Photo Courtesy of 350.org. Whit Jones updates the world from inside the Bella Center
1:54 More to come – don’t think that this is the end of us. Over 150 people watching live stream. Thousands of people know what’s going on. Thanks everyone for joining us, please continue to leave comments below. Gotta run before I get swept away!
1:51 Security ready to crack down. Jeh is giving an impromptu speech, paraphrasing “we have been told by the Secretariat that if we risk arrest, we could jeopardize the ability for ALL of civil society to be involved in coming days. We have come to consensus, despite reservation, that we will take our concerns outside and take it to the streets. We are calling for mass civil disobedience, and solidarity actions around the country. Join us.” Applause!!!
1:44 Spoke too soon. Security showed up, appointed person liaising with them.
1:43 No signs of security yet. Live Web Stream is going strong and being are contacting us from all over the world. This is truly incredible. Thank you for all of the support.
1:33 Members of civil society being run out of different corners of the Bella Center – security is definitely making a sweep. Sitters are clear they aren’t trying to make trouble for security, just trying to make sure their future is secured.
1:25 Security circling corridors. Team has sat back down and is waiting to see what happens… Reading of names picks up again, still bringing the voices of 11 million people into the Bella Center.
1:12 Team meeting to figure out plan for night. Things are getting quiet around here, but your comments and tweets are keeping it energetic!
12:56 We have a Live Stream set-up now. Hear from the folks sitting-in themsleves: http://www.powershift09.org/live
12:30 Solidarity sit-ins called for.
12:00 We made it to midnight! As the conference center begins to empty out and janitors start tidying up the space, we’re joined by an unexpected guest – a little snowman from the storm that’s hit Copenhagen this evening. We’re also proud to announce that since we’ve officially hit Thursday morning, some of the young people here have begun their day of fasting in solidarity with the Climate Justice Fast. Interested in helping out the effort and joining the likes of Cate Blanchett, Vandana Shiva, and Mary Robinson? Fast in solidarity with those sitting in the center and calling for climate justice all around the world!
11:45 Maryam puts up an incredible personal post about her experience.
11:09 Wow! Your comments of support are incredible and we just blew past 114 of them. It couldn’t be better timing: one of the big plenary debates just let out and delegates are coming out into the hallways. They’ll be seeing the sit in and hearing your comments that we’ll be passing on to them. Please, keep the comments coming and spread this thread to your friends. Know that you have a voice inside these negotiations and help make our collective demand for action even louder.
10:38 Thanks to the support of all of you online, this action is now resonating louder and louder here at the UN Climate Talks and beyond. But we still need your support. As you can see from the video of the incredible Dessima Williams below, the youth at the sit-in are talking with delegates from around the world as they pass by the demonstration. We want to be able to tell these negotiators — many of whom are now coming under immense pressure from rich countries to back down and compromise their very survival — that the world supports them. We know that 19 people at a sit-in isn’t enough — we need your voice too. Can you add your message of support to this post and push it past 100 comments? We’ll repeat those messages to our heroes as they walk by, and remind the countries blocking progress that the world is watching!
10:15 During the sit-in we spotted one of our climate heroes here in Copenhagen, Dessima Williams, chairwoman of the AOSIS (small island state negotiating block). We asked her for her reactions on the sit-in, and told us an incredible story! 14 years ago she sat in at this SAME center for 8 days to urge military funding move towards women focused development. A true hero, and the struggle goes on, check it out:
10:03 About 20 yards from the sit-in, fossil fuel hack is interviewed by Fox news – people riled up by sit-in respond with “boos” and laughter. He’s laughed off the camera.
9:40 Photos of the sit-in are now flying around the world on the news wires:
Also, please keep the comments coming. As the hours drag on it becomes more difficult for the youth here to hold their position at this crucial time and we need your support. Even now, at nearly 10 pm negotiations are continuing here in Copenhagen and will go late into the evening. Pressure is building by the hour on poor countries to back off their call for strong action and we’ve heard from many delegates that it’s our voices — your voices — that make the difference.
9:26 Sit-in still going strong. Lots of interviews still happening.
Here is some video from the visit with John Kerry:
8:53 Photo up on the AP!
8:15 Messages of support flow in from people around the world on Twitter and on the blog:
Bruno Sarda: Pls tell them how much we appreciate their courage and determination on behalf of the entire world, incl those beating up on them!
Nemo: Youth are the gatekeepers of humanity’s future. Help us, Generation 350, you’re our only hope.
Liz McDowell: GO GO GO!!!! We’re with you!
Pier LaFarge: You represent the voices of so many. Thank you for your courage and endurance. In solidarity, and hope.
Xhemai Mato (Albanian Leader of the Environmental NGO Coalition, the Eco Movement) in-person: “They don’t like this kinda protest, we need this push, all people need this push.”
8:05 Thank you all so much for your messages of support. We showed them to all the youth still sitting in here in the Bella Center and to many big shouts of “Thank you!” and “That’s awesome! Tell them to join us!” Keep the comments coming and spread this post around so that more people can show their support for the action.
7:54 As Canadians continue sit-in in Copenhagen, they are joined by a citizen occupations of Canadian Prime Minister’s Harpers office.
7:36 Senator John Kerry just walked by the sit-in, shook the hands of each of the 19 people, and told them “Thank you for your commitment.” I hope Senator Kerry can convince President Obama to show the same sort of leadership when he arrives on Friday.
7:30 We’ve confirmed that the one person taken away by security has been released, glad he is safe. Oh, and it turns out that they turned off the lights for Earth Hour, thanks WWF!
7:23 This update comes in the form of quotes from people sitting-in:
“We want a fair, ambitious and legally binding deal. I’m prepared to not leave until we get this” – Ann, China
“We’ve been dragged to the side just like developing countries, that’s why we tried to stay in a circle, so that the voices of these 11 million people can’t be pushed aside.” – Maryam, Canada
“The voices of these 11 million people can’t be ignored, we won’t allow it” – Dominek, Germany
7:04 All the lights in the corridor turn off, they are trying to get civil society to leave.
6:56 Rumor is that they might be kicking out all of civil society at 7 PM (4 minutes from now). We’ll see what happens.
6:49 The sit-in continues, almost going for 2 hours straight. More great video below. We have an incredible team of documentarians here. Big ups to Rachel Barge for filming, Ellie Johnston for cutting the clips, and to my co-blogger Jamie Henn.
6:33 Medium risk-team has dispersed, but 17 people still reading names. Doesn’t the UN realize that with fewer people it’s going to take a lot more time to read through the 11 million names that are calling for a fair, ambitious and binding treaty?
6:24 Here’s video of security dragging youth away from the sit-in less than 15 minutes ago:
6:21 Everyone remaining is reading names from the side of walkway, security seems okay with this for now.
6:19 People still reading names. Several taken into custody.
