Indigenous leaders and CAFOD partner CENDA are “brave”. Those aren’t my words, they are Naomi Klein’s. Just like TV Channel Al Jazeera and US radio and TV Show ‘Democracy Now’, she has expressed her admiration for the leaders of CONAMAQ. With the support of our partner CENDA and other Bolivian NGOs, CONAMAQ organised the famously [...]
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April 27, 2010
Bolivia: Christ – the first revolutionary
Yesterday, CAFOD partner Marcelo Ortega told all who were offering their open ears at the World Peoples’ Climate Change Conference that the Bolivian Catholic Church has something to say about climate change too. First, Marcelo reminded us that Christ was the first revolutionary, living in times of big change and challenge, just like we are [...]
April 26, 2010
Bolivia: Who are we to give rights to Mother Earth?
The title says it all: The World Peoples’ Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth. The world conference starting today in Bolivia is by and for the people and not just governments. It is not just about climate change either, but all of the destructive impacts the current development model has on [...]
January 12, 2010
Bolivia: Living well together
Sumaq amaña is an Andean concept difficult to translate from Quechua, but CAFOD’s very own LiveSimply gets close. Sumaq amaña builds on the values of solidarity, living in harmony with nature and reciprocity, meaning I help you when I can, in the knowledge that someone will help me when I need it. Sumaq amaña is [...]
December 14, 2009
Climate change: Copenhagen by numbers
15: The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15), which this year takes place in Copenhagen, where signatories to the UN Framework on the Convention of Climate Change meet. 512,894: The number of climate justice pledges presented by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to the UN’s climate change chief, Yvo de Boer, at a rally in Copenhagen today [...]
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