On Wednesday Dec 16th the 8th in a series of sit-ins targeting elected officials, coal and tar sands financiers and industries took place at the Calgary office of Prime Minister Stephen Harper! The Group called for his resignation due to his failure to represent the will of the Canadian people in Copenhagen! Prime Minister Harper has refused to fulfill Canada’s obligations to reduce climate pollution and support vulnerable communities. In fact it has been revealed that Harper and Environment Minister Jim Prentice are seeking special breaks for huge polluters like the Alberta Tar Sands... (continue reading)

I absolutely had to post this video. Susan and Eriel Deranger two women from Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation speak their stories of Tar Sands destruction and speak out against one of the largest industrial projects the world has ever seen. This video speaks for itself, there is only one option we must SHUT DOWN THE TAR SANDS. VN:F [1.9.1_1087]please wait...Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)VN:F [1.9.1_1087]Rating: 0 (from 0... (continue reading)

As the climate negotiations in Copenhagen are on the verge of collapse, yesterday hundreds of people staged a walk out of the Bella Center to join the thousands who were denied entry in the effort to transform the closed-door negotiations into a People’s Assembly. Check out Democracy Now’s coverage featuring our own Joshua Kahn Russell. As Josh mentions, they were met with police violence, arrest and pepper spray, and shut out of the climate summit. Check out this excellent UK Guardian clip of the actions as they went down yesterday. VN:F [1.9.1_1087]please wait...Rating: 0.0/10... (continue reading)

It finally happened. I didn’t get into the Bella Center at all today. I knew it was just a matter of time. But something happened today at the conference center, and I’m not exactly sure what. I woke up this morning, and we walked through the snow to the metro center, but it said that the Bella Center station was closed… because of “crowd control.” Yeah, right. Then later in the day, it said that there was a demonstration going on. Then they completely shut off all NGO (non governmental organization) access for the rest of the day and no NGOs at all are allowed tomorrow and... (continue reading)

It is impossible to capture the diversity of the Copenhagen negotiations in one blog. There is a city packed full of climate change seminars, events and displays. There are hundreds of businesses, NGO’s and universities offering regular talks and lectures. Even if you make it to the negotiations, they are so formal and detached that the human lives behind climate change are forgotten. The challenge is to stay focused in the face of masses of information, numerous distractions and a negotiating process which reduces a critical moral issue down to numbers and data. The first thing to realize... (continue reading)