http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/05/the-human-face-of-climate-change-or-why-im-fasting-today/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Sun, 06 May 2012 08:12:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/05/the-human-face-of-climate-change-or-why-im-fasting-today/#comment-61431 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:48:43 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/05/the-human-face-of-climate-change-or-why-im-fasting-today/#comment-61431 i want to know how the climate chnage effect people in south asia? the heat waves, monsoon, and so on. how people are facing with it?

]]> http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/05/the-human-face-of-climate-change-or-why-im-fasting-today/#comment-52518 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:41:22 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/05/the-human-face-of-climate-change-or-why-im-fasting-today/#comment-52518 [...] what about the human face of climate change? Read Jesse’s full post here. This post was tagged as being about:  action , climate change , climate [...]

]]> http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/05/the-human-face-of-climate-change-or-why-im-fasting-today/#comment-52500 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:20:21 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/05/the-human-face-of-climate-change-or-why-im-fasting-today/#comment-52500 It’s great for us to feel what it feels like when you don’t eat for some prolonged time. This is exactly what it will be like for millions if not billions if we don’t prevent the climate from reaching tipping points — and it looks like these tipping points are probably very near (something has to be done quickly).

]]> http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/05/the-human-face-of-climate-change-or-why-im-fasting-today/#comment-52497 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:19:13 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/05/the-human-face-of-climate-change-or-why-im-fasting-today/#comment-52497 hey jesse,
thanks for the post. For those of us working in highly vulnerable areas, it is encouraging to hear some attention be placed on the issues that, vis-a-vis the mediocre response of governments, are becoming inevitable. Today I visited a community in the what used to be called the coral coast of Fiji to find out what they are doing for a living now the reefs are dead and they can no longer fish there. While there are many reasons for the dead of the reefs, one of them is extreme weather events often hitting the area. MOst of the males in teh communities are now moving to the city where they find odd jobs and live in slums. Once you start linking the dots you realize that something is happening in front of us, but we keep getting caught up in the politics and pointless discussions.
thanks for your efforts.
greetings from the south pacific

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