Category: Beyond the Negotiations
Collaborating for Climate Justice: Lofoten camp
by nathan thanki Hello from the top of the world. This week the beautiful Lofoten islands have hosted not only our team of six from Earth in Brackets, but also the annual Young Friends of the Earth Europe camp of 100 inspiring and inspired young activists from Russia, Canada, Nigeria and all over Europe, as well as Natur og Ungdom's 300 strong summer camp for Norway activists. We are here to send...
Lofoten Summer Camp: Looking Ahead
In just one month from now, an Earth in Brackets contingent will join other youth activists from Canada, Nigeria, and all across Europe in Lofoton, Norway, for Young Friends of the Earth Europe's (YFoEE) annual summer camp. The six of us just wanted to add our voices to the chorus of excitement already building ahead of July's gathering. The location is clearly important: the Lofoten islands are...
On the World Social Forum – Tunisia, March 26-30
by nathan thanki The dust having finally settled following the first ever World Social Forum in the Arab world, which took place at El Manar University in Tunis from March 26-30, we must ask ourselves some tough questions about the future of the Forum. The event was highly anticipated, with many activists from a variety of social movements being drawn to and intrigued by post-revolution Tunisia,...
Climate Denial
by nathan thanki Climate deniers are everywhere. If we didn't already know that they were funded by Big Oil, Big Coal, and Big Right Wing Billionaires (the Kochtopus has many tentacles) it would surely be a mystery as to how on earth they managed to make a living. At every level - town hall meeting, local paper, climate blog - these people pop up, often repeatedly, to cut and paste absolute...