20081009_taking personal responsibility for climate change

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Taking
personal responsibility for
climate change

A presentation by
Christopher John Wardle
to the joint PDI/Oxfam workshop on
Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management in BalochistanSerena Hotel, Quetta, Pakistan
09 October 2008

Aim to learn from you. Will try to make it a little interactive, so expect to be up and down in your seats. Hope to offer some resources that may be of use and will try to stimulate your thinking and hope to discover some heroes here this morning!

A quote to open

Chairman Mao:

The longest journey
begins with one small step.

Presentation outline:

Climate change - whose problem is it anyway?

What can we do as individuals?

How can civil society demonstrate leadership?

Where are we at?




Wholl fix it?

Pesh Imam?

Nazim?

Balochistan Provincial Assembly?

Government of Pakistan?

ASEAN?

UN?

Show of hands

Al Gore:
Global warming is real, potentially catastrophic, and human caused

It is quite possible to turn back global warming. All that is needed is political will.

Transformation is

Remembering the words of Ghandi-ji
Be the change you want
to see in the world.

It starts with

Envisioning a world that is better for our children than it is for us;

Changing our patterns of behaviour to become role models; and

Building our credibility and advocating for change based on what we do,
not what we say.

Whose environment?

We keep talking about
The Environment, but:

Whos breathing this air?

Whos drinking this water?

Whos eating this food?

Its OUR environment.Improving it, is OUR responsibility!

Where are we at?




All stand up sit down those of you who think global warming is a too big a problem for us to tackle individually.

Act now!

The problem is massive,
but at a personal level,
solutions are not huge in scope:

Consume less;

Re-use;

Recycle;

Become more aware; and

Advocate for change.

1. Consuming less is
not about fasting!

Theres much you can do, e.g.:

Refuse plastic bags;

Catch the public transport or car-pool;

Switch it off an empty room doesnt need light;

Read your newspapers online;

Use rechargeable batteries;

Dua anak cukup - reduce family size.

Stand up all people - sit down those who have more than five brothers + sisters. Sit down 4, 3, 2 clap for their parents.Indonesia is the worlds largest Muslim country.

2. Re-use means

Focusing on impact and results, rather than being driven by ego or
economic necessity:

Re-use of building materials need not be confined to our Kachi Abbadis;

Quettas Landa Bazaar is a treasure trove for anything and everything;

Buy pre-loved phones and computers.

Who likes going to Landa Bazaar?Stand up whoever uses a pre-loved phone? Give them a clap.

3. Recycling means

Finding ways to use what exists
examples from home permaculture:

Turn vegetable scraps into productive soil by composting;

Save seeds for next seasons planting;

Divert grey water to bio-filtration ponds, then use it to irrigate crops.
(e.g.: http://www.growingpower.org/)

Stand up anyone here who has a home vegetable patch? Give them a clap.Stand up all NGO members with health, nutrition or livelihood programmes sit down if they dont feature kitchen gardens? Give the remainder a clap.

4. Become more aware

Build your understanding of climate change issues by watching the film:

An Inconvenient Truth
http://www.climatecrisis.net

Or read the transcript at:
http://www.hokeg.dyndns.org/AITruth.htm

Stand up all sit those who havent watched An Inconvenient Truth. Clap those who have.

Become more aware

Join, read and contribute to email based discussion lists and blogs such as:

http://forums.permaculture.org.au/index.php

http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php

http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html

http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permaculture

5. Advocate for change

Find and join like-minded coalitions and campaigns, such as:

http://www.avaaz.org

http://www.pdi.org.pk/joincampaign.html

http://www.takingitglobal.org/

http://www.awid.org/

http://community.eldis.org/

Stand up if you area member of the Wake-up! Campaign to end so-called honour killing give them a clap.

Advocate for change

Build like-minded coalitions and campaigns, with social networking technology tools, such as:

http://www.facebook.com

http://www.linkedin.com/

http://www.myspace.com/

Where are we at?




Demonstrating
NGO leadership

Rights-based approaches;

Gender sensitivity;

Impact assessment;

MDGs as a global framework;

Youth inclusiveness;

Valuing coalition-building and external relations;

Environmentally-friendly workplace policies;

Sustainability and empowerment in programme design c.f. Culture of Dependence.

How do you know youre making a difference in your work? What tools do you use to assess impact in your organisation?What workplace policies make your organisation environmentally-friendly?

Resources that focus
on women and rights

Gender Perspectives: Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction into Climate Change Adaptation
http://www.unisdr.org/eng/about_isdr/isdr-publications/17-Gender_Perspectives_Integrating_DRR_CC/Gender_Perspectives_Integrating_DRR_CC_Good%20Practices.pdf

Environmental Management and the Mitigation of Natural Disasters: a Gender Perspective
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/env_manage/documents/EGM-Turkey-final-report.pdf

Resources that focus
on women and rights

Changing the Climate: Why Women's Perspectives Matter
http://www.awid.org/eng/content/download/44126/472048/file/Changing%20the%20Climate%20why%20women%27s%20perspectives%20matter%202008.pdf

Climate change and human rights
http://www.ichrp.org/files/reports/36/136_report.pdf

A quote to close

Former US Vice President Al Gore:

"As more and more people understand what's at stake, they become a part of the solution, and share both in the challenges and opportunities presented by the climate crisis.

Heroes convert challenge
to opportunity

The innovation of Ma Yanjun, of Qiqiao village, Shaanxi province, converting 66 empty beer bottles into a solar water heater.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2360667.html

Will you step up and be
a hero for climate change?

This has been a presentation entitled:

Taking
personal responsibility
for
climate change

For more information, please contact:Christopher John WardleEmail: [email protected]: cjwardleMobile: 0333 784 1679

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