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Ken Saro-Wiwa (Greenpeace)
Update on News from Niger Delta /
Suit Against Shell Oil
Oronto Douglas, Co-Founder of Nigerian
Environmental Rights Action
Speaking THIS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 12pm - 1pm at
International Forum on Globalization
1009 General Kennedy Ave. 2nd Floor, Conference Room, San
Francisco
Recent headlines don't tell the real story about attacks
by the Nigerian military on communities in the oil-producing
Niger Delta, nor about how Royal Dutch Shell will appear
before a federal court in New York to answer charges in connection
with the execution of Nigerian author/activist Ken Saro-Wiwa
by Nigeria's former military regime. Please join IFG in welcoming
Oronto as our "African Scholar in Residence".
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the pdf flyer
Read more about
Oronto Douglas
Victor Menotti, IFG Executive
Director, Speaks at Upcoming Bay Area Conference on the Job
and Equity Impacts of Carbon Pricing Policies
Carbon pricing policies like cap-and-trade
programs are being proposed or implemented to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions in California, the Western states of the US
and Canada, and nationally. This conference will explore
the design options within carbon pricing policies that shape
impacts on employment and equity.
May 5, 2009, 8:30 AM—6 PM Conference, 6:30 PM Reception
UC Berkeley International House, 2299 Piedmont Avenue Berkeley,
CA
Workshop topics include: In-depth
workshop on carbon pricing policy options • Economic
and equity impacts of carbon pricing policies • Common
issues for labor and environmental justice groups • The
politics of cap and trade in California and the West • How
to prevent “leakage” • How to spend carbon
revenues • Complementary policies
Sponsors: UC Berkeley Labor Center, Apollo Alliance, California
Labor Federation's Workforce and Economic Development Program, California State
Building and Construction Trades Council, Don Vial Center on Employment in
the Green Economy, Energy Foundation, Environmental Justice and Climate Change
Initiative, Western Climate Advocates Network (WeCAN), and others.
General information: Theresa Short, laborcenter@berkeley.edu,
510-642-0323
Claire
Greensfelder, IFG Program Leader, and IFG Board Vice-President,
Vicki Tauli-Corpuz, at the Indigenous Peoples Global Summit
on Climate Change: April 20-24th, 2009.
Human activity is changing the world’s
climate and altering the natural environment. In a
very real sense, indigenous peoples are on the front lines
of climate change.
The global summit enables indigenous peoples
to share their experience, lessons, aspirations, and potential
approaches to dealing with climate change based on their
cultural and traditional understandings as well as the current
conditions they face, strengthening their voices and bring
them to the table in national and international decision-making.
(Patricia Cochran: Leading the Way on Climate Change)
You can follow the discussion by watching
the plenary sessions live via webcast.
Webcast
Week’s
Program
On Thursday, March 5, at 7pm join the International
Forum on Globalization, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives,
International Rivers and Rainforest Action Network for a
panel discussion and forum on the international negotiations
for a climate treaty.
This is a special opportunity to hear firsthand
from local activists who attended the most recent round of
negotiations last December in Poznan, Poland, and to learn
about actions that you can take to support a strong global
agreement.
When: Thursday, March 5th, 7:00
- 9:00 p.m.
Where: Centro del Pueblo, 474 Valencia
St. San Francisco, CA 94103
This event is FREE. However, donations to support our work
will be accepted.
2009: A Critical Year for Climate Change
An open forum hosted by some of the Bay Area groups
active in the international negotiations for a climate change
treaty. 2009 is a critical year for the planet, with major
changes anticipated in international law, national policy,
and local initiatives. Join us to discuss the opportunities
and challenges we are facing and how together we can make
a difference.
Speakers include:
Claire Greensfelder, International Forum on Globalization
Payal Parekh, International Rivers
Joshua Kahn Russell, Rainforest Action Network
Neil Tangri, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
Representative, Asia Pacific Environmental Network
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BAY
AREA REPORT BACK FROM THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM (WSF)
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
6:30 - 8 pm
5366 College Avenue
(5 blocks south of Rockridge Bart station)
Oakland, CA Directions
For more information contact: Christian
Poirier at Christian@amazonwatch.org or
510-666-7565
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
7-8:30pm
522 Valencia, 3rd Floor Auditorium*
(near 16th and Mission BART)
San Francisco, CA
For more information contact: Leila
Salazar-Lopez, Leila@ran.org or 415-659-0532. |
• Hear from representatives
of Amazon Watch, Rainforest
Action Network, International
Forum on Globalization on their experiences
at the World Social Forum, which include coordinating
the human banner and the UN Declaration on Indigenous
Peoples Rights panel with Indigenous allies.
• Participate in an open discussion
with other Bay Area community members and leaders who
attended the WSF.
