Future:Media:Change

HELP HAITI: DROP THE DEBT

As Haiti begins to receive desperately needed funds to cope with the earthquake, it still owes hundreds of millions of dollars in debt – a legacy of loans from global financial institutions and donor nations to unelected governments of years past.
If these debts aren’t cancelled, Haiti will be sending tens of millions to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and IMF even as it struggles to rescue and rebuild.
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Campaign directors from TckTckTck, 350.org, and Avaaz are hitting the LiveStream momentarily to talk about distributed campaign models. They will look at the success of climate actions this year, like this weekend’s The World Wants a Real Deal mobilization. These groups have teamed up and used technology and media saavy to generate incredible coverage for the movement. Learn how, and ask your questions by using the tag #freshair on Twitter.
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It’s been an incredible day here in Copenhagen with thousands taking to the streets to PEACEFULLY demand a Real Deal from the UN Climate Conference. However, amongst the great signs and startling images, my favorite moment was when a giddy Desmond Tutu took the mic to declare the day a success, and added in his own version of the Dean Scream.
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A partnership of several NGOs and bloggers is helping provide coverage and context for climate actions. Climate campaigners were out in force in Barcelona this week. Ben Margolis from Tck Tck Tck explains exactly what they are doing and why it matters — something many NGOs don’t do enough.