Tagged 'movement'

The Farmer’s Dilemma

350 Action Marine Drive, Mumbai

India’s Climate Revolution: growing stronger by the day

Why I Shouldn’t date an Annex 1 Guy

Among the 12 of us tracking the delegations here at Bangkok , I’m really tempted to go out in the evenings after a hard day’s work in the negotiations. I think after running after 60 year old negotiators from my country I require some youthful energy to enthuse the atmosphere!
From the perspective of a Non [...]

A Future We Deserve

The following was part of a press briefing at the US Climate Action Network Organized press conference in Pittsburgh, USA coinciding with the G-20 Summit.  International youth gathered together to voice concerns over the need to “green” the economic recovery of the planet–high on the agenda of the world leaders gathered there.  Youth Press Advisory

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Unlimited: Renewable Energy in the 21st Century

Unlimited: Renewable Energy in the 21st Century is a documentary film aimed at providing a general introduction about the virtues and benefits of moving away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy.
I think this film is interesting in that it has such great young speakers and it really brings the issue of generational equity right [...]

13 Year-old Indian girl Addresses UN Leaders on Climate

Volunteer Opportunity with IYCN

Lets celebrate this autumn by contributing a valuable time and energy to urgent cause of climate emergency. Indian Youth Climate Network invites passionate volunteers to be a part of the following campaigns/events/projects:

2nd October, 2009- Gandhi Jayanti-
International Day of Non-Violence- Celebrating Peaceful solutions to India’s energy security and environmental concerns by Standing against Nuclear.
16th to 18th October, [...]

Hyderabad Youth Charter on Climate

This youth charter on Climate/ Climate Change is the outcome of the first Hyderabad Youth Summit on Climate Change held in the Deloitte Campus in Gachibowli, Hyderbad on June 20, 21st ’09. The summit was organized by the Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) with the support of WWF-India, Deloitte and APEC.

Since the charter is quite [...]

Hyderabad Youth Contemplate Development in the Context of Climate Change

Cross-posted from thoughtPosition

The 2-day Hyderabad Summit on Climate Change (HySocc’09) on 20th & 21st June by IYCN was a unique affair: one that created impact, invoked inspiration and involved diverse actors from the society: students, IT professionals, Green analysts, activists and most importantly individuals and organizations which ‘did something about it’. It involved in-depth analysis [...]

Arise Youth of Africa!

Youth Statement to the 3rd Special Session of AMCEN on Climate Change (Nairobi, Kenya. 25 – 29 May 2009).  Click here for more on the African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC).

We the African youth, under the auspices of the Africa Youth Initiative on Climate Change, present this statement to the 3rd Special Session of [...]

Chinese, Indian, and United States Youth United for a Strong Climate Agreement

The following was a joint statement made by youth from China, India, and the United States and presented to the government negotiators present at the UNFCCC Intersessional in Bonn in June 2009.
Protecting Our Future:
Chinese, Indian, and United States Youth United for a Strong Climate Agreement
We stand at a historic moment in our [...]

After Bonn, a safe future for youth still in doubt

By Kyle Gracey, Chair for SustainUS and a graduate student in public policy and geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago.
In 2050, I’ll be 77, and given the pace of the climate talks in Bonn these two weeks, I’ll likely spend most of my retirement either under water or on fire.
If finalized [...]

UN Climate Talks 09, Youth Rap

Badlaav 2009 – Be the Change

Badlaav 2009 – Be the Change!
“Be the change you want to see in the world” – Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
What?
Badlav 2009: Be the Change! is a week-long climate camp to be held in the nation’s capital, Delhi. We aim to have hundreds of young people come from across the country to:
Be trained on skills of [...]

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