A look back at the concerns of indigenous communities during the historic climate talks in Copenhagen last month. (more…)
Travel Posts
The Struggle for Indigenous and Freshwater Rights at Copenhagen and Beyond
Friday, January 13th, 2012The Price of Hydropower Pursuits in Patagonia
Friday, January 13th, 2012In Chile’s trackless mountain wilderness, a clash between pristine rivers and hydropower prospects. (more…)
Copenhagen + The Media: Aubrey to be on San Fran NPR Affiliate
Friday, December 18th, 2009
Listen in!!!! I’m going to be on a call-in radio show today (De. 18th, 2009) 2-3pm (EST) discussing Copenhagen and the media!
91.7 KALW Public Radio Station in San Francisco!!!! http://www.yourcallradio.org/
Copenhagen’s Offshore Wind Industry Shows Global Potential
Friday, December 18th, 2009Originally Published by the Detroit Free Press
COPENHAGEN – When it comes to wind power, Americans have all kinds of excuses not to use it. “It’s too expensive” or “Not in my backyard” (NIMBY: referencing that they don’t want a tall, skinny, white turbine obstructing their beautiful view of the ocean or the mountains.) Let me begin by saying this is all a sham, in my opinion. (more…)
UN Bans NGOs from Climate Conference: Part #1
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Originally Published by The Detroit Free Press
Marina Ahmad of the Pakistan Youth Climate Network and Aniruddha Sharma of International Youth Climate Movement wait outside the UN climate summit, despite Danish police statements that NGOs will not be admitted for the remainder of the day.
McKibben Urges Obama to Ramp up U.S. Climate Promises
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Originally Published by the Detroit Free Press
COPENHAGEN — While hundreds of thousands of people were out marching against climate change this past weekend, world leaders inside the Bella Center slyly removed the most important number in the world from climate negotiating texts — one that more than 100 nations had already agreed to. (more…)
Bomb Threat Closes Down Copenhagen Train Station
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009“There is no 1A bus running from here,” the Danish metro transit security man told me on the corner of Kongens Nytorv (King’s Center Square), where I generally get off the subway and hop onto a bus. “You have to get back on the subway, go one stop, get off at the Norreport station. Then go outside, get on a 15 bus.”
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U.S. media tarnishes message of Copenhagen climate protest
Monday, December 14th, 2009
Climate Change Demonstrators, including Greenpeace International, in Copenhagen.
Originally published by the Detroit Free Press and Circle of Blue
COPENHAGEN — The Global Day of Action began Saturday in the South Pacific where the sun rises. The day of international protest started as an uplifting global demonstration calling for a “Real Deal” to come out of the climate negotiations in Copenhagen. More than 3,000 marches and candlelight vigils in 139 countries occurred — some yielding as many as 50,000 demonstrators— all with the intent of spreading this one common, unified message to policymakers. (more…)
Copenhagen is center of Day of Climate Action
Sunday, December 13th, 2009Originally published by the Detroit Free Press
COPENHAGEN – “Today is going to be the most exciting day of the whole conference,” Brian told me this morning, after I got off the phone with my mom, the birthday girl. Dubbed “Real Deal Day,” an estimated 5,000 climate demonstrations staged for today, 12/12/09, around the world are asking for only one thing — a real deal to come out of the Copenhagen climate negotiations. Today one clear, united, and very loud voice is traversing the globe like wildfire — starting with the dawn of the day in the South Pacific, in the far east of the world. (more…)
Demonstration and Candlelight Vigil
Saturday, December 12th, 2009Originally published by Michigan COP15 Blog
Demonstration and Candlelight Vigil in Copenhagen
Just a quick note (it’s hard to type because my fingers are so numb!).
I just got back from the march and candlelight vigil from the city square all the way to the Bella Center–6km in total, that took over 2 hours. I was helping to take audio and photos for the non-profit environmental journalism organization that I work for, Circle of Blue. It was incredible: the first sunny day since I’ve been here, so it was just beautiful to shoot. And the message was overwhelming and beautiful as well.
At the end of the march, the estimated 50,000 people were directed to a stage beside the Bella Center. There were speakers and music planned, but we decided we had gotten enough footage of the event, and left to get food. Our cab driver told us that 40 (international) people had been arrested for throwing rocks, but he wasn’t sure what country they were from.
In any event, I think this was really something and I’m hoping that it unifies the voices into one clear message to the negotiators: we want a real deal. We’ll see if this uplifts the spirits for next week. (It’s not just in Copenhagen…demonstrations and candlelight vigils are going on right all around the world–Google it right now!) More later when I am more coherent and less cold…