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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. [...]
Art for climate change
Advancing dialogue in the field of climate change has been a challenge in the past for visual artists. Not at all any more, since artists are waking up now to climate change. But what good can they do – and how green is their work? I reveal how they’re dealing with the threat of catastrophe [...]
LEADERS WHOSE HEADS ARE IN THE SAND
Photography:: Josh Lopez There are very many ways to kill a rat. There are even more ways to pass a message. There are no rats in this story, but there are countries in the world which need to receive a certain message. That was according to Sierra Club the oldest environmental club in the USA. [...]
Occupy COP 17 – General Assembly Portraits
The Occupy Movement has gripped people from all over the world. At COP 17 in Durban, South Africa, a General Assembly is being held outside the conference to discuss different solutions for the Earth’s collapsing systems. Project Survival Media spent some time speaking with participants at the first General Assembly on November 28th, 2011. These [...]
Fairy Tales from COP 17
By Caroline Wambui I will tell you of Goblins, elves, fairies, giants and gnomes just like you all were told as you grew up. Most of you always ended in a toothy (or not so toothy) grin, or with a drool of saliva on your pillow. I hope this story of one Pablo Solon leaves [...]
Portraits of the Conference of Youth – Durban, South Africa
This past weekend in warm and rainy Durban, South Africa, youth from around the world gathered for the 7th session of the Conference of Youth (COY). The COY is held prior to the United Nations Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP) every year. This year, COP17 is taking place in Durban, South Africa [...]
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