Report on Project Survival Protest at 2008 UN Climate Conference, Poznan, Poland

On Feb. 11, 2009, Lauryn Drainie, member of the Canadian Youth Delegation to the December 2008, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Poznan, Poland, spoke at the Toronto Climate Campaign's, "Poznan Post Mortem/Copenhagen Countdown" report back, about the conception of "Project Survival", and the hundreds-strong youth protest that was initiated on the final day of the conference.

Project survival was inspired by a representative from the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), who stated that the current global emissions targets set by powerful countries will condemn their nations to extinction. It's unifying principle: to safeguard the survival of all peoples and nations.

Here's the video of the actual protest:
"Survival is Non-Negotiable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpRe1Hk_Tkk

Pics and eyewitness blog report by participant, Joshua Kahn Russell:
http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/12/12/survival-is-non-negotiable/

More on ecoSanity.org:
http://www.ecosanity.org/act/actioncampaigns/

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[wilson81]

Good to see this. Great job Lauryn. See you in Copenhagen.