6:15 There are at least 15 cameras filming people and reading names. The world will hear the truth from the voices of young people.
6:12 Thanks for all the comments. I’ll relay to the brave ones sitting that they have your support.
6:11 Still about 19 people reading names – super inspirational. Video coming…. Trying to figure what happened to the two people who were dragged away
6:07 Many people just dragged away. There is a bit of pandemonium and everyone is spread out. Chants of “the Whole World is Watching” coming from throughout the halls.
6:02 I just ran around the circle – this is truly global! There are people from Canada, Wales, Turkey, France, U.S., Denmark, Australia, Germany, China, Lebanon, England, Ireland, Kenya, Norway. Young people around the world are invested in each other’s futures and are not about to give up.
Read on for more photos and updates.
5:57 Circle turns in-ward to huddle and decide what to do. With very little hesitation, they turn back and stay strong. Applause from on-lookers.
5:51 After 51 minutes, security finally moves in, asks them to sit on side. Young people refuse to leave, holding strong. U.S. Special Envoy on Climate Change, the U.S.’s chief negotiator just walked by and definitely noticed.
5:45 Press release added at the bottom. Numbers keep building, seems like this might last for awhile!
5:34 More people join the sit-in as media continues to interview youth from around the world calling for a real deal here in Copenhagen. I’m hearing names being read from Nigeria, Jordan, the US, Canada, Australia. The world is clearly ready for action — when the people lead, it’s time for the leaders to follow.
5:18 Sit-in holding strong. Media swirling and no sign of security. Looks like they are choosing to ignore this for now. Something tells me that these people wont allow themselves to be ignored.
5:01 I’m at the heart of the Bella Center, where youth activists from around the world have set-up a sit in. They are reading aloud the names of the 15 million people who have called for a fair and ambitious treaty, and are refusing to leave until there voices are heard and demands are met.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Canadians and International Youth Sit-In at Bella Centre in Copenhagen to Raise Expectations for Outcome
December 16, 2009
Copenhagen, Denmark – At 5:00pm today, during the opening of the high level segment of this year’s international climate change negotiations, a group of approximately 30 international youth staged a sit-in, refusing to leave the talks until a fair, ambitious, and legally binding treaty was reached. The group included young people from both developed and developing nations, including 10 Canadians.
The young people gathered and initiated the sit-in at the main hall of the conference centre where more than 110 heads of government are expected in coming days. They immediately began to read the names of the more than 11 million people who signed a petition demanding the same fair, ambitious, and legally binding agreement that is needed to avoid dangerous climate change and usher in a global clean energy economy.
“Canada, along with many other rich nations, has played an obstructive role here in Copenhagen. Despite this, Presidents and Prime Ministers still have a chance to make the necessary commitments to keeping global warming as far below a 2 degree increase as possible in a legally binding, ambitious, and equitable way,” said action participant Alex Doukas from Calgary, Alberta. “Canadians are disappointed that our minority government has failed to play a constructive role in these negotiations that determine our future, and they have failed to represent the vast majority of Canadians who want stronger action on climate change.”
Canada has truly lagged in recent weeks. Leaked documents have revealed that the federal government had no intention of meeting its already inadequate emissions reduction target. They have pledged zero additional financing to help those nations who are already facing the impacts of climate change, focusing instead on investing in unconventional oil development in the tar sands. As the only party that will not meet its Kyoto Protocol commitments, and the developed country with the second worst climate commitment as ranked by Germanwatch in their Climate Change Performance Index, much is needed from Canada in coming days. “Reports suggest the minority government had secret plans to further weaken our already unacceptable climate plan in favour of handouts for the oil and gas industry. The Harper government continues to embarrass Canada on the international stage. Prime Minister Harper needs to lead at this summit, and if he doesn’t, Canadians need to hold his government accountable,” said Doukas.
The Canadian youth maintain that recent events have not lowered their own ambition. “Canada can still raise their targets; targeted assessments have shown that world-class, science-based targets will have a marginal impact on economic growth, and a positive impact on job creation in a clean energy economy. Canada can still pledge additional, sustainable, and predictable climate finance, in accordance with ‘common but differentiated responsibilities’ and historical responsibility. Above all, Canada can be a leader on climate change; the defining issue of our time,” emphasized Joanna MacDonald, a youth from Guelph, Ontario.
For more information and to arrange interviews with Canadian participants, contact Taryn McKenzie-Mohr at tarynmm@nb.sympatico.ca, or +45 5399 3242
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AMAZING!!!! Wish I was in there with you all. Keep the courage and keep speaking the truth.
keep it up we are with you thousands of miles away
Rock! All of us booted by security are here with you!
Glad that this is happening. It goes very well with the outside actions today demanding that this process needs to change and as you can tell from the progress so far at these negotiations there is a lot of needed change.
Keep it up
GO GO GO!!!! We’re with you!
the whole world is watching you guys. stay there and your message will be heard! (new york)
Amazing work, thinking of you!
Thanks for standing strong for us! We need you and we love you!!
Props and solidarity from Southern California. We support your actions and we’re very proud of you. Thanks for showing the guts and strength necessary at this time.
Keep it up and refuse to take “no” for an answer. We are with you and we will continue the work here and all around the world – not just during the climate talks but every day.
Great work in Copenhagen! The Whole World is Watching!
Thank you for representing! This is amazing and I wish I could be there with you all.
You represent the voices of so many. Thank you for your courage and endurance.
In solidarity, and hope.
We need to ensure that the delegates here in Copenhagen know that the deal they’ve got isn’t fair, ambitious, binding and they need to hear the NAMES of the 11.6 million people that they are letting down.
Thanks for standing with us all around the world!
Keep it up! I can’t be in Copenhagen, but I’ll be joining the fast for Climate Justice tomorrow from Reno, Nevada. We stand with you, and support energy efficiency & renewable energy on a daily basis.
You guys rock! and the world IS watching!!
keep up the struggle! Thank you all for making our voices be heard in there
the whole world is watching, solidarity from portugal
We’re all with you! Keep it up!
Thank you!!! We are standing there with you. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!!!
wow! Inspired! Keep it up and bring it home for 2010. This spring we need this across the US.
wow! Inspired! Solidarity! Keep it up and bring it home for 2010. This spring we need this across the US.
dont worry with the lights beeing out, thats the Earth Hour
Big thanks and big hugs to you all. Your courage does not go unnoticed, you are a huge inspiration that is fueling us up back home in Canada to hammer our leaders with phone calls, e-mails, and fasts in the next 3 days. In solidarity.
“This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both moral and physical, but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” –Frederick Douglass A shout out to you all and thank you from Portland, Oregon. You are the heroes of this day!
Great job folks! I’m very very proud of all that has been done by youth in Copenhagen! Wish i could be there.
From Halifax, Canada.
