350.org Global Power Shift

This looks rather interesting:

“Global Power Shift (GPS) will be a multi-pronged project to scale up our movement and establish a new course, like never before. The basic plan is this:

• In June of 2013, 500 of us will gather in Turkey — from leaders to engaged community members
• We’ll train in grassroots and digital organizing, share our stories, and chart a strategy for the coming year
• Attendees will then return to their home countries in teams to organize mobilizations
• These national or regional events will be launchpads for new, highly-coordinated campaigns targeting political and corporate levers of power
• Together, we will truly shift the power and spark the kind of visionary transformation we need to fight the climate crisis

I hesitate to endorse any event that requires so much travel to attend, but this may be a case where the emissions associated with getting there are justifiable.

Author: Milan

In the spring of 2005, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and a general focus in the area of environmental politics. Between 2005 and 2007 I completed an M.Phil in IR at Wadham College, Oxford. I worked for five years for the Canadian federal government, including completing the Accelerated Economist Training Program, and then completed a PhD in Political Science at the University of Toronto in 2023. View all posts by Milan