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Frontline of Climate Change comes to COP17′s Doorstep: Durban Flash Floods
On November 28, world leaders descended upon Durban, South Africa for the seventeenth annual UN climate negotiations. That night, a torrential downpour cost at least ten people their lives. Several townships around Durban were overwhelmed by flash floods, as streams swelled their banks and people were swept out of their homes by the rising water. [...]
We Have Awesome Friends
We want you to know about two projects who are doing amazing work on climate change: One is a film-maker, and the other is a network of “solutionaries” working to build sustainable, community-owned clean energy. We hope that you will love them as much as we do, and help spread the word about their work! [...]
October 15: Shadia to Speak at Bioneers
Shadia Fayne Wood, Co-Coordinator of Project Survival Media, will be a panelist at Bioneers this year. Bioneers is a summit that gathers the leading thinkers and visionaries of our time, sharing innovative solutions and actively building a regenerative future for today. Shadia will sit on the Generations Ahead workshop panel, sharing her experience as a [...]
A Concerned and Disappointed Young Canadian
As a concerned Canadian, I can’t help but feel embarrassed by the Canadian government’s depressing performance in Copenhagen and in climate issues in general. Canada’s federal target is 3 per cent below 1990′s level by 2020, equivalent to 20 per cent less than 2006′s level, a target wholly inadequate to address the demands of science [...]
Inside the December 12 Copenhagen Real Deal Climate March
Project Survival Media videographer Ekta Kothari has put together this short sample of the march before the arrests. The majority of the march was a peaceful experience, and she was there filming it. Enjoy!
Update from COP15, December 8
Wow. We have been here in Copenhagen for three days, and already there is so much happening. This weekend, we attended the Conference of Youth (COY), where 600 young people, only about half of those accredited and participating in the conference directly, organizing into working groups and participating in panel discussions and skillshares. During this [...]