Copenhagen Celebrity Climate Chef

How much is in the mix at COP15?

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Hunger Strike Against Climate Change

As preliminary negotiations broke up at Barcelona with pessimism, focus has switched to some traditional passive resistance that's going on. According to the Climate Justice Fast:

Ordinary people from Tegucigalpa to Toronto are choosing to go hungry from today until at least the end of the Copenhagen climate summit – more than 40 days – as part of a global hunger strike to 'wake the world up to reality'.

Has to be some sort of irony that it apparently started on Oz:

Climate Justice Fast was started in Australia, and has grown to include people from all ages and walks of life in the US, the UK, India, France, Germany, Canada, South Africa, Belgium, Honduras, Bhutan, New Zealand, and the Philippines. It begins at the conclusion of the Barcelona talks and is set to continue throughout the Copenhagen summit.

There hasn't been much headline coverage in the mainstream media yet. The Herald Sun picked it up yesterday:

PAUL Connor says he's worried about the hunger strike he's just started, but he's much more scared about the prospect of world leaders refusing to seriously tackle climate change.

Mr Connor, 29, insists he'll only drink water from now until an agreement is struck at global climate talks in Copenhagen starting on December 7.
Man begins climate change hunger strike in Canberra Herald Sun 6 Nov 2009

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Threatened Voices: Defending Free Speech Online

Introducing Threatened Voices is a new project at Global Voices:

Today, Global Voices Advocacy is launching a new website called Threatened Voices to help track suppression of free speech online. It features a world map and an interactive timeline that help visualize the story of threats and arrests against bloggers worldwide, and it is a central platform to gather information from the most dedicated organisations and activists

Click the link for more details.

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Farewell to Great Australian

There was a State funeral for one of Australia's most respected aboriginal elders in Arnhem Land yesterday. He was a world renowned artist, hands on environmentalist, and custodian of his traditional lands and culture. For cultural reasons he is currently known as Wamud Namok.

Murray McLaughlin's tribute for the 7.30 Report can be viewed on ABC online

Remote Australia has had its first state funeral - honouring an Aboriginal man they called the professor. In death, he's known as Wamud Namok, and he was made an officer of the order of Australia five years ago. He was a famous artist who won a prestigious Telstra art award in 1999 and whose works feature in major public collections around the country.

State funeral held for Wamud Namok

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Climate Change Impact on Austalia's Coast

My article on rising sea levels, extreme weather and Australia's coastline:

Climate Change Threat to Australian Coast

If you're not extremely concerned then you're not paying attention.

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Indigenous Leader Leaves Environmental Legacy

Australia has lost one of its great elders. Whilst writing a post at Suite101 on the weekend about a climate change initiative, I discovered that one of Australia's most eminent indigenous leaders had passed on earlier this month.

A famous artist, he was instrumental in the establishment of the innovative West Arnhem Land Fire Abatement Project. For cultural reasons he is known as Wamud Namok.

The full article is: Burning Forests a Solution to Climate Change

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Monitoring Climate Change

Global Voices has a post worth a look:

Leading up to the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15) in December 2009, here is a sample of online tools to monitor climate change. Using these tools, ordinary people can learn more about the effects, and help push decision makers to deal with solutions.

Online Tools to Monitor Climate Change

Thanks to Lester Bolicenni.

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350: The only way forward is down

Tomorrow, 24 October 2009, is:

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION

For more visit: 350.org

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John Safran's Whiff of Controversy

Anyone who comes from Carlisle Street, Balaclava and barracks for the St Kilda FC is part of my clan. John Safran continues to take us to new places.

Race Relations had more to do with Freud than Martin Luther King Jnr.

Anyhow, Hungry Beast was still the better satire last night at Auntie. However, they just need to edit some of their stories to a length that is straining our patience.

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Bad news night

I should have continued reading Nicholas Jose's novel The Custodians last night. Turning on ABC1 was a bad move.

First there was the Australian Story's Message from Mandawuy about Yothu Yindi's lead singer and indigenous icon Mandawuy Yunupingu. His struggle with kidney failure was difficult to watch at times. The sadness was mixed with hope as he performed once more at the Garma festival.

Next it was Four Corners turn with Afghanistan, on the Dollar Trail. If you have ever beeen unsure who the enemy is in Afganistan, then this program will only have confused you more.

This excellent piece of investigative journalism from Premieres Lignes Television made me wonder what the rest of the mainstream media have been doing lately. Unfortunately, the answer to that question is also too depressing.

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