Keep it strong guys! I wish I could show more solidarity and join you, but BC security cut my delegation, no more secondary badges for us… I’m proud of the work you’re doing and support you 100% though! The world is watching!
inspired by your actions theres a sit in going on right now in Canada @ PM Harper’s office.
spread the word around
Incredible to hear Senator Kerry thanked you. Everyone should know that last night the US held up the COP15 talks for 10 hours, demanding major changes to long term cooperation text. Yesterday U.S. negotiator Jonathan Pershing told me that that long-term climate finance for developing countries was off the table for the US. Our leaders must do more to meet the expectations of the world for survival and a real climate deal now. Keep standing strong everyone! We are with you.
Wow, this is absolutely inspiring! You make it tough to be studying for finals – want to be there with you all instead. Keep it up. Progress can only be resisted, it can’t be stopped!
Thank you to do this I wish I could be with you! You’re doing a great job to represent to whole world!
Kia kaha – all the way from New Zealand, we are with you in spirit! Hasta la vittoria, siempre. We have truth on our side.
Many thanks and so much respect for this action. Time is running out on these negotiations and ensuring that leaders feel this kind of pressure is the most effective action that we can take. In solidarity…
thinking of all of you!
I wish we could be in there with you! Everyone here is reading out your blog posts in the ActionAid office every time a new one comes up – massive props and keep it up, it’s great to see youth standing for climate justice!
Keep on the grait work!!Do what Swartsenegger says, evrybody have to get involved, and therefor we do!!! Evry each of us!!!
Congrats on such a powerful action! What a great way to raise the levels of ambition for this conference.
Stay strong!
GO-GO-GO! I hear you, I support you, I am with you! You are not alone, you say what the world wants, not those “world leaders”!
Thank you for this! Don’t stop, keep going!
Amazing work guys… couldn’t get in to Bella today otherwise I’d be with you right now. Hugs, Anna
Thank you for reading out all our names and letting the people at the summit know 11 million people care! I wish I could be there with you reading out names.
an article about your action has just been published on huffington post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-graves/breaking-young-leaders-st_b_394480.html
You are all Amazing! Thank you so much for your commitment to this, for us and the generations to come!
So few, to speak for so many,I take my hat off to you all.
I am SO PROUD of these young people, doing what the leaders wont, and representing millions around the globe who cannot be in Copenhagen today. Truly, this is what needed to happen. I applaud their bravery, their commitment and their passion. Don’t give up! THE WORLD IS WATCHING and we support you!
Thank you all for your courage and commitment! You are spear-heading and giving voice to the will of many millions of people all over this world … including the life-forms/eco-systems we share our collective home with. There is no other option but to end up with a “fair, ambitious, and binding deal” now. All of creation supports your action. We must come together as a world community to successfully change our ways. Your actions right now are inspiring. You definitely have the right to take these actions as you well know … regardless of the minority who have been dragging their feet on this most fundamental and critically important issue. Hold firm. Hearts all over the world are yelling support and ‘thank you’s’.
wish I was there with you! keep it up!
You all give me hope that something will come out of these two weeks of talk. Seeing the youth standing strong together says they will not stop until true change comes. I look forward to the rest of the week and pray for courage to take the real steps to the way we humans live together on this precious planet.
The world is watching. Thanks for being our voice. Special kudos to you impolite Canadians – way to go!
You’re all very brave for taking action and standing up to the plate; it’s much harder than sitting here and typing on my computer. I do wish I was there, though. Picked up this post from Facebook, so “the world is watching” isn’t just an empty catchphrase. Don’t give up!
You guys are amazing- we are with you in spirit! (Algoma University, t9)
Even Swiss youth are thinking all of you!!!
You do a wonderful job guys! Just keep going!
Great work! Don’t give up! The world is watching.
Great messaging! Thanks for your work!
What you are doing is amazing. You are definitely not alone, we’re with you in thoughts. Thank you so much!!!!
We’re all still watching and cheering you on!
Thanks for representing me and all the others who signed the petition for a fair, ambitious, and binding deal! Hang – or better sit! – in there.
Cheers from Germany
In solidarity with you all back in the States. Thanks for being more committed to the urgency of the climate crisis and survival of all people than certain decision-makers seem to be. Watching you all from afar, I trust our generation’s future is in the bravest of hands. In 2050, I’ll be 65 and I know I’ll be looking back with pride at what you all helped us achieve with your actions today and every other day.
Your commitment to this just moved me to tears guys, keep going and know the world is with you!!
You go!
I am so grateful to you all. I want to let you know that I am finishing up a presentation for the Environmental Working Group of the Massachusetts Council of Churches. Tonight at 7:30pm (Boston), faith leaders already committed to 350 and a fair, ambitious, and legally binding treaty will renew their commitments to this work and chart the next steps for our work here. photos and video of your sit-in, as well as text from your live blog will help to strengthen us. I hope that knowing that we are not resting, but working, here can bring you some comfort– and that we will pray for you (giving thanks for your courage and strength and praying that you be kept safe as you bear witness to the world). Groups across Massachusetts are working together to push President Obama and Senator Kerry to come home with a real deal, but we also will not wait for them to lead. Be strong, and know that our hearts and hands are with you tonight. In Massachusetts, as in Copenhagen and across the planet, we are led by young people. Thank you for standing up to the powers that would seal our destruction by sitting down.
You guys are incredible. We don’t need politicians, we need people like you. Thank you so much, I so wish I could be there. Please don’t give in, you will be our saviours.
You are all an inspiration and whether or not you see direct action by them today, you truly are getting the attention of the world leaders.
keep it up, we’re with you in spirit! thank you!
Solidarity from Adelaide Australia! So proud of you all. Remember, even if Copenhagen turns out to be a disappointment the world will keep pushing until climate justice is born! Thank you so much for your courage. Thank you for reading our names out. Big love, Cassie.
Thank you SO much! I am so proud of you all!
Whitehorse, Yukon
Keep on rocking you guys!
Keep up the great work, you have our full support here in Minnesota!!!!!!
Amazing work holding down the fort! You’re staking out a place in Bella for all of us!!! Our voices will remain strong and present, thanks to you
Way to go everyone!! Keep it strong – its inspiring seeing you all there.
You guys are legends, having been at the G20 and seen how protesters were treated, today brings back really bad memories, unfortunately this is the future in a climate changing world, today is politically enlightened people campaigning for justice. Can you imagine when protests are about the issues of the future if our leaders fail like food, fuel or climatic refugees. Power and state are very strong and anyone who challenges this orthodoxy will get this treatment seen today outside the Bella Centre your resistance if an awakening to the world. I am convinced after today that the NGOs and civil society within the conference and the protesters outside are all that stands in the way of the arm twisting tomorrow and a really bad deal that will not offer justice or stop climate change, and further more we will never be able to unpick it. You are at the frontline of stopping climate change and no deal has to be better than a bad deal!
