Grassroots Global Justice Alliance and La Via Campesina are calling for a GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION to Stop the 1% from Profiting from Pollution, and to Lift up Community Solutions that Cool the Planet! Post your own action on the map below, or click a dot on the map for contact info on how to plug into an action already being planned in your area!
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“If we were to say global pollution, species extinction, ecosystem destruction, this language is a lot more startling and it also seems to have a stronger call to action. So I appreciate the language of climate justice ‘cause I think it is really important to talk more than just clean energy… We need more people thinking about this and also having a conversation on the depth of the issue." ~ Travis McKenzie, Project Feed the Hood, Albuquerque, New Mexico. http://www.climatejusticenm.org/
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While the UN climate talks were getting nowhere, distracted by negotiations of false solutions such as REDD and other carbon market schemes, social movements both in Durban and around the globe were calling for real solutions that actually and measurably cool the planet.
Responding to a call from the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance and La Via Campesina, 20 actions took place within the US and abroad during the 1000 Durbans Week of Action.
East Michigan Environmental Action Council held a conversation with 15 members and supporters of the Young Educator's Alliance, its youth leadership group. Youth leader Siwatu-Salama Ra began the conversation by asking participants what they thought of when they hear the words "climate change." One youth shared that the seasons seem out of whack... like the summers are more hot and the winters are much colder than they used to be. Siwatu then moved into a presentation on examples of climate change around the U.S. and throughout the world.
On December 3rd, 2011 in Worcester, MA, USA over 100 people joined in celebration of global resistance to climate chaos and for local resilience and real solutions. While projecting images from the streets of Durban, activists from Providence, RI and Worcester, MA presented their actions from throughout the past year since our joint 1000 Cancuns event on Dec. 7th, 2010.
by Devika Ghai, Pesticide Action Network
The Permanent People's Tribunal (PPT) session on Agrochemical Transnational Corporations organized by Pesticide Action Network International from Dec 3-6 was a landmark public "people's tribunal" to hold the Big 6 pesticide corporations liable for human rights abuse. This event was clearly aligned and in solidarity with 1000 Durbans for Climate Justice because it too was a call for universal justice and the upholding of human rights in the face of corporate consolidation and control.
As part of 1000 Durbans, the Vermont Workers' Center organized a major Human Rights Day Conference & People's Movement Assembly in Burlington, VT with over 500 participants under the banner of "One Movement for People & The Planet".
See a full report at www.workerscenter.org/december10 and watch the trailer for Strength of the Storm, the new film which premiered about the impact of Tropical Storm Irene, the effects of climate and economic crisis on Vermont and a growing grassroots movement to put people and the planet first at www.strengthofthestorm.org.
People’s Global Action Rally
On Friday December 2, 2011 the People’s Global Action took to the Geneva streets. Over 100 activists from around the world gathered at Place des Nations, better known as the "Broken Chair" in front of the UN entrance and called for the rights of all migrants (regardless of status) to be recognized and respected in the Global Forum on Migration and Development deliberations. Chanting and cheering loudly, it was a sight to behold. All PGA participants were united in calling for the recognition of migrants rights in the GFMD, and this was vocalized throughout the rally with loud chants of "Migrants Rights are Human Rights!".
In solidarity with 1000 Durbans, the rally also called on the UN and governments to take up real solutions to address climate change and prevent further mass displacement of our communities.
Chicago, IL -- On December 5, 30 people spoke out against carbon trading, dumping carbon into a bucket as they stated why they support climate justice outside the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Board of Trade. They held banners and handed out flyers to several hundred people.
San Francisco, CA -- Through teatro, members of PODER in San Francisco discuss the UN Climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa and the connection to their immigrant rights and land reclamation work in the Mission District of San Francisco. “What are we fighting for in Durban? LAND and FREEDOM!”
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