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Saturday, November 30, 2013

climate change and direct action forum




Local Autonomous Network shares their most recent solidarity in typhoon afflicted area Leyte during a forum at Asia Theological Seminary last Thursday (Nov. 28). LAN levels-off the expectation from the participants at the start of the Climate Change and Direct Action Forum at ATS. Afterwards, Bas Umali shared the repeated patterns of manmade, natural disasters and state's response to climate change. Then, Philippine Movement for Climate Justice and Focus on the Global South's Joseph Puruganan provided data on climate change and presented some insights on the upcoming World Trade Organization Ministerial Meeting in Bali, Indonesia in less than a month. The issue on ASEAN 2015 and local electric cooperatives were also discussed during the open exchange. By noon, LAN shared their experiences in the town of San Miguel Leyte and how they made use of solar energy to provide a more sustained relief to the folks of Leyte.

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