A Day with Ex-Lepers
Breaking the barriers Christmas season offers us opportunities to show love and remind ourselves that we are all humans, no matter our situations in life. In the midst of prevalent obnoxious consumerist tendencies, the b…
Between Subsidising Polluters and Thieves
The movement against subsidising the fossil fuel industry continues to grow and is an integral part of the keep it in the ground struggle. However, in places like Nigeria, contentious subsidies are those related to the i…
Two Good Days of Inspiring Indignation
For two days in the Maison des Metallos, Paris, experts, victims, prosecutors and judges presented or listened to cases of crimes against Mother Earth and at the end judgements were passed. There were solemn spiritual mo…
Shell’s Bad Day in the Dock
The decision of the Appeal Court at The Hague on 18 December 2015 that the four farmers whose lands and creeks were damaged by Shell’s pollution can indeed sue the oil mogul in The Netherlands has come as refreshing news…
The Secure and the Dispossessed
This is a synopsis of the great book, THE SECURE AND THE DISPOSSESSED, from the TNI staple: What if government and corporate elites have given up on the idea of stopping climate change and prefer to try to manage its con…
COP21 Agreed to A Climate Changed World
COP21 has come and gone, and like most others before it, the response has been varied. Some have applauded the Paris Agreement as a giant step for humankind. Some are claiming a big win. Others take a holistic loo…
Social movements united in defiance of false solutions being negotiated at Paris COP
Social movements united in defiance of false solutions being negotiated at Paris COP 10th December, Paris: Representatives of social movements, grassroots and community groups, and environmental campaigning organisations…
International Rights of Nature Tribunal Constituted in Paris
PRESS RELEASE – 7 December 2015 International Rights of Nature Tribunal Constituted in Paris Introduction In an extraordinary display of global solidarity, vision and determination, communities and organizations fr…
IT IS TIME TO CREATE ANNEX 0
Proposal from Oilwatch International for COP21, Paris, December 2015 The purpose of this document is to present the commitments and efforts of the peoples, nationalities, and communities against the extraction of oil, ga…
Recognising Climate Crooks
The COP is an interesting space where climate criminals prowl about in well cut suits dripping with blood. Of course the COP means two key things: Conference of Polluters and more importantly, Conference of Procra…
Eco-Defenders Monitor their Environment
From the HOMEF stable is this brand new Guide to Community Environmental Monitoring and Reporting. The thing is that we must be alert to happenings in our environment. Notice any changes or incidents? Report them promptl…
Sharing Gives Meaning to Creation
Knowledge generation is one thing, sharing it is another. It does not matter how much knowledge is generated and how brilliant they may be, if no one shares such knowledge it may not make any difference if they were neve…
