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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Indigenous Peoples Summit Anchorage - Wednesday 1
I had a dental cleaning appointment this morning so I'm just getting to the summit this afternoon. People are reporting on their group work.
Speaker now:
"I've never before encountered a group characterized with so much honesty, righteous indignation, and a lot of commitment and determination. People shared their dreams, willingness to go to jail if necessary...I was moved... most poignant changes that have taken place in history have taken place in jail...Martin Luther King....Nelson Mandela..."
Larry Merculief just spoke with real emotion about how powerful his group prior this current speaker.
Theme Four - Energy Security
Summary of what we discussed so far. How have people been affected by traditional development in our territory.
Dams that have devasted and displaced communities
Oil development - including tar sands - displacing.
Bio fuels - devasting to some of our communities, people displaced for planting.
Nuclear power - continues to devastate people, not only in production, but extraction.
Clean coal - no such thing, no way to make it clean
In addtion to these projects being negative, also addressed carbon trading.
I'm not going to try to catch the recommendations because they are still tentative and I'm sure I won't capture them accurately. But this should give you an idea of what is going on. You can also check the podcasts which are live for many of the sessions.
Now they are going to break into regional caucuses. This is all leading up to a declaration the Summit wants to agree on by Friday.
Indigenous Peoples Global Summit on Climate Change (click link for all the posts on the summit)
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