Be bold stay strong your are the future and make your voices heard.
The world is watching and you are making a difference
Send my love to the UKYCC Emma, Kirsty, Casper and all the others
Hey guys!
I’m so damn angry we were not allowed in to join you this morning!!! I’m proud of you all, you’re doing a great job!!! Stay strong and stay there till our message is recognized. If you need some motivation just E-Mail me, I’ll do my best to support you from outside here in Klimaforum09.
Best activist greetings to all,
Lukas
YES! I’m watching too. And very grateful for your actions. Keep it up, put the pressure on, and remember each of you represent so many people who wish they could also be there! thank you. Theresia Ingolstadt, Germany
Stay strong for all of us! Way more than 11 million people are counting on you.. try six billion. The whole world is watching and we are cheering you on! In love and solidarity
Great work guys, keep it up. Wish I could be there with you. We NEED a FAB deal out of Copenhagen. I hope that you’ll stay there till we get one. I’m there in spirit.
keep going, “the world is watching”
Rick, New Zealand.
SOLIDARITY – Join the “I Will Stand Up as Youth Sit Down in Copenhagen” Facebook group and take action now whereever you are for a fair, ambitious, and binding climate treaty!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=205697921497
Friends,
I am feeling very emotional today and when I read this post, tears ran down my cheeks. I am so very grateful that you are there, doing the frontline work that needs to be done. And I’m happy to hear of the counter sit-in at my Prime Minister’s Office. I’m not exactly sure what we did to deserve him and his ilk and I apologize for him and his ilk.
Please continue to demand and fair, ambitious and legally binding document. Certainly, that is the document my friends and family and networks want to see!
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. KEEP IT UP!
This action is amazing and shows that it is youth who will lead the world to the clean energy future we need and deserve. Thanks so much to everyone holding it down in Copenhagen — you are an inspiration!
Keep it up! I am so impressed by you folks. Keep fighting! I wish I was there to lend a hand.
In hope and support, Duncan
WOOOHOO!!! Nice job, Glad to see that you are there representing me! I would be sitting there with you all for as long as it takes. Keep it up, it’s OUR future.
So proud! Stay strong for all of us who wish we could be there with you. You are all awesome!
Go April! Keep up the good work!
-anthony
Delegates – I have campaigned for a strong and fair treaty every single day of the past five months with avaaz, and now we have been kept out right when it matters most, right when our voice can be heard by those with the real power to make or break this deal. Listen to these people doing the sit-in: they speak for all of us!
Fully support this action!
HELLO TO ALL FROM HERE AT THE SIT-IN!
Thanks for all of the support!!!!!!!! It’s awesome
We’re here til they make us leave!
xoxox,
-April (girl in the picture holding the laptop)
In solidarity in Amsterdam.
To the over 100 countries that are supporting the call for a real deal to get us to 350 — know that you are the majority of the world. You may not be the biggest or the richest countries, or have the biggest armies, but know that you have a movement at your backs. You’re not just negotiating for your survival, but for all our survival.
As President Nasheed of the Maldives has said, “If we cannot save the Maldives today, we won’t save Mumbai or New York City tomorrow.”
We need you and will do all that we can to help. Stay strong, stay focused, and let’s fight until the very end.
You are acting out the hopes of youth around the world. Stay strong and keep up the pressure!
Thank you! Youth here in the states are standing with you. Keep up the courageous actions — the world is watching.
Good luck everyone, I am standing with you from my home in Toronto. Your voices are being heard by millions. Come join me this summer in Toronto and protest at the G20 for change. Keep your heads up!
Keep it up everyone! you speak for all of us now! I only wish I was there!
Thank You for holding up the front lines! We are behind you 100%!! THIS IS OUR FUTURE, We have to stand-up for the health of our EARTH! YOU ALL ARE AWESOME!
~Brittany
Whit Jones – you embody the spirit of this movement. Keep up the amazing work. We are with you here in Copenhagen and around the world.
Keep up the pressure! I am so proud to have young people representing my voice, as our elected officials have repeatedly failed to do so. Thanks for everything you do!
We’re with you!
By the way, please make sure to read the following Names:
DJ Deans
George Deans
Ludmila Svoboda
John Deans
John Carroll
We’re with you!!!!!
With support and hope in Canada
I left Copenhagen today because I couldn’t get into Bella Center at all. I’m with you and fully support you. Keep it up! a big THANK YOU from Berlin!!!
Keep up the spirit my friends!! all support from Finland to you guys!!
Wish i could be there to help! KEEP IT UP!, spread the message!! We shall never surrender.
You are all amazing for staying and showing the world how much you care! I fully support you, keep it up, you are a world of inspiration.
Keep it up! Have faith! You have our support!
You can do it! Be strong! I wish I was there to fight with you!
I really agree with Leon White, I planned and wanted to join the action when I was not allowed to get in this morning. I talked to a lot of people of my age, my friends and family. They all support this, so please delegates, listen to the Youth sittin’ in there representing a huge amount of worlds population. Push your political leader to REALLY LEAD to an fair, ambitious and binding treaty!!
Best to all, it’s still OUR Action, even when I’m not able to attend, pitty.
Lukas
Great job guys and girls!! Canada’s youth supports you despite what our horrible Prime Minister says!!!!! You have my indefinite support on a fair, legally binding treaty!
As another young person who believes strongly in the power of political action to achieve social justice I am inspired by your sit in at COP15. Please, never give up in your fight for better treatment of our one and only Earth. I wish you and everyone else at COP15 success. Thank you!
Keep up the great work for the Earth! You guys are the shining stars of tomorrow!!
Wow – great job folks! Wish i could be there. Thank you so much!!!
keep up the excellent work. wish were in there with you!
just one thing : thanks !
Do whatever it takes to get real effective action taken there. No more excuses!!!
You’re our pride !! Keep it up !
Thanks from the Netherlands for all for your commitment to the struggle for a fair, ambitious and legally binding climate treaty.
So glad to see youth standing united for real change and positive action on climate issues. It is time for your collective voices to be heard and your concerns to be acknowledged, for you will see and feel the huge repercussions in your life time! Call it like it is! Thanks for standing strong and true for our native lands!
To the passing by politicians:
This might be the most important 24 hours of one of the most important meetings in the history of our world. You are representing the expectations of the whole world…this is to let you know that the whole world is indeed watching very closely what you are doing. In fact, all generations to come are watching, and you are negotiating for them as well. Please do whatever you can, and then stretch even further!! We need to do what has never been done before! Nevertheless, the task is not impossible, and if everybody does what is within their reach, we will get there!
With hope, Gunnar
We’re calling Harper in support of you RIGHT NOW! Youth across Canada and around the world are in solidarity with you all, making our voices–your voices–heard on our campuses, in our workplaces, to our families, to our friends, to our elected representatives, to our business leaders, and to our media.
