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My name is Mikaele Maiava. I'm writing from the Pacific Island archipelago
of Tokelau to ask you to join with us in action as we take on the fossil
fuel industry.
Last October, Tokelau turned off the last of its diesel generators. In their
place, we switched on our solar plants, making Tokelau the first country in
the world to become 100% renewably-powered.
I woke up before sunrise that day, excited about the history Tokelau was
making. My whole village made its way to the site of over 100 solar
panels -- we could see the many hours of hard labor that had gone into this
project. As we counted down to the switch, I could feel future generations
smiling at us and thanking us. Our children's future suddenly looked
brighter because we had the vision (and perseverance) necessary to get off
fossil fuels and switch to 100% renewable energy.
You might wonder why we bothered. Aren't we doomed to lose our islands from
sea-level rise? I don't blame you for thinking that if you did. So often the
global media victimises the Pacific Islands and portrays us as helplessly
succumbing to climate change and rising seas. But the global media know
nothing of who we really are, or how it feels to live on these paradise
islands we call home. They don't know that as Pacific Islanders, we are
warriors, and that the land we live on is part of us.
We know that the longer the fossil fuel industry gets its way, the worse
climate change will be, and the more sea-level rise will threaten our
islands. But giving up on our home is not an option. We are not drowning. We
are fighting.
That's why on March 2nd, Pacific Islanders across 15 diverse nations will be
mobilising at prominent locations to perform our unique war challenges,
songs, and dances. We'll be laying down a challenge to the fossil fuel
industry. It is their coal and oil and gas vs. our future. They cannot both
coexist. And it is our future that has to win.
In this moment and in the years to come, we need you to walk beside us,
because we live far away from the coal mines and power plants that threaten
us. So this week, we are asking you - our friends, brothers and sisters
around the world - to take the photos from our actions and make them seen
and heard where you live. Not only to your friends and family, but we want
politicians and the fossil fuel industry to see them. They need to see the
fierce determination and spirit of our people; they need to see the richness
of our cultures; and they need to see that it's them that have to back down,
not us.
Are you willing and ready to fight with us?
Fakafetai lahi,
Thank you,
Mikaele Maiava
To submit your photos to 350.org, just send us an e-mail and follow the
instructions below.
a.. Add your photos as attachments, making sure not to exceed individual
photo size of 3MB.
b.. Submit only one photo per email.
c.. Use your city and country as the subject.
d.. The body of your email will be the caption for your photos. Include a
compelling one-sentence description of your event and what is happening in
the photo.
e.. Include any photographer credits in the e-mail body/caption.
f.. Send your email to pho...@350.org.
From: Mika mailto:organ...@350.org
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 9:07 PM
Subject:
From: "Svet Zabelin" <sv...@biodat.ru>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 12:36 PM
Subject: [can-eecca] Fw:
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My name is Mikaele Maiava. I'm writing from the Pacific Island archipelago
of Tokelau to ask you to join with us in action as we take on the fossil
fuel industry.
Last October, Tokelau turned off the last of its diesel generators. In their
place, we switched on our solar plants, making Tokelau the first country in
the world to become 100% renewably-powered.
I woke up before sunrise that day, excited about the history Tokelau was
making. My whole village made its way to the site of over 100 solar
panels -- we could see the many hours of hard labor that had gone into this
project. As we counted down to the switch, I could feel future generations
smiling at us and thanking us. Our children's future suddenly looked
brighter because we had the vision (and perseverance) necessary to get off
fossil fuels and switch to 100% renewable energy.
You might wonder why we bothered. Aren't we doomed to lose our islands from
sea-level rise? I don't blame you for thinking that if you did. So often the
global media victimises the Pacific Islands and portrays us as helplessly
succumbing to climate change and rising seas. But the global media know
nothing of who we really are, or how it feels to live on these paradise
islands we call home. They don't know that as Pacific Islanders, we are
warriors, and that the land we live on is part of us.
We know that the longer the fossil fuel industry gets its way, the worse
climate change will be, and the more sea-level rise will threaten our
islands. But giving up on our home is not an option. We are not drowning. We
are fighting.
That's why on March 2nd, Pacific Islanders across 15 diverse nations will be
mobilising at prominent locations to perform our unique war challenges,
songs, and dances. We'll be laying down a challenge to the fossil fuel
industry. It is their coal and oil and gas vs. our future. They cannot both
coexist. And it is our future that has to win.
In this moment and in the years to come, we need you to walk beside us,
because we live far away from the coal mines and power plants that threaten
us. So this week, we are asking you - our friends, brothers and sisters
around the world - to take the photos from our actions and make them seen
and heard where you live. Not only to your friends and family, but we want
politicians and the fossil fuel industry to see them. They need to see the
fierce determination and spirit of our people; they need to see the richness
of our cultures; and they need to see that it's them that have to back down,
not us.
Are you willing and ready to fight with us?
Fakafetai lahi,
Thank you,
Mikaele Maiava
To submit your photos to 350.org, just send us an e-mail and follow the
instructions below.
a.. Add your photos as attachments, making sure not to exceed individual
photo size of 3MB.
b.. Submit only one photo per email.
c.. Use your city and country as the subject.
d.. The body of your email will be the caption for your photos. Include a
compelling one-sentence description of your event and what is happening in
the photo.
e.. Include any photographer credits in the e-mail body/caption.
f.. Send your email to pho...@350.org.
From: Mika mailto:organ...@350.org
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 9:07 PM
Subject:
From: "Svet Zabelin" <sv...@biodat.ru>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 12:36 PM
Subject: [can-eecca] Fw:
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