By robertvanwaarden on March 1, 2010
Climate change is drastically altering the landscapes and farming culture of the European Continent. From the mountains of Norway to the low lying lands of Italy, from the innovations in the Netherlands to the suffering crops of Romanian farmers, the Project Survival Media team in Europe has explored this issue and produced a multimedia piece. [...]
Posted in Europe, Stories, youth media | Tagged agriculture, Climate Change, COP 15, Europe, farming, global warming, IYCM, project survival media, psm
By robertvanwaarden on January 16, 2010
2009 will be defined as the year that the climate movement exploded. Millions of people around the world got behind the call for a strong deal in Copenhagen. Although the final result was a failure, the activists pictured in these images know that they are Not Done Yet! These 20 images are from the year [...]
Posted in COP15, Europe, youth media | Tagged 350, activism, climate, Climate Change, climate march, conference, COP15, Copenhagen, day of action, environment, g20, global warming, IYCM, photographs, photography, photos, powershift, project survival media, robert vanwaarden, Youth
By robertvanwaarden on December 22, 2009
Gallery of the ‘Best of’ images from COP 15 in Copenhagen.
Images ©Robert vanWaarden
Posted in COP15, youth media | Tagged climate, Climate Change, climate march, COP15, Copenhagen, day of action, environment, global warming, IYCM, photographs, photography, photos, Project Survival, project survival media, psm, tcktcktck
By Chris Chang-Yen Phillips on December 22, 2009
by Sara Engström
Since I live just an hour’s train journey away from Copenhagen, I decided to commute between Lund (my hometown) and the COP15 conference. The morning trains were full of people with UNFCCC badges of all colours hanging around their necks – there were delegates, press people, IGOs and NGOs.
One day last week I [...]
Posted in COP15, Stories | Tagged Climate Change, COP15, Copenhagen, north, south
By PratikMandrekar on December 18, 2009
A developing country has several key issues to deal with in every election that encompass the basic amenities like drinking water, electricity, public transport, employment opportunities, sanitation and garbage disposal. Frequent protests against industrial setups like the case of the Tata Nano (the world’s cheapest car) in Singur, West Bengal or the case of [...]
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Stories | Tagged Climate Change, India, innovation, renewable energy, technology
By EmilyDavila on December 18, 2009
Making the complexity of climate change something people can relate to is no easy task.
But this month in Copenhagen, ‘green culture’ is everywhere you look. Subways walls are plastered with signs urging negotiators to ‘seal the deal’, and every museum and city plaza has a special exhibit about climate change.
You can learn a lot about [...]
Posted in COP15, Stories | Tagged art, Climate Change, Copenhagen, design
By Chris Chang-Yen Phillips on December 17, 2009
[Cross-posted from dirtblog]
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed speaking to a crowd in Copenhagen this week
I’ve been sitting all day in an amazing media hub (and bar) that tcktcktck has set up here called the Fresh Air Centre, watching journalists and bloggers and UN spokespeople come in and out. I’ve been editing stories for Project Survival Media [...]
Posted in Asia/Pacific, COP15, Stories, youth media | Tagged 350, Climate Change, COP15, Copenhagen, Klima Forum, Maldives, President Nasheed
By Chris Chang-Yen Phillips on December 17, 2009
A slideshow from tonight’s vigil in Copenhagen, urging world leaders to rise to the historic occasion and sign a real deal for climate justice.
(Photo credit: Kris Krug)
Posted in COP15, Stories | Tagged Climate Change, conference, COP15, Copenhagen, vigil
By Chris Chang-Yen Phillips on December 17, 2009
by David G Matyas
“I think it might be illegal to have a climate change presentation without a drowning polar bear.” It was day two of the Development and Climate Change side event and behind the young academic from the University of Hawaii, a giant image of a polar bear floating on a tiny chunk of [...]
Posted in Antarctica & Arctic, COP15, Stories | Tagged arctic, Climate Change, conference, COP15, Copenhagen, polar bears
By Chris Chang-Yen Phillips on December 17, 2009
by Sarabjeet Singh
Yesterday was a lucky day for me at the Bella Center. I met “Push,” or Pushpanath Krishnamurthy, who has walked all the way from his home at Oxford in the UK to the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, to show his solidarity and support to the struggle against climate change. I was fortunate [...]
Posted in COP15, Europe, Stories | Tagged Climate Change, COP15, Copenhagen