In Solidarity from Montreal,
Maggie
Thank you for your courage and conviction, for providing a voice for justice and morality. It is the true source of our power. Stay long and strong.
Dear friends, I am curently writing a blog post and just called back home to Chicago and told everyone what the power of youth can do and is doing right now!
Unfortunately, I was not allowed access to Bella despite the fact that I have a secondary badge with me. However, I am there with you in spirit. Your action has reached the hearts of many across Copenhagen and across the world. Thank you for doing what you are doing, for being persistent, for never giving up, for standing up for each and every of the 12 million people that you call out every second. Even though you do not know all of them personally, the fact that we are all in solidarity and care for each other is what makes us so strong.
Keep doing it for your people
for your country
for your friends
for Tuvalu
for the Maldives
for Africa
for the ice caps
for the polar bears
for mother earth
for the forest
for your family
for your future
for your children
for your grand children
for indigenous rights
for all those who experience environmental injustice
for those living near coal power plants
for those who are sick due to dirty polluters
for the 49 premature deaths that occur in my community
for the real deal that we need!
We shall overcome!
That beautiful and amazing world is possible – go for it. We’re all with you.
Hey There Sitter – Inners
We wish we were there with you. We would all sit down wih you if only they would let us in.. You are inspiring us and everyone else! Represent us in there!! Much love.
Madeline, Sue, Nick and Brianna
My plea: take heed for the earth is crying. Leave economics out of it, leave politics out of it. Look at the big picture – soon we may have nothing left to bicker about!!
Wish I could be there! I Support You, I Want Change, please keep it up!
Hey guys! You’re the best, I sooooo wish I could be there with you right now, if only I had been burning with the same desire earlier.. Just as I wish that the world were burning with the desire to get to a fab deal right now.
Keep at it, I will do my best to bring your, and our, message to the outside as you bring it to the inside. Everyone else commenting, you will do this as well, right?
keep it up!
Thank you so much! It’s our world that they’re deciding about, and we deserve a say. Thank you.
Thank you from Cornwall, UK on behalf of my 21 month old boy Jago who is sleeping upstairs while I read about you. I am so glad that you are there making a stand on behalf of all of us – working to change the world and my son’s life for the better. I hope he grows up to be as passionate, caring and powerful – in a world where we care about each other and our shared future. Keep the faith.
Hey guys, what you are all doing is fantastic and I am bursting with pride for each and every one of you. Wish I could be there to aid the sit-in but instead sending my love and best wishes from New Zealand
And also, a song for you, if you want to sing some. You may have seen it on the mail (no need to accept this into the commentary entries)
Can you feel the heat tonight
the global warming comes
it won’t end until everyone is dead
but we’ll fight until then
there’s a calm surrender
to the end of cop
when the heat of the wishing crowd
can’t be made to stop
the speakers and the writers
the blocking annex 1
they get their act together finally
they do what must be done
and can you feel the love tonight
it is where we are
it’s enough to make rich and poor alike
believe the very best
You are all so incredibly awesome. Stay with it, we’re with you in our thoughts and our hearts and you have our voices behind yours. Fair, ambitious and legally binding. For everyone.
Thank you! I’m constantly inspired by all of you. Here’s one of the 11 million who wishes she could be sitting there too…
Keep it up! You are all amazing! We’re cheering for you at Virginia Tech!
There are tears in the eyes of the Avaaz team as we refresh this page over and over and over–the name readers are bringing the world’s voices to the place where the world’s fate is on the line. You’re spectacular. Please, please keep telling the delegates to stand strong–to bring home a treaty we can believe in. The world is on your side.
I wish i could be there to support you all in person but couldn’t get into the Bella Center. Whit and all who are participating you are an amazing inspiration to us all. I couldn’t ask for a better group of leaders to represent those of us in Copenhagen and those around the world. Thank you for your courage and strength!
much love,
Holly
One more American stands with you all – and I’m pleased to hear that we stand 11 – no 15 million strong.
Keep up the good work!
This is an amazing display of global solidarity for a real deal – thank you for standing up for climate justice!
And they dared call us the quiet generation! International youth coming together like this is a startling reminder that around the world we recognize the consequences and we’ll have to deal with them. Way to take the future into your own hands!
This is the time to save the Human Race. The Earth will eventually balance itself out. But in the balancing process we are going to be squeezed out of it. And it will be OUR fault…
Commitment. The youth are most certainly committed to our future because it is ours to inherit. I sincerely hope that the message of the demonstration resonates beyond Sen Kerry and the US leaders, but to all of the world.
Cyprus needs a binding agreement!
Great work–keep it up. People around the world are with you.
Remember that the people you’re trying to influence are much more scared of you and your potential impact than you have reason to be of them (or their security forces).
However long you hold out, it is a success.
go! go! go! go!
Stay strong and don’t give up! There is still hope… I’m with you all in thoughts!
Big thanks as well to Whit and Jamie for keeping us up to date about the sit in – It’s encouraging to get some “real news” about what is happening in Copenhagen!
You all are doing an amazing service to us. I can’t imagine anywhere I would rather be right now than in the BC with you. Keep it up!
Amazing! Keep on going FYEG and all the other Youth! Stand strong!
From Montana, from the US, from the world, thank you. Stay strong!
The world is with you.
Way to make it to midnight! Thursday is FAST approaching here in Raleigh, NC, if you get my meaning.
You are the face of democracy. This movement is not fragile, it will not stop, it will continue fighting for climate justice in every country, every city, every corner of the earth. Stay strong–you are holding the hopes of the world.
Amazing job you all. You’ve inspired the DC action factory!
Keep up the good work!
You have support from all over the world !! …
The spirit of this movement will forever change the way leaders behave at international conferences.
It will expose the wanton bias and moral ineptness of these selfish puppets purpoting to be LEADERS of
their people.
Thanks my Brave and Committed friends, the world really will be a different place because of your actions.
ALUTA to the struggle…
the whole world watches
11 million notches
as courageous youth
seek for the truth
and stand up for a deal
a deal that is real
by sitting down at Bella’s
not hiding in their cellars
together in that hall
ambassadors of us all
Unite, support, stay strong
don’t let this go wrong!
Unite, support, stay strong
don’t let this go wrong!
delegates -, act now
it is time for a vow
look in the future
the wound needs a suture
negotiators listen
one thing we’re missin
we need a real change
the goal is in range
climate is at stake
don’t feed us any fake
Unite, support, stay strong
don’t let this go wrong!
Unite, support, stay strong
don’t let this go wrong!
the whole world watches
11 million notches
we need to be sincere
the situation is severe
fair, ambitious, binding
all the rest is blinding
around the planet earth
knowing it’s worth
solidarily we stand
from here until the end
Unite, support, stay strong
don’t let this go wrong!
Unite, support, stay strong
don’t let this go wrong!
