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DESCRIPTION:As climate chaos continues to escalate, Orin Langelle and Anne \nPetermann, 
 Co-Directors of Global Justice Ecology Project, will \ndiscuss the mounting 
 global resistance to market-based and \ncorporate-controlled "false 
 solutions" to climate change.  These \n"false solutions" include agrofuels 
 (large-scale unsustainable \nbiofuels) genetically engineered tree 
 plantations, carbon trading, \n"clean coal" and nuclear power.\n\nA 
 specific case study is Nicaragua's Atlantic forest, which is in \njeopardy 
 from expansion of oil palm plantations for agrofuels. \nNicaragua as a 
 whole is threatened by increasingly severe storms \nresulting from climate 
 change.\n\nThey also will speak about the growing worldwide movement for 
 \ncoordinated global direct action against climate change that will 
 \ncoincide with the opening of the 2009 UN Climate Convention in 
 \nCopenhagen, Denmark on the 10th Anniversary of the WTO Shutdown in 
 \nSeattle.\n\nThere will be a discussion of the topics after the 
 presentation. \nOrganizing for this mass mobilization against climate 
 change is just \nbeginning and there are plenty of opportunities to get 
 involved.\n\nAnne Petermann and Orin Langelle have been attending and 
 writing \nabout UN Climate Conventions since 2004.  They co-founded the 
 STOP \nGenetically Engineered Trees Campaign in 2004. They helped co-found 
 \nthe Durban Group for Climate Justice in 2004 and Climate Justice Now! 
 \nin 2007.\n\nOrin Langelle is also the Media Coordinator for Global Forest 
 \nCoalition, a worldwide coalition of Indigenous Peoples Organizations 
 \nand non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from six continents.  He \nhas 
 been an activist since the Vietnam War.  Anne Petermann serves as \nthe 
 North American Focal Point for the Global Forest Coalition and \npresents 
 at United Nations meetings around the world on the topics of \ngenetically 
 engineered trees and so-called "second generation" \nbiofuels including 
 their role in worsening forest destruction, \nviolating the rights of 
 indigenous peoples and exacerbating climate \nchange.\n\nDonation 
 requested:  $10, but no one turned away.\nBenefit for ICAS/NICCA's 
 sustainable agriculture and reforestation \nprojects in Nicaragua and for 
 the Global Justice Ecology Project.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/30/18547508.php
SUMMARY:Climate Change, False Solutions and the Road to Climate Action
LOCATION:Where:  Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph, Oakland (near 
 Alcatraz)\nWhen:  Monday, November 10, 2008, 7:00pm\n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/30/18547508.php
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