Today something very cool is happening in Bolivia... the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
It is designed to be an open people's summit, rather than a government meeting. It's also being organized as a voice-giver to the other parts of the world that sometimes get left out. Climate Change has a social justice component because it affects the poor more painfully. Developing Countries (ie. the 2/3rds world etc) will feel the affects of climate change more than rich white northern countries that burned all the damn coal. The Conference seems expressly designed to be more "Climate Justice" orientated than Copenhagen.
The news program Democracy Now (www.democracynow.org) is covering the People's Summit from Cochabamaba. Monday's show was powerful and I expect them to throw it down all week. DN's coverage of Copenhagen was so smart and on-point.
Info on the event is on-line here at: http://pwccc.wordpress.com/
Event organizers are trying to create some live-web features so us far-away people can participate in the conference.
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