Call for Action from the Solomon Islands « It\’s Getting Hot In Here

Cross-posted from Project Survival Media

I know this is technically old-hat, a whole week old, or a dinosaur in blogging-years, but this is a really wonderful video that captures a powerful moment, and I wanted to be sure to share this with all the youth who read IGHIH.

On Monday 7th December 2009, seventeen year old Christina Ora spoke on behalf of the global youth movement at the plenary session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Longterm Cooperative Action at COP15.

Christina is a high school student from Honiara, Solomon Islands. She passionately told an audience of thousands, including negotiators from all over the world, that it was time for action. Christina is a member of Project Survival Pacific, and is supported by GetUp Australia.

Watch this video, and get inspired by a young woman who has come to COP to fight for the survival of her homeland.

About Madeline

Madeline Co-Coordinates Project Survival Media, a global network of youth journalists committed to sharing stories of survival and ingenuity in the face of climate change. She is also the Working Films Engegement Coordinator for the new documentary film "Dirty Business" by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Madeline graduated from Macalester College with a BA in Political Science and a Minor in Environmental Studies. During that time, she also studied abroad in the Brazilian Amazon, with SIT Brazil: Amazon Resource Management and Human Ecology. She loves to climb, do as much yoga as she can, hike, and generally play outside, and she is fascinated by any field that studies how humans organize ourselves and shape/are shaped by the physical world.

It\’s Getting Hot In Here