Insofar as climate change is caused by burning fossil fuels--and in the developed world this is overwhelmingly the case--energy is the practical manifestation of climate. Why are we being so slow to move to cleaner, more efficienct, less geopolitically insecure forms of energy?
The Bali climate talks are just around the corner and meetings between nations, between environmental and wider civil society groups, and between people who care, are underway around the world.
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Airportwatch, EnoughsEnough.org and Greenpeace have got together to produce SPURT, an organisation devoted to laying aside peoples fears and saying, to hell with it i`m flying off on holliday...and damn the consequences!
The Bali climate talks are just around the corner and meetings between nations, between environmental and wider civil society groups, and between people who care, are underway around the world.
http://climatecha ngeaction.blogspot.c om/search/label/bali
A short compilation of video clips from the camp for climate action.
Speeches at the end from a representative of local residents group NOTRAG and George Monbiot. The local MP also appears briefly, being interviewed.
Naoimi Klein speak about ecological debt, disaster capitalism and climate change. She also gives a plug for the camp for climate action.
http://www.climat ecamp.org.uk
A resident of the village of Sipson--destined to be subsumed by heathrow's expansion if not strongly opposed--speaks about climate camp and the local residents campaigns.
Naomi Klein talks about two routes to dealing with climate change. Protecting oursleves and making a profit off it or reducing the problem and actng in solidariy with people all over the world.
I start this video with a continuation of Vlog 2, talking a little about the difference between economic growth and development.
I then talk about some ideas from Cradle to Cradle (design as key to sustainability) and Natural Capital (proffitable efficiency).
![Naomi Klein on Ecological Debt \"The Key Idea of Our Time\"](http://img.youtube.com/vi/kOuJv5cJ1-M/2.jpg "Naomi Klein on Ecological Debt \\"The Key Idea of Our Time\\"")
