EcoEquity's Tom Athanasiou on the Climate Justice Movement

TakePart: Given this issue of relevance, especially coming out of Copenhagen where the movement was arguably ignored by the decision-makers, what is the EcoEquity strategy for this year?

Athanasiou: We have convinced ourselves that the relevance of our project did not end with Copenhagen.

Bone up on what lie beneath at marine research institute - St. Petersburg Times

While you are there, take the kids to visit the sea turtle research area and learn why this winter's spell of cold weather brought nearly 5,000 of these endangered creatures on shore.

Climate Change and Activists Won’t Delay, But United Nations Will « It’s Getting Hot In Here

I wish I could tell you that the meetings were efficient and resulted in an action plan for 2010, but I cannot. In fact, by 6:30 pm on Sunday when I left to catch a train back home, the plenary sessions for the day had yet to begin (they were scheduled to start at 11:30 am) and no decisions regarding further meetings of the UNFCCC before Cancun had been reached. Despite the lack of journalists, disgruntled Non Governmental Organizations, and activists taking to the streets in frustration, the United Nations could not even get it together to schedule some meetings and come up with an action plan for how to move forward after the failure that was Copenhagen.

Old Habits Die Hard at First UN Climate [Hoax] Conference of 2010

Bonn, Germany - The first UNFCCC meeting since the failed Copenhagen Climate Change Summit closed today, with countries agreeing to minimal measures on how to move forward. The meeting was marred by a complete lack of the required sense of urgency as many countries fell back on bad habits.