Sunday nothing happens in this city, just about everything closes early. We sat and talked and just discussed about our next week/slept-in most of the day. Then we went out to see some amazing speakers, including Wangari Maathai, and Elizabeth May speak about climate change, what we can do, and what is being done. It was great, then I headed off to a meeting with US Youth to plan out our actions for the week ahead.
Why US Youth? Because there are 500 of them, so something larger is much easier, as well, Canada's position is to be a climate barrier, Canadian youth (82) have had some good actions relating to the Tar Sands, but policy based actions and such are not their thing. That is why I personally go to the US Youth meetings, as well, in the global scheme of things Harper is waiting on Obama. They set 4% below 1990 levels by 2020 (COMPLETELY INACCEPTABLE!) We set 3% below 1990 levels by 2020. They green wash their number, we green wash our numbers.
So I have decided to be a bigger part of the US Youth movement in this area. Then headed home to the ship, Norrona, early. One of m friends who is staying on the ship is leaving so we had a goodbye thing with her.
Now I am in my last day (Probably) at the Bella Center, because they are essentially Leaving Youth Out In The Cold! By giving out about 25% of the Secondary Badges that NGO's will need to get in to the Bella Center to youth or youth orginizations. Personally, we have allocated a building as our headquarters/command center during this lockout and that is where I will most likely be situated, if not at the Klima Forum (The People's Climate Summit). Tomorrow will be different, so I will make sure to take a ton of pictures today!
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