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Diversification for Sustainability – Lobster fishing and Aquaculture in Maine

Sara Lowgren February 20, 2017 0 Comments

By Zebadiah Campbell My name is Zebadiah Campbell. I am an eighth generation lobster fisherman and a second generation oyster farmer from North Haven, Maine. North Haven is an island 12 miles out to sea in Penobscot Bay. The island is home to a year round population of 350 people and 45 of these islanders are licensed commercial fisherman. This small number of fishermen make for a close knit, and...

A COP in Brackets

Jenna Farineau November 20, 2016 0 Comments

The 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took place in Marrakech, Morocco, from November 7th to November 18th. In this blog post, the Earth in Brackets members who attended the conference reflect on their experiences and on the possible ways forward for the climate activist movement. Jenna Farineau: For 22 years, the world has been...

[Earth] member delivers SBSTA Closing Plenary Intervention at COP22

Jenna Farineau November 14, 2016 0 Comments

At every COP meeting, constituencies have the opportunity to address opening and closing plenaries through interventions. The closing of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice closed today at COP22, and a member of our COP22 delegation, Jenna Farineau, gave the speech on behalf of the UNFCCC youth constituency (special thanks and shoutout to all the people who worked on the...

“If no one can listen to [us] when [we’re] alone, then we must do it collectively”

Jenna Farineau November 12, 2016 0 Comments

by Elaina Burress and Jenna Farineau "I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back." ―Malala Yousafzai Just two days ago, Sada Albachir and Agnes Leina from the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee along with Tafadzwa Dhlakama of the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association spoke on a...

Civil Society Demanding Urgent Action to Ensure Protection and Justice for Climate Migrants under the UNFCCC

Andrea Fontana November 12, 2016 0 Comments

by Andrea Fontana On Thursday November 10th, civil society mobilized with a series of events to ask for legal protection and immediate action for climate migrants. The call to action was sparked from the fact that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change does not offer legal protection for the average 21.5 million people that are displaced every year by the adverse impacts of climate change....