Climate Change
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 [...]
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 [...]
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! [...]
The UN Is Silencing Our Voices!
Why We Need to Raise Our Voice and Our Stories! It’s Friday night in Cancun. I just exited the UN conference for the last time – leaving closed-door-negotiations behind as they work through the text of what they will agree on coming out from this conference. After 2 weeks of organizing and navigating our way [...]
10:10:10 in Utrecht, Cradle to Cradle
In conjunction with the Global Work Party, Cradle to Cradle, a event informing children and adults about sustainability was held today in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The Cradle to Cradle event was packed with kids and families, enjoying the sun, learning about sustainability and creating cool things with recycled materials. The photographs below show kids making [...]
On Assignment in Arizona
“Just seeing the future for us and knowing that they [our parents] wanted a better future for us, I have the same feeling for, not myself, but the kids and for my relatives and that something better will be in the future for them, that keeps me going. Knowing that we have succeeded in one [...]