Dickinson to Durban » Climate Change
What’s your Issue?
By: Christine Burns ’14 The last week of our three week adventure in South Africa was spent in the Valley of 1000 Hills. We spent the first few days working at orphanages and then two days exploring the Valley. For me, spending that last week in the Valley of 1000 Hills was the most appropriate way to end our climate change trip. It was a week for the group to do some reflection, individually and communally. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Mosaic Action
Human Compassion
By: Esther Babson Our last week was spent on the edge of the Valley of 1000 Hills at the Koinonia Retreat Center. We arrived at the center, after winding through the hills of Durban suburbs, in an eerie fog which seemed to consume everything. But after a foreboding arrival, the week turned into an incredible experience. Most of our time was spent working at the Makaphutu Children’s Village. As my fellow group members have mentioned, the Village … Read entire article »
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The privilege to act for climate.
By Emily Bowie ’14 The last Wednesday we were in South Africa the thirteen of us were asked by Makaphutu to perform holiday deliveries to local communities of excess food and clothing that the orphanage had to spare. As we stood behind the vans holding boxes of shoes and handing individuals bread and samp each one of us experienced different, yet similar, moments of shock, reality, empathy and humility. We realized how much we have compared … Read entire article »
Filed under: Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Mosaic Action
COP17 Outcomes: A Feminist Perspective
Claire Tighe ’13 During our travels in the week following the COP17 conference in Durban, many of the people we met asked us about the outcomes of the meeting. I was particularly discouraged by the time that I reached the Dulles airport in Washington, D.C. when a American youth who had just spent her semester in the southern African region asked what the outcome was and if it was suitable to us. With my tongue in my cheek I muttered, “Depends on who you ask.” If you ask Todd Stern, one of the leading negotiators for the United States delegation, you will find that ” ‘the Durban outcome was a very significant and to some extent surprising outcome,’” and that “ ‘more was accomplished than people anticipated and certainly more than … Read entire article »
Filed under: Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Environmental Politics, Featured, Key COP17 Issues, Mosaic Action, Student Research
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