All the best, Julian (from Berlin, Germany)
Keep up the good work and enjoy following your heart
Fair, ambitious and legally binding!
Organize Solidarity Sit ins Now. http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/12/16/organize-solidarity-sit-ins-now/
Wow guys keep up the great work! This is our time and this an excellent way for us to convey our message. Stay strong! You are there fighting for all of those how will perish if action is not taken. I wish I was there today so that I could have joined you. We’ll get the word out, you just hold fast!
I congratulate you all for your courage and determination. Thank you for being a voice for those of us who are not able to be there. And Maia – your family is so proud of you and wishes we could be sitting beside you in solidarity.
The world is watching….
And we are proud of you.
Hey you,
we need you – and your actions.
I’m very happy to see that there are people – everywhere you go and look – that have their ways and methods to show their opinion, to raise their voice.
For civil society it is great and very important to see you there and stand strong. Pressure on the UN is high and you are a big part of it.
Good luck to you,
we help the best we can.
Flo
I’m with you in thoughts!
The young people sitting in copenhagen represent not only the youth of the world today, but also their aspirations, the lives of future Generations and the fate of this earth! Dont let those selfish negotiators ruin our future over petty politics, blame game and what have you!
We are with you every step of the way!!
Wow, this is so amazing! It literally brought tears to my eyes to see our youth leaders, everyday students from around the world, coming together as one voice to fight for climate justice. Keep up the great work guys! And stay safe!
Please continue with your good work young activists! You guys really give me hope and inspiration that together we can take charge of our future in our own hands and change the course of history.
Stay strong, speak loud, and represent youth from all over the world!
Much love.
Yes, yes, yes! We are all with you. You are the catalyst for action we’re looking for. These next two days are some of the most important days for this generation. we will not leave until you give us a real deal! In solidarity and in spirit.
+1
And to for those whom want to also contribute to a reflection of the mental state of the voters, you can use this poll over here: http://www.stichtingbom.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=9
Our Living Planet Earth is hoding her breath. She has spoken for eons to us mankind. She has done it by pouring sweet-scented breezes, melodious bird’s songs, precious animal shapes and skin colors, gorgeous sunsets, astounding sunrises, beautiful,perfect storms, glorious colorful fishes, extraordinary flowers, cristal clear soft waters, enchanting forest creeks and springs, and food,lots of food,, generously abundant food for allof us.
And how have we responded?
We have poured back in return millions of tons of toxic waste, poisonous fumes, pestilent waters, terrible noises. We have slaughtered millions of species of fish, mammals, birds. We have devastated entire countries, with it’s animals and trees. We have murdered millions of fellow human beings for endless decades, we have destroyed dreams, lives, hopes and expectations for our own greed.
And now, when we have a chance to stop part of it our Living Planet Earth is hoding her breath because our own greed stops us from seeing a future projected farther than next saturday. We fail to realiza that our children and their children and their children will have to cope with the crumbs we are leaving on the table.
Wake up and do something. Else you will have to weep blood, sweat, and tears of grief and regret when the time is done.
Thank you for acting on behalf of the millions of people who want climate justice now. We are with you in spirit!
You guys make me so proud. All of us outside of the Bella Center – in Copenhagen and around the world, are standing in support and solidarity with all of you. We are all admiring your conviction and determination and are sending you all our love.
Hi Guys!
I expect to see you tomorrow morning, still sitting there! Keep it up, you rock.
daniel
I thank you from the bottom of my hart.
No matter the outcome I will tell my children about your brave actions.
Yours truly
A future father
Yes yes yes, we are with you. Congratulations for doing what you are.
You re inspiring a lot of people. We will organize what we can out here to help you… stay strong!
You all are so amazing! This morning I was trying to think what it would take to really get the attention of global decision makers and force them to act on the greatest planetary crisis since the nuclear stand-offs of last century. I found myself thinking about the women’s suffragette movement in the early twentieth century, and the National Women’s Party picket outside of the White House. I began thinking that is the scale of action we need in the climate movement – then I turned on my computer this afternoon and read about the Copenhagen youth delegation doing something very similar! You all give me hope – and I’m sure that many, many other people around the world who can’t be in Copenhagen this month feel the same way.
Perfect timing, guys, keep the pressure up. Earlier on the day you started the sit-in, the Reclaim Power march united people outside with people inside the Bella Center and now you have taken the initiative. Thank you so much. Let’s show everyone that we are ready for a FAB deal!
THANK YOU….THANK YOU….THANK YOU!!… This is pretty much what I can say to you guys, for all the effort you have been doing on pushing things forward for all of us and the ones to come!… I am trying by all means to spread your/our message. Lets hope – even if “They” try to silence you, Europe and the World is watching you…we can hear you from here (Belgium and Portugal)!! Whose world? Our world. Keep up the good work. Be strong.
Thank you for your leadership, and thank you to everyone helping document and spread the word!
You all are amazing. THANK YOU for being bold and courageous.
You all are amazing!
I’m so proud of all of you, you are all so brave.
Be sure in the fact that history will look back on you with pride and thankfulness. You are inspiring so many people, thank you.
Special love to my ukycc friends, whit, jamie, and everyone else I have been blessed to work with.
Casper
Thanks for your leadership! I hope you are all talking with each other, planning for united, global youth actions this spring.
You guys are spectacular! Thank you so much for your bravery and commitment. Stand strong — you are not alone. Lots of love, Kaila
Great job
We are all so proud of you all. You are Heroes. Much love to all aussies at the sit in. Thank God you are there!
Amanda we are so proud to know you.
Love Jarra and Nick and all the aussies.
Thank you all for what you do.
Together with some other people I drummed for 350 minutes (that’s about 65.000 beats per person) last saturday, may those drumbeats help to strengthen your resolve.
I’m going to show my 15 year old son what you’re doing! He thinks it’s all “hippystuff”.
Keep it up, we’re all in this together, you’re doing something really special and worthwhile.
All blessings to you!
Joost
Great work – you have reedemed my faith in the human race…. I am in the UK and have just watched http://www.theageofstupid.net we need your voices and determination there – I am in awe of your courage and determination, you are a part of history and are the voice of so many!!!!! I wish could be there xoxox
Deep deep love and respect. You are all shining lights in a world that needs change. I’ll bring you all croissants in the morning.
Sooo excited to see this. So many parts of the movement coming together – our connection to 11 million petition signers, the connection to champions like John Kerry, the international make-up of the people sitting in, the live-feed of streaming awesomeness.
This is how we build and win a movement. Maybe not tonight, maybe not tomorrow or Friday, but this is what puts us on track to win.
Was there last week, wish I could be in BC to join you. You rock, all the best!
(please delete my earlier message)
Great work – you have redeemed my faith in the human race…. I am in the UK and have just watched http://www.theageofstupid.net we need your voices and determination there – I am in awe of your courage and spirit, you are a part of history and are the voice for so many!!!!! I wish I could be there xoxox
Go You!!
so proud and in awe. standing with you, keep on sitting. thank you for your commitment. i’ll spread the word.
