Huffington Post is holding a contest to send a citizen journalist to Copenhagen. This contest will provide a unique insight on Copenhagen, and will be a chance for the concerns of the people to be heard.
As you might have read in some of my other posts, I have been working on the human rights issue of people displaced by Climate Change or Environmental Refugees.
This is not my only concern regarding Climate Change, but I do feel it is the most pressing, which is why I am asking for your vote to be sent as a citizen journalist and activist, to make sure this issue is covered.
Thanks and you can vote here - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
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I am not just concerned about Environmental Refugees, but I am most concerned as they are the face of the Climate Change debate.
(Here some of my past environmental interviews and reports as part of a 6 part series I called a "blogumentary" I did last summer - June 24th, 2008 - here is one that asks an important question -
How to end the recession:Labor and Renewable Energy)
When I started working on the issue of Environmental Refugees 2 years ago, there was very little information regarding displacement from Climate Change and Environmental Refugees. Now, there are estimates of 75 million Environmental Refugees by 2050. I am glad to see there are several new groups that have sprung up and whom I consider integral to the good fight - such as Towards Recognition, Avaaz, and Refugees International now has started a new division to focus on this issue. There are also some film makers such ClimateRefugees.com and Sun Come Up who are now documenting beginnings of the greatest humanitarian crisis that we will face this century.
This is the first issue regarding Climate Change - saving lives - that must be addressed. It is this approach that I believe will fundamentally change the way we view the way we power our world.
And it will take a tremendous grassroots social movement to change that power structure.
Already it seems that the odds are stacked against us with reports of a
worldwide lobbying effort against Climate Change legislation. Add to this the reports that leaders of the Industrialized countries think that there is no real hurry on the Copenhagen talks.
We are at a critical juncture and delaying tactics by the Industries may allow them to make more money, but we have to hold them and our leaders accountable by asking - do you value profits over lives?
And how will business remain profitable if the Earth becomes uninhabitable?
For the people I have been able to talk to on low lying islands such as the Carterets, the Maldives, Tuvalu, Kiribati, and many others, the general feeling is that only the Industrial Super Powers have the ability to change things - and possibly save them from losing their homelands from rising seas. That means it is up to us, the activist community in the Industrialized world to keep them in mind and to keep pressure on our political leaders to listen and act on their behalf.
Thanks for the Vote (I hope I get all 10's)
and thanks for supporting citizen journalism through the Kossack community.