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Today has shown us one thing, as reports, photos, and videos stream in from around the world, that the global climate movement we have been waiting for is here and ready to demand action from world leaders. We didn't expect this kind of a response, as two weeks ago, we were expecting a fairly modest (We thought it was big at the time!) turnout of a couple hundred events in a few dozen countries.
I am blown away by how in just one week we went from under a thousand events to what we ended up with, 2,400 events in over one hundred and twenty countries. People came out and make noise with pots and pans in Dehli, Horns in Nepal, Alarm clocks in London, and cell phones in New York. The unity of the actions around the world show that civil society is united in one demand, for a fair, ambitious, and binding deal in Copenhagen this fall. Let us hope that world leaders got the call and take an example from this show of global solidarity.
Global Wake Up Photostream
The stories that have streamed in are incredible, like that of Iris Andrews, a member of Avaaz.org, that called the UK prime minister's switchboard and found herself on the phone with Prime Minister Gordon Brown himself! She said Brown had told her he "understood her fears about climate change," and that he would be going to Copenhagen. In fact, you can listen to their call yourself.
She wasn't the only caller to reach a decision maker herself, as Avaaz has been collecting on their Wake Up Hub, all kinds of stories. We heard from one caller who got through directly to the Australian Environment Minister Penny Wong, and wrote "I don't think I was the only person to ring her as she seemed to understand what this was about and said okay she'd pass on the message [to Kevin Rudd], she sounded weary".
We also got a few surprises today, with the Yes Men printing out "spoof" New York Post editions about climate change, blanketing the city and getting all kinds of people reading a "spoof" newspaper with true articles about the dangers of and opportunities involved in global action on global warming.
Take a look at the photos that have streamed in from all over the world and check out Avaaz's hub for all the breaking information about the Wake Up Call.
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29 September 09 | Masha Medvedkov
Green Prodigies: A wake up call from two brothers, ages 8 and 10
Hi, my name is Masha and I'm an intern at WITNESS, an organization that uses online technologies to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations.
WITNESS has just posted a 12-part webisode series about Cam and Sage, two brothers, ages 8 and 10, who explain what they're doing to reduce their carbon footprint. http://hub.witness.org/GreenProdigies
Earlier this year, Priscila Neri and Kelly Matheson of WITNESS traveled to an Environmental Law conference in Eugene, Oregon to interview activists and create a video about the overlapping relationship between Environmental Rights and Human Rights. http://hub.witness.org/ELAWInterviews
Amongst their interviewees were Cam and Sage, two brothers taking action on climate change. Check out this webisode series for a lighthearted approach to saving the planet and become inspired to do your part as well.