We are all with you. It is sad to see security threaten to take away the voices of all of civil society simply for your acts of bringing the voices of 11 million people into the negotiations. Our voices will be heard! You have inspired us all tremendously.
Thank you sooo much for everything! You’re doing just great!!!!!
Still supporting you guys as you get harrassed! Stay strong and stick it out!
thank you to everyone out there in Copenhagen kicking ass. those at home keep kicking ass wherever you are from! this is a grassroots movement. this needs to happen everywhere. it’s not just up to work leaders and those in Copenhagen.
Thanky that you all are in Copenhagen! We in Berlin stand behind you and support you all. Our heart and mind is with you! and our actions are for the same cause!
So much love
Keep it up!!!
You guys sitting and talking loud at COP15 are doing the hard job, we all know you do!
We rely on you to make our voice heard and we are passing the message down here!
Cheers!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS, GUYS!
And for bringing my name even if I can’t be there.
My thoughts are with you.
Stay strong.
This is what democracy looks like!!! It is these kinds of acts that make me proud to be part of a generation that truly cares about our future and the future of our children. Thank you all for making our voices heard, and demanding what the people of the earth need in order to survive. You will all be in my prayers.
I am channelling Gandhi and Abbey Hoffman right now. They have a message-”FEEL GOOD,FEEL STRONG!!!!”
Thank you for your courage and struggle, being the spine and the will of many young people. Courageous actions and energy by young people for your people. I am with you , we all are! Keep on the great spirit and vibe!
No matter where you are now, your effort has gone around the world. As longs as there are people like you, fighting for what they believe in, I refuse to give up hope. We still have a long way to go, and no one knows if we’ll make it in the end, but they can’t force us to turn back. There is no time for pessimism. Thank you from all my heart for giving a face to 11 million who signed and an example for what it means to be a citizen of this earth to many more.
Thank you all so much for your commitment and courage, and for standing (or sitting) strong for all the people who couldn’t be there! It’s the action of youth at places like COP15 that keep inspiring and reinvigorating me. I’ve included a piece of a poem I wrote about activism–I hope it helps give you some added energy to know that it is people like you that were the basis for this poem.
Keep going strong! I’m behind you all the way!
It’s time to wake up because real life starts right now, not in some distant future,
There is no easy time, stable time, right time,
We act and speak out of necessity and urgency.
We act to be alive, to live out passions.
Now is always the moment to claim your presence and take a hold of your future.
So refuse those reused sanguine solution.
Grasp a wisp of a paradigm shift and hold on for dear life.
Find a voice for the voiceless and do not let our language languish.
Change the script we are handed and instead, we must speak up, out, around
Let our words shine out like stars.
Let your voice, our voices, fight and push back against the darkness,
the weight of the problems
media misconstructions
and the inaction of our leaders.
I refuse to not be optimistic in the face of the darkness.
Because I wake up in a strong amazing body with a voice that can sing, laugh, communicate.
Because I am not by myself.
I have hands that reach out person by person, soul by soul.
Because I have hands, all your hands, that reach out to me and lift me up.
There are voices singing in the darkness
and we are finding melodies that connect the dots and form a chorus.
A song that embraces basic humanity, embraces the seeming contradictions
that those who fear our power try to use to tear us down.
A song that changes the way we fuel our bodies, movements, machines, minds, and souls.
A song that reaches out and rejuvenates. That is building, swelling, growing.
And I wake up in this body and I cry,
because the power of that song has so much potential for beauty.
And that song—so full of light—it’s already on the wind.
The whispers are coming in from around the globe.
And I am humbled, we should be humbled, the world should be humbled;
Because no one, and no thing,
has the power to stop the wind.
I support you wholeheartedly!
You represent what Canada wants and needs.
We need a fair deal! We need sufficient adaptation funding for developing countries, we need legally binding emissions reductions targets, and we need our leaders, such as Stephen Harper and Jim Prentice, to stop embarrassing Canada, stop ignoring the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and start taking positive action on climate change!
thank you, and keep up the good work!
-Meghan
St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
You are all so wonderful! Thank you for taking a stand! I wish I were there!
To the negotiator: you mobilized trillions this tear to bail out the banks. You proved the political will exists to come together and moblize resources to save the financial system. now, when the very future of our planet is a risk, you sit squabbling over who is to blame and who must pay while our planet burns around us. What could be more important than a new deal for the planet? Show us that you represent the wishes of the people Of the world. Show us more than money matters. Make a real commitment. realise Your actions now will echo in history
As a nation that had more vigils on December 12th, 2009, per capita than any other nation; Harper should listen and heed to these voices that he is supposed to represent. Let it be known to the WORLD: The Agenda the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper is running is currently not the voice of the citizens he is representing.
[Directed to Mr. Stephen Harper] The average Canadian does not want another election Mr. Harper, but the average Canadian does not want to be misrepresented to the world either. There is a large quantity of Canadians who Will Want a resignation from you Mr. Harper if you do not represent the citizens of Canada at Copenhagen. There will be marches to Parliament, there will be outcries of injustice, there will be the citizens of your Nation that you will have to contend with, if you do not return from Copenhagen with A FAIR, AMBITIOUS, BINDING DEAL.
A Canadian Citizen That Wants To Be Properly Represented,
Natalie J. Diebolt of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Thank God someone is doing something! I am very proud of all of you young people who have decided that enough is enough. I had lost touch and lost hope that the talks in Copenhagen would amount to anything. As I looked at the pictures, and watched the videos I felt tears well up in my eyes. I felt a similar feeling like when we sat in the middle of the street to block the military industrial complex during the Vietnam War. Howard Zinn said it correctly, kings and queens don’t make history, the people do! Let’s get a real deal at Copenhagen! Thank you.
Wow! You are all so inspiring! Thank you so much for being there. Only by standing up for what you believe in does change ever happen in the world! GO GO GO!!!
Allison, a Canadian living in Australia
Keep it up! I’m so happy about the growing number of people taking action – they will have to listen to us.
Excdellent job today, folks. Don’t give up!
I publicly cut off my hair today as a symbol of grief and mourning for the loss of humanity among the Canadian government and negotiators. I started fasting today and will continue tomorrow with you.
There are so many people here in the States, if not everywhere, who would be there with you, but that would also increase our carbon footprints, so we are with you in spirit.
This is so inspiring! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Wish I could be there with you, but know that I am sending strength and hope your way and spreading the word about the good you are doing every chance I get!
Keep up the good work! You give me courage and strength to continue my own work with youth here in KwaZulu Natal South Africa. Together we can work with natural phenomena to bring back healing and give new life to our beautiful planet
Fight!
Fight with all your might!
I too, believe in social change!
