Climate Crisis: UN Says Change Diet and Farming Practices

August 11, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

The world needs to change its diet, revise its farming practices, and stop wasting food if we want to avoid catastrophic levels of climate change. That is the urgent message from the UN Inter-governmental panel on Climate change. But as Sarah Morice reports, the panel stopped short of calling on people to become vegetarian or vegan.

Youth & Climate: First Foods and the Fight to Protect Indigenous Lands

August 10, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps3Bd4vc6jU&feature=youtu.be

“These lands have been here longer than humans have. They need a voice – and to share my voice on behalf of the mountains, the forests and the rivers is an honor and a privilege.”

Meet Katherine, an indigenous (Nimiipuu, Liksiyu, Numu) young person from Oregon who is using her voice to to raise awareness around the protection of First Foods and indigenous lands from the impacts of climate change.

Climate change could alter the growing conditions for First Foods, traditional roots and berries. Scientists project that air temperatures in the Pacific Northwest will increase 3°F by the 2040s, and even relatively small increases in temperature can alter conditions that sustain life. With temperatures changing too quickly for native plants to adapt, their range may shift north or to higher elevations for cooler temperatures. Some may become extinct.

Katherine currently works with the Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network – International to help lift and empower women’s voices in the climate movement.

The Call of the Land: Meet The Next Generation of Farmers

July 20, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

Photographer Eva Verbeeck and filmmaker Spencer MacDonald spent three weeks documenting the lives of young farmers throughout the Pacific Northwest. In this short film, hear why the farmers were drawn to the laborious but often rewarding occupation.