Posted by Admin in Cancun / COP 16, Climate Action, Climate Negotiation Series, Rights of Nature on 22nd December, 2010 | 2 Comments
As one of the many interns who has passed through the doors of Global Exchange, I experienced more than I expected while working there.
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Posted by tex in Campaign for Climate Equity, Climate Action, Our Work on 9th December, 2010 | No Comments
A team of us here at Global Exchange got together to figure out a way to offer new Global Exchange members this holiday season a little something extra beyond the standard membership benefits, in exchange for their support. Here’s what we came up with:
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16, Climate Action, Climate Negotiation Series on 7th December, 2010 | No Comments
The next post in our continuing coverage from COP16 in Cancun, today Irene Florez shares her perspective on the climate talks and how a sign that reads “Cambia tu vida, no tu clima” (Change your life, not your climate) illuminates a key message.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Cancun / COP 16, Climate Action, Climate Negotiation Series, Featured on 29th November, 2010 | 3 Comments
On the road to COP 16, La Via Campesina caravan delegation member Irene Florez reports:
Traveling with the Via Campesina caravan from Guadalajara to Cancun, our delegation is now picking up about 20 additional climate activists at every stop. Converging through rallies, marches, and civil disobedience actions, the Via Campesina caravan members are meeting with allies in various towns and cities and alerting local populations about the Cancun summit, picking additional passengers up along the way.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16, Climate Action, Climate Negotiation Series, Featured on 28th November, 2010 | 3 Comments
The Via Campesina caravan left from Acapulco today – international and Mexican activists and independent media journalists heard from communities in Guerrero – disputing their forcible expulsion from their homes and fighting a mega dam project called La Parota.
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16, Climate Action on 27th November, 2010 | 2 Comments
Climate activist from around the globe have been planning activities on and around December 7 to unite as a community for climate justice and to denounce false solutions to climate change. Get involved by participating where ever you are!
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Posted by Carleen Pickard in Campaign for Climate Equity, Cancun / COP 16, Climate Action on 23rd November, 2010 | 12 Comments
In Cancun both La Via Campesina and Dialogo Climatico – Espacio Mexicano are organizing spaces for activist convergence, workshops and panels. Information about on the ground in Cancun organizing is here!
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Posted by Reede Stockton in Climate Action on 27th May, 2009 | No Comments
Chevron’s Annual General Meeting is over. We used the occasion to try to alert shareholders to the problems with Chevron’s operations. But, to be honest, we weren’t surprised that Chevron refused to listen. We all watched year after year as U.S. auto makers ignored our pleas to build energy efficient vehicles and continued to fight »
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Posted by Reede Stockton in Climate Action on 27th May, 2009 | 1 Comment
Global Exchange purchases small amounts of stock in corporations like Chevron so we can speak directly to shareholders in company meetings like Chevron’s Annual General Meeting here in San Ramon, California. Gayle McLaughlin, the mayor of Richmond, used GX’s share to speak in today’s meeting. Mayor McLaughlin told the shareholders about the high rates of »
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Posted by Reede Stockton in Climate Action on 27th May, 2009 | No Comments
Our representatives have returned from the Chevron shareholder meeting. They were exercising proxies from shareholders, so they asked to speak and had a right to do so. One of our representatives told shareholders about the alternative annual report, “The True Cost of Chevron“. David O’Reilly, CEO of Chevron, responded that he had heard of the »
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