Thank you soooooo much for your dedication, spirit, smarts and willingness to stand against the wrongdoings of big business. You’ve allowed me to save my carbon footprint, but the spirit moves freely and is emission free, so my spirit is with you and your dedication. Thank you, thank you. thank you.
All my love to all of you!!!
Some great wisdom from Joanna Macy:
“I want to share with you something that has been a tremendous inspiration to me. That is, broadening our view of time, and looking at this historical moment not as something we are trapped in and cannot see beyond, but as a time whose role we can appreciate.
“Lester Brown of the World Watch Institute talks about this as the time of the ecological revolution. He says it’s the third revolution of our species that we know about. The first was the agricultural revolution that took centuries. The second was the industrial revolution, and that took generations. The third, the ecological revolution, is the shift from the industrial growth society to a life-sustaining society. He says that the ecological revolution is born of necessity and driven by evolutionary pressure to bring into being a sustainable civilization. But, unlike the past revolutions of our species, this has to happen in just a few years. Not only that, it has to involve not just our technologies and institutions and the systems of production and distribution; it also has to involve our values and our perceptions who we think we are and how we experience our relationship to each other and to the world.
“I would like to talk about how this is happening and how we can take part in it and experience the great adventure of our time. Lester Brown calls it a revolution, but I like to imagine that future generations, even as close as the 2030s, 2040s, will look back on this time and call it “the great turning.”
“They’ll look back at us and say, “All those ancestors back then, bless them. They were involved in the great turning, and they didn’t know whether they would make it or not. At times it looked as if it was hopeless, futile. Their efforts seemed paltry, darkened by confusion, and yet they went ahead and they took part in it. And I’m imagining that they’ll look back with almost a kind of envy, seeing more clearly than we can now the high adventure that it represents, this great turning from a growth-addicted, unsustainable society to a stable, life-sustaining one.”
these days will be remembered. And i am so proud of the people taking a stand right now. The current state of World Politics is in shambles…Orwellian truths abound. We need a new vision, for what the future holds for us all. Thank you for being a part of this new vision. You are shaping it properly, and with peace and equality at the forefront. The world is watching, and you are inspiring us to act, and voice how we feel. Thank you for your Bravery and your Grace. We will be thinking of you tomorrow as the olympic torch plows through Toronto.
Canada, there is still time to make things right. Please hear us Harper, you must care too…
WAY TO GO! Lisa C, if you’re still there, you make me proud, as does everyone else. Thanks for being brave and for your energy and faith and for not giving up. This is OUR world, TODAY, not just in the future, and our voices must be heard. This is what’s important. The fight of our generation!
Thank you for all your efforts. My heart is with you. The youth will help save this planet. The mainstream media is no longer mainstream. I’ll blog till I drop. The rest of my life, I plan to support this planet issue. It will take everything we’ve got to get oxygen to this issue. The American power structure is a flock of effete ostriches chained by their energy industry benefactors.
Wow guys! What you’re doing for the millions of people around the world is huge. And thanks for representing me.
Thank you!! Your commitment and passon are inspiring! I am there with you in spirit, and believe you are heros for all life on planet Earth. There is no greater need than this treaty be strong, and unite all earthlings, for we are all brothers and sisters; brother Eagle and sister Salmon thank you. May the great spirit be in your hearts, you warriors of Love and Light!
Your are the bodies there, speaking with all our voices and from all our hearts.
Our love and thanks and strength to you …
Sally Andrew
South Africa
Fellow youth activists
You represent our generation’s struggle, an issue that touches every corner of the globe and one that has such an imminent threat to life as we know it. Keep up the struggle, no matter what the police do or whatever skeptics say. I firmly believe change can happen and our efforts will be rewarded.
El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencido
The People United Will Never Be Defeated
Zach
Ashland, Or, USA
We’re so proud of you all! Thank you for being the voice of the world at Copenhagen. You’re in our thoughts, prayers and meditations.
Lee Cahill
South Africa
Come on you guys, keep strong, the whole world is watching!! The world is in your side!!!! Keep walking, keep marching!! we have to save the planet! THE FUTURE IS NOW!!! Fight for our rigths!! For our world, for our children and for US ALL!! BIG HUGS!! FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU!!!!
THE FORCE IS WITH YOU! YOUTH ACTIVISTS! YOU REPRESENT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE!!! AND I KNOW FOR SURE THAT YOU ARE GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEND!!! THEY CHANGE NOW OR THEY WILL FACE THE CONSEQUENCES!!! AND IF THE MIILIONS OF PEOPLE WATCHING THE COP15 COME TO THE STREETS AND PARALYZE THE WHOLE WORLD FOR A MONTH!! THEY ARE ALREADY UNDERGROUND MOVEMENTS FORCES ORGANIZING THE BIGGEST AND THE FIRST GLOBAL STRIKE EVER AND THEY KNOW IT BECOUSE OF THE CIA AND INTERPOL, SO I KNOW THAT THE CHANGE ITS VERY CLOSE YOU WILL SEE!!
BIG HUGS FOR ALL YOU ACTIVISTS THAT REPRESENT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE!!
GET UP! STAND UP! DON´T GIVE UP THE FIGTH; NO MATHER WHAT!!!
PORTUGAL IS WITH YOU ALL!!!
It’s a fantastic thing to be doing, and keep it up, in the hope you will be listened to.
But if all the petition signing and campaigning does pay off, what will change (on a global scale)?
Will this one meeting between world leaders really be the answer to climate change? Will more regulations halt the rising temperatures? Are we, as young people, targetting the right people? Who can make this happen? The World leaders? In that case, why are we still running round turning all the lights off, in the hope that we can make a difference?
Can anyone tell me the action plan, if the world leaders do listen to us?
Good luck with the campaign.
Well done, guys!
Today, Barack Obama sets off for the climate talks in Copenhagen. The talks hang in the balance, with a real risk they’ll end in failure.
There are still a few days left to turn things around, but for that to happen leaders like Obama need to raise their game. He won’t act unless we do – across the world people are piling on the pressure for Obama to act boldly for a strong and fair global deal.
Let’s make sure UK citizens add to that pressure: email Obama and the US ambassador in London now: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/obama-lead-copenhagen
I signed the Avaaz petition and am very heartened by what you are all doing. Thanks for representing people all over the world. The heroes of this conference are NOT politicians but the strong, united people like you. I will listen to the coverage of this event on Democracy Now!
Stay strong!!
In Seoul, South Korea,
Eunah Choi
Dear everyone,
thank you for the amazing support!
Valida
SOLIDARITY!
I’m watching y’all from Houston, Texas!
Stay strong, and remember when this “conference” is over, the fight’s barely begun!
Excellent, inspiring. You are waking the world to what is really happening at COP15
keep it up guys. shout extra loud for me.
This is great! I really support you guys! Keep it up! Supporting from Halifax, Canada.