climate change activist and science communicator; photographer; mapmaker
My actual travels, those I aspire to, and those of others
I am in the process of uploading my photos from this weekend’s rally in Washington D.C. calling on President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.
[Update: 19 FEB 2013] My six favourite photos from the Forward on Climate rally in Washington D.C. on Sunday February 17th, 2013:
Along with nine other Toronto 350.org people, I am now in Washington D.C. for the big rally for climate action and against the Keystone XL pipeline.
Photos will be forthcoming.
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.
My brother Mica has a new video up: Korea Burn 2012
My mother and brother Mica recently visited Japan for eight days and my brother made a video about the trip. It is now available online:
Partly because of Japanese films and television shows, it’s a place I have always wanted to visit. Perhaps there will come an opportunity to go for long enough and for a sufficiently important reason to justify the greenhouse gas pollution associated with voyaging so far.
