As the leaders of the world continue with negotiations in Bali to chart the successor to the Kyoto protocol, there are some major events this week to make a note of. The first - international demonstrations planned by the Global climate campaign around the world. In Kenya, the contacts are listed as
David Waiganjo dnwaiganjo[at]yahoo.com
(Inter-Varsity Environment Network and African Youth Initiative on Climate)Charity Weru glady333ke[at]yahoo.com
(Kenya Young Greens)Grace Akumu cnaf[at]cnaf.or.ke
(Executive Director, Climate Network Africa)For December 8th there is a plan for a climate parade in Nairobi.
If you will be attending or have more information, please feel free to comment. I would love to see photos and if you are a Kenyan blogger attending the parade please give me a heads up whenever you write about it. Thank you!
From KenyanPoet, The Climate change Orchestra will be playing as part of the WAPI event at the British Council. More details here.
For the Africa online crew there is something for you, you can join the Virtual Rally on the same day Dec 8th by writing about climate change. You do not have to alter the tone of your ‘blog voice’, a quip, a video, a rant, your thoughts… You can also sign a petition here.
At global voices online, we have a special page with links to blogs covering Bali and Climate Change politics, so do check it out. I have been going through the feeds to keep it fresh just for you, so do not miss out on the river of news coming out of Bali. If you are an African blogger writing about the environment, this is the week to do it, Global voices links will show up on the Reuters page. How is that for getting your voice heard!
(please leave me a note if you write something, email is environment [at] globalvoicesonline [dot] org)
Quotables from Prof. Wangari Maathai
* If you don’t raise your voice, then your environmentalism means nothing; it’s mere tokenism or opportunism.
* The environment is very important in the aspects of peace because when we destroy our resources, they become scarce and we fight over that.
* We have a special responsibility to the ecosystem of this planet. In making sure that other species survive we will be ensuring the survival of our own.
