Virtual Climate Journey: best bits!
That’s all folks
Our trip round Central America on our way to the climate talks in Cancun is over. And what a journey it was! From Salvadoran young people to alpaca farmers, floods, droughts and urban farming (pictured above), we’ve met some extraordinary people responding to climate change right now. It’s time to look back at a brilliant climate journey.
Go green in 2011…!
Don’t forget, you can still make a simple climate pledge in solidarity with the people we’ve met on the Climate Journey. Tell us what you will do to reduce your carbon footprint, and more importantly, help us remember the communities around the world that are dealing with the effects of climate change every day.
Whatever you choose to do, inspire the rest of us by:
- making a short video and posting it as a YouTube video response
- or by sending in a photo or some text to [email protected]
You can see what others are doing over on this Climate Pledges page. Good luck!
Our highlights
Here’s a taster of some of our favourite parts of the journey:
- In Peru, melt water from snow caps is vital for livelihoods. Our development worker Cindy Krose met local experts well aware of future uncertainty
- Francisco, Dinora and Silvia of Quetzalcoatl Youth, an environmental project in Nueve Granada, El Salvador, introduced us to their patch and what they’re doing to change people’s attitudes to environmental issues
- And we met Maritza Arevalo who, with 700 other women, is fighting for water access in the heart of the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa
- After heavy lobbying by Progressio staff and partners, water finally made it onto the formal agenda at Cancun
- Alpaca farmer and local community leader Humberto Lizana gave his views on climate change in our first ever live blog
- And check out some of the best climate pledges made
Go deeper
Don’t be caught without something climate-related to get your teeth into:
Read theology lecturer Martin Poulsom SDB’s thoughts on the theology of creation.
And eco-guru Ed Echlin gives us his personal take on the need for action at Cancun and closer to home.
