gather in front of the Canadian Embassy to demonstrate against harmful tar sands industries in Canada, Sharon Lungo from Ruckus/Indigenous Environmental Network gives background on the issue and the basis for the protest:
by Diana Pei Wu, December 16, 2009 i am here in copenhagen. this morning – it is 7 am in CPH, 10 pm back home in Oakland … missing you all. it snowed yesterday, wet snow that did not accumulate much; snow is expected for the rest of this week and weekend. i’m on the [...]
by Gopal Dayaneni (edited by Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan) Here are some highlights on the work of the delegation & my work here so far: 1) “No Decisions About Us Without Us!” They are severely restricting access to the Bella Center for Civil Society as of today, and the restrictions on badges (and the requirement for secondary [...]