Rights of Nature – More than a Dream, a Viable Framework for our Planet
UN Climate Change Conference COP17 – Durban, South Africa – December 2011 My dream is that we as a human race will one day remember our connection to Mother Earth in a way that transforms the way we relate to...
Coming out of Durban – Calls for Cochabamba People’s Agreement as Antidote
From Climate Justice Now! “Despite talk of a “roadmap” offered up by the EU, the failure in Durban shows that this is a cul-de-sac, a road to nowhere. Spokespeople for Climate Justice Now! call on the world community to remember...
Is there a Xhosa word for Climate Change
Poet Mbali Vilakazi recites Is there a Xhosa Word for Climate Change? at the closing ceremonies for the COP17 Climate Train in Durban, South Africa. Mbali puts a moving face on the reality of climate change and related COP negotiations...
The COP 17 Climate Train arrives Durban
The Climate Train arrives in Durban to traditional African dance and ceremony! The COP17 Climate Train was greeted in Durban by a range of dignitaries Including National Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres and Chief of...
Pablo Solon – Rights of Nature and Climate Politics, COP 17 – Durban, South Africa
“Rights of Nature and Climate Politics” The Harold Wolpe Lecture At the UKZN Centre for Civil Society Pablo Solón Friday, 2 December, 5-7pm In conjunction with COP17 Durban, South Africa VENUE: Shepstone 1, Howard College, UKZN (with support from the...
A voice to be reckoned with – our children
13 year old Felix Finkbeiner addressed the United Nations at the opening of the Year of the Forest, February 2, 2011. His question to adults from the children: “Why is there so little action? We know that adults know the...
Emergency ‘Call to Action to Protect Earth’ by UN, Pope, Scientists and Indigenous
June 3, 2011 (Suzy Chaffe) Excerpts from Emergency ‘Call to Action to Protect Earth’ by UN, Pope, Scientists and Indigenous Following Bolivia’s passage of their domestic law “Recognizing Mother Earth as a living entity and giving Her the Same Rights as...
Global Campaign to Bestow Legal Rights on Mother Earth
UNITED NATIONS, May 24, 2011 (IPS) – An international coalition of academics and environmental activists has launched a global campaign for the creation of a new U.N. convention to protect “mother earth”. Thalif Deen of Inter Press Services writes about...