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I will be blogging for the Rainforest Action Network’s Youth Sustaining the Earth Community Blog. Check it out! Also, here is an amazing video created by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition. There is much work to do and the change is only beginning:
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Now that I’ve had some time to rest and recoup from COP 15, I can really delve into a full comprehension of what took place at the COP and what needs to be done here in BC. I came across this article and it has reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend [...]
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A quick update on the final day of COP 15- stay tuned for all the action coming upon the return to BC!
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It may be the final curtain call for COP 15, but it isn’t the finale for climate action. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like our policy makers and governmental leaders are going to come together for the fair, ambitious, and legally binding treaty we had all hoped for. So…I’m leaving the city tomorrow and have much [...]
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A short update from Copenhagen……
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Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. I have more photos and video coming, however, the civil disobedience in Copenhagen especially around the Bella Center is growing. There are many issues, more information to come.
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Guy Gentner broadcasting on “Live from the Leg” interviewing Alexandria Dec16 via phone.
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Teen hears views on climate, peace Tuesday, December 15, 2009 CREDIT: JEAN KONDA-WITTE/Times Young environmental activist Alexandria Mitchell, a Grade 12 student attending Abbotsford Collegiate, is getting the experience of a lifetime at the climate change conference in Copenhagen. The international conference ends today, on Friday. Her blogs are posted online. Christina Toth The [...]
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These last days I’ve met some people that are elected officials COP 15 Party members and much more!
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There is a huge issue that has come about from the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Secretariat. Never before have their been so many participants at a COP. The Bella Center has a capacity for 15 000 people and the last I heard from a few individuals, the registered delegated are up [...]
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Canada needs to definitely get on with doing things very differently especially in regards to their climate policy (or lack thereof). Right now, I’d like to take the opportunity though to remind people that the tar sands don’t represent everything about Canada. I know that in order for positive change to continue, you have to acknowledge it and [...]
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Plug Out Tune In at COP 15 during the presentation on developing carbon markets with Premier Gordon Campbell and the ICLEI meeting with various international mayors including the mayor of Mexico City. Sorry for the “tilt”
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Well the COP 15 UN Climate Conference has really been heating up, especially since Saturday. During the afternoon, activists and climate advocates participated in a huge demonstration December 12th encompassing somewhere between 30-100 000 participants. It was a peaceful march that went from the city center to the outside of the Bella Center to be [...]
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CBC TV Connect with Mark Kelley : The beginning of week two of the COP15 climate change conference is met with protests, leaks, hoaxes and walkouts. We check in with 16-year-old delegate Alexandria Mitchell in Copenhagen. click here for the full video clip : http://www.cbc.ca/connect/2009/12/copenhagen-chaos.html.
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