• See photos by Lou Dematteis,
award-winning photojournalist from San Francisco.
From January 26-February 1,
2009 over 100,000 people from all over the world
gathered at the World
Social Forum (WSF) in Belem, Brazil to revive
the call that "Another World is Possible". For
the first time in the Forum's 7 year history, it
took place in the Amazon, which manifested the largest
Indigenous delegation in the history of the forum. On
the opening day of the Forum, Indigenous people from
across Latin America led over 1,700 WSF participants
to form a human banner, using their bodies to draw
attention to the increasingly precarious situation
of the Amazon rainforest. Indigenous leaders, environmentalists
and activists joined forces to spell out the messages "SOS
AMAZONIA and SALVE A AMAZONIA" ("SOS AMAZON
and SAVE THE AMAZON" in Portuguese) around the
massive silhouette of an Indigenous warrior taking
aim with a bow and arrow. See photo above.
Co-Sponsored by: Amazon
Watch, Rainforest
Action Network, International
Forum on Globalization, and Center
for Political Education.
*NOTE: Space is NOT wheelchair accessible.
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Globalization
on the Ground:
WHAT BOLIVIA TEACHES US
Book Presentation and
Discussion
Dignity and Defiance:
Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization
With the Democracy Center from Cochabamba, Bolivia
Tuesday Feb
3, 2009, 7-9pm
Misson Cultural Center
2868 Misson St., between 24th and 25th
Download and print the 1.2MB
pdf flyer
Wednesday
Feb 4, 2009, 7-9pm
Redwoods Presbyterian Church
110 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur, CA 94939
Download and print the 1.4MB
pdf flyer |
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2009 World Social Forum - Fórum
Social Mundial 2009
Indigenous
Rights in Action - Direitos Indígenas
em Ação
International
Forum on Globalization, Tebtebba Foundation,
Amazon Watch, Amazon Alliance
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Download the 1.4MB
pdf report
(english, portuguese, spanish)
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The International Forum on Globalization attended the
World Social Forum in Belem Brazil during the week
of Jan 26, 2009. Among other activities, we released
our new report, jointly published by the Tebtebba
Foundation (Indigenous Peoples International
Centre for Policy Research and Education), on Implementing
the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples (UNDRIP).
To learn more or to
join our activities, please contact IFG at ifg@ifg.org
Download a copy of the 1.4MB pdf report in English, Portuguese,
or Spanish.
To order a printed copy of the report, click
here.
Please make
a donation to IFG to help us continue our work
in support of Indigenous Peoples. |
CLIMATE:
REPORTS FROM UN TALKS IN POZNAN
300+ NGOs Say No
to Mickey Mouse Climate Solutions
Poznan, Poland.
Three dozen environmental leaders from 16 countries
braved icy cold weather on Wednesday morning in front
of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Meeting in Poznan, Poland where they called nuclear
power “a Mickey Mouse solution” to climate
change. The activists were carrying banners and posters
with lively slogans including “Don’t Nuke
the Climate,” “No Nuclear Power in The
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)” and “Nuclear
Power, No Thanks!” read
more... |
The
Talking at COP 14 is all but over, Now It’s
Time for Action!
Friday, Dec 12 - Side
Event Flyer
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"Towards
a Global Climate Fund"
watch
press conference
(Mac: Safari, PC: IE or Firefox)
Over
160 Citizen Groups from Dozens of Countries
Endorse UN Global Climate Fund:
International Call for Fund Outside World Bank
Press Event: Thursday, December 11 at 11:30am (Poznan
time)
Main Press Conference Room, Hall 8 A – 1st
Floor
UN Climate Talks in Poznan, Poland
(POZNAN) - On Thursday,
December 11, over 160 citizen groups from dozens of
countries are releasing a statement that
calls for the establishment of a major new Global Climate
Fund under the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC). These groups argue that
such a fund would be a vital component of any new global
climate agreement that involves the large-scale transfer
of financial resources from rich to poorer countries
in order to help these nations reduce the emissions
that cause global climate change. read
more...
Call for a New Global
Climate Fund
Dear Friends,
On December 1st UN negotiations
on a new climate deal began in Poznan, Poland. We invite
you to add your group's name to the call for a new
Global Climate Fund that is democratic, transparent
and accountable to all, especially those most affected
by climate change. To sign on to the global climate
fund, visit www.choike.org. (read
more...)
Download the
pdf (English, French, Portuguese) to
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Maude
Barlow in San Francisco December 2nd!
Challenging Corporate
Control of Water: A Public Discussion
This is a free event and the
public is welcome. |
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Date:
December 2, 2008
Time: 7:00 – 9:30
PM
Place: Mission Cultural
Center
Address: 2868 Mission Street,
SF
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the flyer
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